The college football season is soon going to be at rest. Crying, laughing, and anticipating through a whirlwind ride for the past few months, we are now on the final stretch of the regular season. But don’t underestimate the power of the last-minute thunder that can reshuffle the reality of a differently settled season. It’s the last few knockout games that decide the fate of a slew of SEC. It may sound pretty thrilling as a fan that we still don’t have a running champion so far this season, but it is keeping the SEC giants on the edge of their seats. Most of them are moving through a narrow fence where one wrong step can inevitably lead you to death. But there’s one team that can take a chill pill. Zoel Clatt is there to scan it deeper.

The third playoff ranking has made it a lot more complex for the fans to understand what to expect from which team as every team seemed to have their lull this season. They have accordingly been rewarded and demoted on the list, which is quite just but pretty volatile for any stable predictive stand. Georgia Bulldogs drastically went down from No. 3 to No. 12 following a blowout Ole Miss slip and all out of the blue, they are in a ‘win out or get out’ condition for the remaining schedule. The reality is no different from other powerhouses. Fox Sports analyst Joel Clatt rightly said,’‘ Nobody can have a loss now. Notre Dame can’t lose to the Army, Penn State can’t lose to Minnesota, Texas can’t lose to Texas A&T. That becomes a question. Where’s Texas’s quality gone?”. A question nobody can give a solid answer, not even the SEC committee members.

Continuing the confusing streak, Klatt added, ”Georgia can’t lose another game, Alabama can’t lose another game, Miami can’t lose another game, nobody can lose another game. The only team that can lose another game and be fine is Oregon and not just because they are No. 1 but because they are No. 1 and they have an off week this week so they are 11-0. ”

The Ducks have already made it to the Big 10 championship. So, Dan Lanning kind of earned the luxury of going slow from this point in time. They can survive not one, in fact two losses under the belt, but taking care of the business as fiercely as they did in the past would always be a wise choice.

Joel Clatt has always been critical of the current CFP system. When Indiana and BYU rose up to the CFP ranking even after having some worst games of the season, Klatt didn’t find any math. He questioned if that could be the case, then the well-going teams could fall from the grace as quickly as this, so nobody is safe again. A pretty valid argument to munch on. Clatt had also caused the CFP system to fall prey to a nasty partiality.

Joel Klatt raised voice against CFP’s unfair judgment

Indiana and Curt Cignetti are out on a historic season. Despite being placed at a middle rank, the Hoosiers, for the very first time in the program’s decade-long history, achieved a 10-0 record. But despite other undefeated teams getting their flower earlier, Indiana had to wait till week 13 to see themselves at No. 5 in the AP Poll list. While some pundits would say they didn’t face a strong schedule, so the late bloom is just, Klatt, like always, had his own take.

Joel Klatt, a week back, questioned the CFP committee for snubbing Indiana week in and week out. Not only that, he straightaway called the ethics of the higher-ups, saying they were indulging in brand bias against the Hoosiers.

For the naysayers that doubted Indiana’s schedule even after they toppled the Wolverines, Klatt pointed out the schedule looks feeble only because the Hoosiers leveled up in their standard.

It remains to be seen how this chaotic CFP order pans out finally at the end of the season.