Klatt’s CFP Prediction & National Champion Pick + First Round Picks Against the Spread

FOX Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt makes his picks for the First Round of the College Football Playoff before making his full bracket prediction for the CFP including his National Champion Pick. He begins by making his pick in the Friday Night game as Kalen DeBoer’s #9 Alabama team travels to Norman to take on #8 Oklahoma. He then considers if #10 Miami can keep their hot streak going on the road against #7 Texas A&M. Klatt also makes picks against the spread in the matchups between #6 Ole Miss and #11 Tulane as well as #5 Oregon against #12 James Madison as the home teams come in as heavy favorites. Klatt then makes his full College Football Playoff predictions, going game-by-game until making his National Champion Pick - will Ohio State bounce back like they did last year and win it all again or will Kirby Smart’s Georgia team get in the way or is it simply Curt Cignetti and Indiana’s year? Klatt wraps up the show by addressing his hot take about the NCAA Tournament from earlier in the week that drew some criticism from the sports world.

0:00-2:30 Intro
2:31-8:40 Alabama vs. Oklahoma
8:41-12:53 Miami vs. Texas A&M
12:54-15:32 Tulane vs. Ole Miss
15:33-19:48 JMU vs. Oregon
19:49-22:43 Joel’s CFP bracket prediction
22:44-30:03 Klatt on one of the “worst takes of the year”

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