{"id":3075,"date":"2025-07-18T12:16:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/3075\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T12:16:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:16:05","slug":"joel-klatt-names-miami-among-teams-poised-for-first-cfp-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/3075\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Klatt names Miami among teams poised for first CFP appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6n\">Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt recently released his list of the top ten teams most likely to make the College Football Playoff for the first time in 2025 and the <a href=\"https:\/\/caneswarning.com\/miami-gains-major-commitment-from-4-star-wr-in-class-of-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Miami Hurricanes<\/a> earned the No.\u202f4 spot.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: 10 Teams most likely to make their first College Football Playoff in 2025\ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoelKlattShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@JoelKlattShow<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xvBv2Uff4V\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/xvBv2Uff4V<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tdnQsBQcUc\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/tdnQsBQcUc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 On3 (@On3sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/On3sports\/status\/1942575954062200951?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6t\">Klatt highlighted Miami\u2019s offseason redesign on defense as a key factor in his assessment. After a season marred by defensive struggles, he praised the Hurricanes for overhauling a unit that often left the offense scrambling for balance. Miami ranked fourth on his list, sitting behind Illinois, Ole Miss and South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They hired a new defensive coordinator this offseason, Corey Hetherman from Minnesota, a guy that I\u2019ve covered and I really respect. I think he\u2019s a really good defensive coordinator. I think he fits what Cristobal ball wants to do. The biggest question for Miami, at least in my estimation, is Carson Beck.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Joel Klatt<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6z\">Illinois, according to Klatt, could benefit from a forgiving Big Ten schedule and returning talent, citing 16 starters back from a program that could reach back\u2011to\u2011back 10\u2011win seasons for the first time. Ole Miss earned the second spot thanks to Lane Kiffin\u2019s portal acquisitions, even after losing quarterback Jaxson Dart.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"72\">Miami saw its season go off the rails late in the year after multiple comeback victories ignited by QB Cam Ward and the offseason despite the defense. To climb into the playoff picture, the Hurricanes must be formidable on both fronts and take care of its ACC opponents.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"75\">In 2024, half the playoff field featured first\u2011time participants, including Boise State, Indiana, Penn State, SMU and Tennessee. That trend toward fresh faces makes a Miami breakthrough this season plausible.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"78\">But to seize that opportunity, Miami must also navigate its non\u2011conference slate, including a test against Notre Dame in the opening game. If Klatt\u2019s projection were to come true, that means that transfer QB Carson Beck is a success and the additions through the transfer portal were enough to put Miami in the ACC Championship Game. Miami was the only team from the ACC included on the list.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt recently released his list of the top ten teams most likely to make&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[561],"tags":[64,63,707,594,706,596,704,702,705,703,85],"class_list":["post-3075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaaf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-college","tag-college-football","tag-collegefootball","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaaf","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}