{"id":332010,"date":"2025-12-05T12:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T12:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/332010\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T12:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T12:36:09","slug":"joel-klatt-questions-ole-miss-being-ranked-ahead-of-texas-am-in-cfp-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/332010\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Klatt questions Ole Miss being ranked ahead of Texas A&M in CFP rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Texas A&M Aggies<\/a> slipped in the College Football Playoff<\/a> rankings, down to No. 7 in the country. That\u2019s just behind another SEC school, Ole Miss<\/a>, with the two sides having missed each other on the schedule this season to avoid any head-to-head comparisons. <\/p>\n

That slide behind Ole Miss surprised analyst Joel Klatt. He shared some thoughts on the ranking during the latest Joel Klatt Show. There, he questioned why the selection committee dropped the Aggies behind the Rebels.<\/p>\n

\u201cTexas A&M drops all the way to No. 7,\u201d Klatt said<\/a>. \u201cI think that is a massive deal. A huge deal, behind Ole Miss. I don\u2019t know if this was a sympathy thing for Ole Miss. I\u2019m not sure. Interesting week to give Ole Miss the benefit of the doubt over A&M. They lose their head coach.\u201d<\/p>\n

By now, the challenges that Ole Miss has faced are well known. Head coach Lane Kiffin<\/a> is no longer with the program, and he took part of the staff with him. That change is something that the selection committee is allowed to drop a team in the rankings. However, they still slid Texas A&M behind Ole Miss.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, I do believe Charlie Weis Jr.<\/a> is going to be back with Ole Miss and call plays for them on the offensive side of the ball, because they\u2019re going to be able to retain some of that staff. Now, I don\u2019t know if he\u2019ll be then going to LSU<\/a> or staying at Ole Miss. I think that remains to be seen,\u201d Klatt said. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut I do think they\u2019re going to have some tie to that offense from what we saw with Lane Kiffin. So, he said he\u2019s \u2018grateful to LSU for allowing him the opportunity to finish the season with Ole Miss. Coach Kiffin and the LSU administration have been nothing but supportive. I\u2019m excited about the Playoff run.\u2019 That\u2019s Charlie Weis Jr. So he\u2019ll be calling the plays for Ole Miss. That\u2019s massive. Because, again, if they lose that entire offensive staff, that\u2019s an offensive-driven team. So, that\u2019s a problem for them and we all kind of know that.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are even a few metrics that Klatt used to have Texas A&M a bit higher. That includes a strength of schedule that is 15th compared to 40th. However, Ole Miss does have one extra Top 25 win. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe resume between A&M and Ole Miss is similar. A&M does have an edge in strength of schedule. But this is why it\u2019s such a big deal. That difference in the six-seven line. I mean, look at that. A&M\u2019s strength of schedule is vastly better,\u201d Klatt said. \u201cBut I believe the two wins over Top 25 are carrying the day here. In particular, the Oklahoma<\/a> victory and Oklahoma is obviously in the Playoff.\u201d<\/p>\n

The six seed matters a lot this year, as Klatt pointed out. The six-seed will either play Virginia<\/a> or a Group of Five opponent. As of right now, the No. 7 team will host Notre Dame<\/a>. So, that first matchup is, on paper, going to be significantly different.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Texas A&M Aggies slipped in the College Football Playoff rankings, down to No. 7 in the country.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,58826,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-332010","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-joel-klatt","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football","12":"tag-ncaafootball","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}