Joel Klatt’s Top Ten Games That Will Shape The 2025 Season

[Blake Munroe]

[CJ Vogel]

I like Klatt a lot, but the Michigan-Oklahoma game might only shape which team hits 8 wins this season.

[Thanos72]

No Texas v GA?

[Tuco Ramirez]

USC vs IL over Texas v Georgia is laughable.

[Jc Dobbs]

9 minutes ago, Tuco Ramirez said:

USC vs IL over Texas v Georgia is laughable.

Agree with you... Makes me wonder if USC at Illinois is a Big Noon game on Fox.

Another thought... remember when Texas -Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl Stadium was an automatic standout game every CFB season? Yeah, me too. Hook 'Em!

[CHorn427]

2 minutes ago, Jc Dobbs said:

Agree with you... Makes me wonder if USC at Illinois is a Big Noon game on Fox.

Another thought... remember when Texas -Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl Stadium was an automatic standout game every CFB season? Yeah, me too. Hook 'Em!

Texas vs OU is still the a more important game than USC-Illinois. The best outcome for whoever wins the USC-Illinois game is making the CFP as a 12 seed. Whoever wins the Texas/OU game will be in contention for the SEC championship 

[CHorn427]

5 hours ago, CJ Vogel said:

I like Klatt a lot, but the Michigan-Oklahoma game might only shape which team hits 8 wins this season.

Idk about that. Michigan’s schedule is a pretty big cakewalk outside of OU and tOSU. Zero Athlon preseason top 25 opponents outside of OU and Ohio State, and they have Ohio State at home.

If OU wins that game, they have a very good shot at going into RRR undefeated. That would likely make the RRR game a top 10 or even top 5 matchup if Texas takes care of business and other dominoes fall. The back half of OU’s schedule is of course difficult as hell.

Conversely, if Michigan beats OU, they have a surprisingly good chance of going undefeated into the Ohio State game, with probably over 50% post-week 2 odds of making the CFP.

I can definitely see how it is a pivotal game, given how it will frame every other game for the two teams afterwards. 

Edited 2 hours ago by CHorn427