Oregon cracks top 5 for Joel Klatt with three games left in regular season
We are getting down to crunch time in the world of college football. The month of November is always notorious for separating the contenders from the pretenders.
So far, it appears the Oregon Ducks very much belong in the former group, having blown out their competition in impressive fashion over the past few weeks, and looking like one of the best teams in the nation ever since losing their first game of the season back in early October.
While the College Football Playoff rankings act as the be-all-end-all at this point in the season, we still like to look around and see where some of the most popular analysts have teams ranked, and what some of the top computer models think of the Ducks.
While ESPN’s Football Power Index certainly thinks highly of Oregon, let’s take a look at how Fox Sports’ analyst Joel Klatt views the Ducks after Week 10:
Michigan Wolverines
Week 10 Result: 41-13 Win vs. Purdue
Previous Klatt Ranking: No. 1
College Football Playoff Ranking: No. 3
Georgia Bulldogs
Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
Week 10 Result: 30-21 Win vs. No. 12 Missouri
Previous Klatt Ranking: No. 2
College Football Playoff Ranking: No. 2
Ohio State Buckeyes
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Week 10 Result: 35-16 Win vs. Rutgers
Previous Klatt Ranking: No. 3
College Football Playoff Ranking: No. 1
Washington Huskies
D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports
Week 10 Result: 52-42 Win vs. No. 20 USC
Previous Klatt Ranking: No. 5
College Football Playoff Ranking: No. 5
Oregon Ducks
Week 10 Result: 63-19 Win vs. California
Previous Klatt Ranking: No. 6
College Football Playoff Ranking: No. 6
Florida State Seminoles
Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports
Week 10 Result: 24-7 Win vs. Pitt
Previous Klatt Ranking: No. 4
College Football Playoff Ranking: No. 4
Texas Longhorns
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Week 10 Result: 33-30 Win vs. No. 22 Kansas State
Previous Klatt Ranking: No. 7
College Football Playoff Ranking: No. 7
Alabama Crimson Tide
Butch Dill-USA TODAY Sports
Week 10 Result: 42-28 Win vs. No. 14 LSU
Previous Klatt Ranking: No. 8
College Football Playoff Ranking: No. 8
Penn State Nittany Lions
Matthew O’Haren-USA TODAY Sports
Week 10 Result: 51-15 Win vs. Marlyand
Previous Klatt Ranking: No. 11
College Football Playoff Ranking: No. 11
Ole Miss Rebels
Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports
Week 10 Result: 38-35 Win vs. Texas A&M
Previous Klatt Ranking: No. 12
College Football Playoff Ranking: No. 10
