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College Football Playoff: Joel Klatt says Ohio State was the right choice for No. 1 spot

Teddy Rydquist

By Teddy Rydquist

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Appearing on The Herd with Colin Cowherd on Wednesday, CFB on FOX analyst Joel Klatt was relatively satisfied with the initial College Football Playoff rankings.

Airing weekdays from 12:00-3:00PM ET on FS1, the show shared video of Klatt’s segment:

Traversing the country’s ninth-toughest schedule according to College Football Reference, Ohio State is off to an 8-0 start. Led by sophomores Justin Fields and Chris Olave and junior J.K. Dobbins, the Buckeyes are averaging an outstanding 48.2 points per game.

Ohio State hosts Maryland (3-6) at 12:00PM ET on FOX on Saturday.

The No. 2 and 3 teams in the first CFP rankings, LSU (8-0) travels to Tuscaloosa to battle Alabama (8-0) at 3:30PM ET as part of the SEC on CBS.

The final team in the top-four, Penn State (8-0) clashes with No. 17 Minnesota (8-0) at TCF Bank Stadium at 12:00PM ET on ABC.

Teddy Rydquist

A graduate of Bowling Green State University, Rydquist has been contributing to Saturday Down South and Saturday Tradition since 2019. He can be found on Twitter @TeddyRydquist.