Can USC, Florida Sneak Into CFP? Klatt Names Top 10 Teams Outside Top 10 To Make CFP

After weeks of “College Football Playoff or bust” for teams like USC, who are the sleeper College Football Playoff teams that no one’s talking about? In year three of the 12-team CFP format, the chances of earning a playoff bid continue to grow. While powerhouses like Texas and Ohio State seem like a playoff lock after Week 3, there’s plenty of time for a team like UCLA or Florida to make its first CFP. Here are FOX Sports’ Joel Klatt’s top 10 teams outside the top 10 to reach the CFP: Klatt’s thoughts: “Of the 10 teams, I’m going to be real honest. I’m having a harder time with USC, specifically because of how their defense has played. I’m officially concerned about the defense. They gave up 30 points to Louisiana, 35 to Rutgers… it’s the middle of that defensive line, their tackling was not good. It’s all the same problems that we’ve lamented for a number of years with Lincoln Riley’s teams at USC, and even going back to Oklahoma. It looks like they’re just going to have to sit there and outscore teams, again. Now, can they do that? Probably. Can they do that against top 10 opponents? Probably not. They lost their star freshman Trent Mosley… and they’re banged up at secondary. “The offense looks really good. I don’t think that you can look at this team and think to yourself ‘yeah, they’re definitely going to do it,’ but they’re outside of the top 10 right now. They’ve got the talent if they can sure up some things on the defensive side. They have a monster game this week against Oregon. They’ve got Washington. They’ve got to go to Penn State. Host Ohio State. They’ve got to go to Indiana… I think that they need to be a 10-2 team. Klatt’s thoughts: Klatt’s thoughts: Klatt’s thoughts: Klatt’s thoughts: Klatt’s thoughts: Klatt’s thoughts: Klatt’s thoughts: Klatt’s thoughts: Klatt’s thoughts: Read More

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