After ranking Penn State No. 1 in his post-spring poll, Joel Klatt kept the Nittany Lions in the top spot, while another team skyrocketed.

Klatt pointed to Clemson’s 16 returning starters as the backbone of his prediction. The Tigers finished the 2024 season 10‑4, securing the ACC championship with a narrow win over SMU, and earned a College Football Playoff berth as a 12 seed before falling to the Texas Longhorns.

Oklahoma, having more losing records the past three seasons than their previous quarter century combined, is in need of a good year in their fourth under Brent Venables. The Sooners are somewhat of a question mark,