Welcome to the debut edition of HOF Top 12+ College Football — the show where we focus on the 12 teams that actually belong in the College Football Playoff conversation, plus the First Four Out.
Tonight, Jason Watkins reveals his first HOF Top 12+ rankings, with Notre Dame at No. 1, Ohio State, Georgia and Texas in the championship tier, Oklahoma at No. 6, Alabama barely inside the field and USC holding the final spot.
We’ll also reveal the First Four Out — LSU, Michigan, Texas A&M and SMU — before putting Texas A&M in Resume Court. Are the Aggies a real playoff threat, or are college football analysts overhyping the same offseason story again?
Plus, we’ll dive into the ongoing College Football Playoff expansion debate. Jason explains why he believes 12 teams is the right number, why 16 is the absolute limit and why a 24-team CFP would damage what makes college football’s regular season special.
Also on the show: Steve Sarkisian, Texas’ national title expectations, the Longhorns’ SEC confidence and whether Texas is ready to win it all or setting itself up for another round of ridicule.
Drop your Top 12 in the comments and tell Jason who he got wrong.
While John Mateer sat in the stands looking plenty not fine, Brent Venables and the OU staff spun a tale straight out of a Saturday morning cartoon. HOF College Football digs into what really went wrong — the quarterback cover-up, the lifeless offense, and a Texas team that bullied Oklahoma from the opening whistle. Forget the excuses — Jason calls out the coaching failures, the soft game plan, and the insult to Sooner Nation’s intelligence.