Joel Klatt’s School Soccer Rankings: Ohio State Rises, Chaos Reigns

School soccer is again — and so is the chaos. 

After an action-packed Week 1, FOX Sports activities lead faculty soccer analyst Joel Klatt unveiled his up to date High 10 rankings, with some main shakeups on the prime.

Did Ohio State do sufficient to catapult to No. 1 after a gritty win over Texas? The place does LSU stand following a dominant efficiency in opposition to Clemson?

Listed here are Klatt’s prime 10 rankings after a wild opening weekend.

Klatt’s take: Ohio State is the defending nationwide champions. They beat the No. 1 staff within the nation. And so they rolled off their fifth consecutive top-10 win. With a brand new quarterback and all these new faces, that protection was completely great for Matt Patricia, their new defensive coordinator. The Buckeyes are No. 1 for me.

Klatt’s take: LSU will get the enormous win and the query about Brian Kelly, specifically in openers, and coming in with that rebuilt switch portal protection, they have been terrific. In plenty of methods, essentially the most full staff in faculty soccer.

Klatt’s take: Penn State is skilled, specifically at quarterback. We all know they’ll be proper there. I am unable to wait to see them play anyone like Oregon, which they are going to to open up Large Ten play later in September.

Klatt’s take: Oregon did not play anyone, however that is an elite staff. Dante Moore regarded good within the snaps that we noticed.

Klatt’s take: Georgia is at No. 5. I did not see them play anyone, however I do nonetheless assume that is an elite staff.

Klatt’s take: I do know they misplaced on the highway in opposition to the defending nationwide champions. I nonetheless assume that is the worst that Arch Manning goes to play as a result of he’ll study from this. Let’s not neglect, this was his first highway begin as a school soccer participant. That may be a robust factor to do and in the event you take the title off his again and decrease the expectations just a bit bit, you begin to notice there should not be any panic round Austin, Texas. In truth, for me, zero panic about Texas.

Klatt’s take: Miami will get the large win over Notre Dame, and so they soar as much as No. 7. What we noticed in earlier years from Miami was that Mario Cristobal was constructing an elite roster, however that roster did not actually know tips on how to win large video games and tips on how to beat top-10 groups. Now, they get that executed, largely attributable to the truth that they have this skilled quarterback.

Klatt’s take: Clemson additionally misplaced, however that was an incredible recreation in opposition to LSU. Clemson was proper there, driving late to tie the sport. That is a staff that I nonetheless assume is an elite staff. They should repair some issues on the offensive line shifting ahead.

Klatt’s take: I am not apprehensive about Notre Dame. I favored the way in which their younger QB, CJ Carr, answered the bell late of their recreation in opposition to Miami. I nonetheless like their protection and I nonetheless assume they will be capable to run the soccer very well. It simply now places some stress on their recreation in opposition to Texas A&M within the coming weeks.

Klatt’s take: How about that massive win over Alabama? The mix of their new offensive coordinator, Gus Malzahn, and their new quarterback, Tommy Castellanos, was great. Their run recreation opened up, they ran it throughout Alabama. Their protection regarded quick and bodily. I used to be very impressed with Florida State. They soar all the way in which into the highest 10. That is clearly a contender within the ACC.

Joel Klatt is FOX Sports activities’ lead faculty soccer recreation analyst and the host of the podcast “The Joel Klatt Present.” Observe him at @joelklatt and subscribe to the “Joel Klatt Present” on YouTube.

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