Joel Klatt puts unbeaten Utah fifth, and viewers want answers
Even self-described BYU supporters are questioning Utah's placement in a fast-starting Week 11 rankings Short.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 160,870 views a day, 15 times a normal first day on this channel (10,639).
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Some of the people asking Joel Klatt to move Utah up his rankings say they support BYU. Coming straight after Utah's Holy War win, that is a particularly telling detail in the response to his Week 11 top ten.
Klatt places the unbeaten Utes fifth, behind Georgia, Indiana, Notre Dame and UCLA. Several viewers identifying themselves as BYU or Notre Dame fans ask why Utah isn't higher, while others question Indiana's place near the top. The discussion centers on the order of the leading teams, not simply who made the list.
The Short reached about 121,000 views in its first fourteen hours. Its comment section was already more than twenty times as busy as the channel's usual full first day for Shorts.
Klatt isn't dismissing Utah's season. He highlights the win over BYU and says, "Devin Dampier should be in the Heisman Trophy race." But he gives UCLA the next place up after praising its defense and fourth-quarter performance, then puts Notre Dame above both following its win over Miami.
This is a sponsored rankings segment, and Klatt uses it to challenge the playoff committee's reasoning too. His placement of Tennessee above Alabama and Texas above Tennessee follows their head-to-head results. "You see, committee? This is how it's done," he says.
At the top, his choice is emphatic: Georgia. The Bulldogs' rout of Ole Miss supplies the backdrop to his verdict that they are the best team in college football.
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What viewers say
I’m a byu fan but Utah at 5 is WILD
@cjsmith966See it on YouTubeAs a ND fan, I’m confused why Utah is not 1 or 2
@thomass.7988See it on YouTube6-10 is good but I would shuffle around 2-5
@f.sbikerace3921See it on YouTube
3 more comments
Explain how Utah is 5 Klatt
@justintyh5451See it on YouTubeThe holy war is such a sick rivalry name
@nanikwofie4348See it on YouTubeTennessee fan, I agree with this.
@Sasquatch4WDSee it on YouTube
Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
- Subscribers
- 293,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,187,740
- Channel views, pace per day
- 161,516 (on a normal day: 145,566)
- Video published
- November 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 120,888 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 160,870
The numbers
The rankings Short drew an unusually fast audience, with an even sharper increase in comments.
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