Greg Sankey says SEC is best Conference BY FAR & Texas Tech challenges Texas to Week 1 game

About this episode

Joel Klatt discusses SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey's claims about the SEC's superiority and Texas Tech's challenge to Texas, along with other key college football topics.

FOX Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt responds to SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey saying that the SEC is “by far” the best conference in college football despite the Big Ten winning the last 3 National Championships with 3 different teams. He also weighs in on Texas Tech challenging Texas to a game in Week 1 after Longhorns HC Steve Sarkisian took a shot at their schedule. Klatt discusses the SEC’s lack of a unified stance on a new CFP format at their Spring Meetings and what it means for the future. He also reacts to Kirby Smart’s comments backing the idea of the SEC potentially breaking away from the rest of college football if things don’t change before saluting the conference for putting an end to cupcake week in November. 0:00-2:00 Takeaways from SEC spring meetings2:01-10:01 Greg Sankey says SEC is the strongest conference by far10:02-14:12 Where do things stand with the CFP format after the SEC spring meetings?14:13-20:36 Kirby Smart says he’s not afraid of SEC breaking away from rest of CFB20:37-23:43 Texas Tech offers to play Texas in week 123:44-25:21 NCAA denies reinstatement for QB Brendan Sorsby in gambling case25:22-27:35 SEC eliminates cupcake week in…

People in this episode

Host: Joel Klatt

Topics covered

• SEC dominance
• Texas Tech vs Texas
• CFP format
• SEC spring meetings
• NCAA gambling case
• cupcake week elimination

Keywords

• SEC
• Greg Sankey
• Texas Tech
• CFP format
• Kirby Smart
• NCAA
• Brendan Sorsby
• cupcake week

Sponsors

SeatGeek

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SEC, Big Ten, NCAA

More episodes of The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

• College Football Stock Watch: which teams are going up or down for the 2026 Season? · June 8, 2026 · 22 min
• Why the Big Ten wants to schedule the SEC & Klatt’s 10 favorite matchups he wants to see · May 25, 2026 · 30 min
• Is a 24-Team College Football Playoff inevitable now? · May 18, 2026 · 36 min
• Biggest Questions facing Klatt’s Top 12 teams for 2026 Season · May 11, 2026 · 39 min
• Joel Klatt’s Post-Spring Top 25 for the 2026 Season · May 4, 2026 · 40 min
• Big Ten vs SEC - what the NFL Draft tells us, Rams’ Ty Simpson Gamble & 2027 Draft Top 10 Big Board · April 27, 2026 · 47 min