diff --git a/pkg/controllers/pod_controller.go b/pkg/controllers/pod_controller.go
index 092cc5c6f..5bd2a4a4e 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/pod_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/pod_controller.go
@@ -15,16 +15,25 @@ package controllers
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/predicate"
 
+	"sigs.k8s.io/jobset/pkg/util/placement"
+
 	jobset "sigs.k8s.io/jobset/api/jobset/v1alpha2"
 )
 
@@ -55,9 +64,10 @@ func (r *PodReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
 	return ctrl.NewControllerManagedBy(mgr).
 		For(&corev1.Pod{}).
 		WithEventFilter(predicate.NewPredicateFuncs(func(object client.Object) bool {
+			// Only reconcile leader pods which have been scheduled which are part of
+			// JobSets using exclusive placement.
 			pod, ok := object.(*corev1.Pod)
-			// Only reconcile pods that are part of JobSets using exclusive placement.
-			return ok && usingExclusivePlacement(pod)
+			return ok && placement.IsLeaderPod(pod) && podScheduled(pod) && usingExclusivePlacement(pod) && !podDeleted(pod)
 		})).
 		Complete(r)
 }
@@ -99,17 +109,188 @@ func SetupPodIndexes(ctx context.Context, indexer client.FieldIndexer) error {
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=core,resources=pods,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;patch;delete
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=core,resources=nodes,verbs=get;list;watch
 
-// Reconcile is part of the main kubernetes reconciliation loop which aims to
-// move the current state of the cluster closer to the desired state.
+// Reconcile attempts to enforce that the pods that belong to the same job are
+// scheduled on the same topology domain exclusively if the parent JobSet is using
+// exclusive placement.
 func (r *PodReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error) {
+	// In the following, we aim to enforce that for JobSets using exclusive placement,
+	// pods that belong to the same job are scheduled on the same topology domain exclusively.
+	// We do this by performing the following steps:
+	// 1) Reconcile leader pods which are scheduled and using exclusive placement.
+	// 2) For a given leader pod, check all follower pods's nodeSelectors are all
+	//    configured to select the same topology as the leader pod is currently placed on.
+	// 3) If the above condition is false, we delete all the follower pods in this job to
+	//    allow them to be rescheduled correctly.
+	var leaderPod corev1.Pod
+	if err := r.Get(ctx, req.NamespacedName, &leaderPod); err != nil {
+		// we'll ignore not-found errors, since there is nothing we can do here.
+		return ctrl.Result{}, client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
+	}
+
+	log := ctrl.LoggerFrom(ctx).WithValues("pod", klog.KObj(&leaderPod))
+	ctx = ctrl.LoggerInto(ctx, log)
+	log.V(2).Info("Reconciling Pod")
+
+	// Get all the pods owned by the same job as this pod.
+	jobKey, exists := leaderPod.Labels[jobset.JobKey]
+	if !exists {
+		return ctrl.Result{}, fmt.Errorf("job key label not found on leader pod: %q", leaderPod.Name)
+	}
+	podList, err := r.listPodsForJob(ctx, leaderPod.Namespace, jobKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(err, "listing pods for job")
+		return ctrl.Result{}, err
+	}
+
+	// Validate all follower pods in this job are assigned to the same topology as the leader pod.
+	// If not, then delete all the job's follower pods so they can be recreated and rescheduled correctly.
+	valid, err := r.validatePodPlacements(ctx, &leaderPod, podList)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ctrl.Result{}, err
+	}
+	if !valid {
+		return ctrl.Result{}, r.deleteFollowerPods(ctx, podList.Items)
+	}
 	return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 }
 
+// listPodsForJobKey returns a list of pods owned by a specific job, using the
+// jobKey (SHA1 hash of the namespaced job name) label selector.
+func (r *PodReconciler) listPodsForJob(ctx context.Context, ns, jobKey string) (*corev1.PodList, error) {
+	var podList corev1.PodList
+	if err := r.List(ctx, &podList, client.InNamespace(ns), &client.MatchingFields{podJobKey: jobKey}); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &podList, nil
+}
+
+// validatePodPlacements returns true if the topology value specified in follower pods' nodeSelectors
+// matches that of their leader pod, and the leader pod exists. Otherwise, it returns false.
+func (r *PodReconciler) validatePodPlacements(ctx context.Context, leaderPod *corev1.Pod, podList *corev1.PodList) (bool, error) {
+	// We know exclusive key is set since we have an event filter for this.
+	topologyKey := leaderPod.Annotations[jobset.ExclusiveKey]
+	leaderTopology, err := r.leaderPodTopology(ctx, leaderPod, topologyKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	// Validate all follower pods are assigned to the same topology as the leader pod.
+	for _, pod := range podList.Items {
+		if placement.IsLeaderPod(&pod) {
+			continue
+		}
+		followerTopology, err := followerPodTopology(&pod, topologyKey)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		if followerTopology != leaderTopology {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("follower topology %q != leader topology %q", followerTopology, leaderTopology)
+		}
+	}
+	return true, nil
+}
+
+// deleteFollowerPods deletes follower pods (non-index 0), parallelizing up to `maxParallelism` requests.
+func (r *PodReconciler) deleteFollowerPods(ctx context.Context, pods []corev1.Pod) error {
+	lock := &sync.Mutex{}
+	var finalErrs []error
+
+	workqueue.ParallelizeUntil(ctx, maxParallelism, len(pods), func(i int) {
+		pod := pods[i]
+		// Do not delete leader pod.
+		if placement.IsLeaderPod(&pod) {
+			return
+		}
+
+		// Add condition to pod status so that a podFailurePolicy can be used to ignore
+		// deletions by this controller done to handle race conditions.
+		condition := corev1.PodCondition{
+			Type:    corev1.DisruptionTarget,
+			Status:  v1.ConditionTrue,
+			Reason:  "ExclusivePlacementViolation",
+			Message: "Pod violated JobSet exclusive placement policy",
+		}
+
+		// If pod status already has this condition, we don't need to send the update again.
+		if updatePodCondition(&pod, condition) {
+			if err := r.Status().Update(ctx, &pod); err != nil {
+				lock.Lock()
+				defer lock.Unlock()
+				finalErrs = append(finalErrs, err)
+				return
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Delete the pod.
+		backgroundPolicy := metav1.DeletePropagationBackground
+		if err := r.Delete(ctx, &pod, &client.DeleteOptions{PropagationPolicy: &backgroundPolicy}); client.IgnoreNotFound(err) != nil {
+			lock.Lock()
+			defer lock.Unlock()
+			finalErrs = append(finalErrs, err)
+			return
+		}
+	})
+	return errors.Join(finalErrs...)
+}
+
+// leaderPodTopology returns the topology value (e.g., node pool name, zone, etc.)
+// for a given leader pod and topology key, by checking the node labels on the node
+// the leader is currently scheduled on.
+func (r *PodReconciler) leaderPodTopology(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod, topologyKey string) (string, error) {
+	log := ctrl.LoggerFrom(ctx)
+
+	nodeName := pod.Spec.NodeName
+	ns := pod.Namespace
+
+	// Get node the leader pod is running on.
+	var node corev1.Node
+	if err := r.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: nodeName, Namespace: ns}, &node); err != nil {
+		// We'll ignore not-found errors, since there is nothing we can do here.
+		// A node may not exist temporarily due to a maintenance event or other scenarios.
+		log.Error(err, fmt.Sprintf("getting node %s", nodeName))
+		return "", client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
+	}
+
+	// Get topology (e.g. node pool name) from node labels.
+	topology, exists := node.Labels[topologyKey]
+	if !exists {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("node does not have topology label: %s", topology)
+	}
+	return topology, nil
+}
+
+// followerPodTopology returns the topology value (e.g., node pool name, zone, etc.)
+// for a given follower pod and topology key, by checking the target topology
+// defined in the pod's nodeSelector.
+func followerPodTopology(pod *corev1.Pod, topologyKey string) (string, error) {
+	if pod.Spec.NodeSelector == nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("pod %s nodeSelector is nil", pod.Name)
+	}
+	topology, exists := pod.Spec.NodeSelector[topologyKey]
+	if !exists {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("pod %s nodeSelector is missing key: %s", pod.Name, topologyKey)
+	}
+	return topology, nil
+}
+
+// usingExclusivePlacement returns true if the pod is part of a JobSet using
+// exclusive placement, otherwise it returns false.
 func usingExclusivePlacement(pod *corev1.Pod) bool {
 	_, exists := pod.Annotations[jobset.ExclusiveKey]
 	return exists
 }
 
+// podScheduled returns true if the pod has been scheduled, otherwise it returns false.
+func podScheduled(pod *corev1.Pod) bool {
+	return pod.Spec.NodeName != ""
+}
+
+// podDeleted returns true if hte pod has been marked for deletion, otherwise it returns false.
+func podDeleted(pod *corev1.Pod) bool {
+	return pod.DeletionTimestamp != nil
+}
+
 // removePodNameSuffix removes the random suffix appended to pod names.
 func removePodNameSuffix(podName string) (string, error) {
 	parts := strings.Split(podName, "-")
@@ -121,3 +302,24 @@ func removePodNameSuffix(podName string) (string, error) {
 	}
 	return strings.Join(parts[:len(parts)-1], "-"), nil
 }
+
+// Update the pod status with the given condition.
+func updatePodCondition(pod *corev1.Pod, condition corev1.PodCondition) bool {
+	condition.LastTransitionTime = metav1.Now()
+	for i, val := range pod.Status.Conditions {
+		if condition.Type == val.Type && condition.Status != val.Status {
+			pod.Status.Conditions[i] = condition
+			// Condition found but different status so we should update
+			return true
+		} else if condition.Type == val.Type && condition.Status == val.Status {
+			// Duplicate condition so no update
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	// Condition doesn't exist, update only if the status is true.
+	if condition.Status == corev1.ConditionTrue {
+		pod.Status.Conditions = append(pod.Status.Conditions, condition)
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/pkg/util/placement/placement.go b/pkg/util/placement/placement.go
index 521e10f32..bc5efe4db 100644
--- a/pkg/util/placement/placement.go
+++ b/pkg/util/placement/placement.go
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ func GenJobName(jsName, rjobName string, jobIndex int) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%d", jsName, rjobName, jobIndex)
 }
 
-// IsLeaderPod returns true if the given pod is a leader pod (job completion index of 0),
-// otherwise it returns false.
-func IsLeaderPod(pod *corev1.Pod) bool {
-	return pod.Annotations[batchv1.JobCompletionIndexAnnotation] == "0"
-}
-
 // GenLeaderPodName returns the name of the leader pod (pod with completion index 0)
 // for a given job in a jobset.
 func GenLeaderPodName(jobSet, replicatedJob, jobIndex string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%s-0", jobSet, replicatedJob, jobIndex)
 }
+
+// IsLeaderPod returns true if the given pod is a leader pod (job completion index of 0),
+// otherwise it returns false.
+func IsLeaderPod(pod *corev1.Pod) bool {
+	return pod.Annotations[batchv1.JobCompletionIndexAnnotation] == "0"
+}
diff --git a/pkg/webhooks/pod_admission_webhook.go b/pkg/webhooks/pod_admission_webhook.go
index 82968926a..f5fb9de16 100644
--- a/pkg/webhooks/pod_admission_webhook.go
+++ b/pkg/webhooks/pod_admission_webhook.go
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ func (p *podWebhook) leaderPodScheduled(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) (b
 func (p *podWebhook) leaderPodForFollower(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) (*corev1.Pod, error) {
 	// Generate the expected leader pod name for this follower pod.
 	log := ctrl.LoggerFrom(ctx)
-	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("generating leader pod name for follower pod: %s", pod.Name))
 	leaderPodName, err := genLeaderPodName(pod)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error(err, "getting leader pod name for follower pod")
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ func (p *podWebhook) leaderPodForFollower(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod)
 
 	// Validate there is only 1 leader pod for this job.
 	if len(podList.Items) != 1 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("too many leader pods for this job (expected 1, got %d", len(podList.Items))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("incorrect number of leader pods for this job (expected 1, got %d)", len(podList.Items))
 	}
 
 	// Check if the leader pod is scheduled.
diff --git a/pkg/webhooks/pod_mutating_webhook.go b/pkg/webhooks/pod_mutating_webhook.go
index 445ac55b7..51d8e5394 100644
--- a/pkg/webhooks/pod_mutating_webhook.go
+++ b/pkg/webhooks/pod_mutating_webhook.go
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ func (p *podWebhook) Default(ctx context.Context, obj runtime.Object) error {
 func (p *podWebhook) patchPod(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) error {
 	log := ctrl.LoggerFrom(ctx)
 	if pod.Annotations[batchv1.JobCompletionIndexAnnotation] == "0" {
-		log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("pod webhook: setting exclusive affinities for pod: %s", pod.Name))
+		log.V(3).Info(fmt.Sprintf("pod webhook: setting exclusive affinities for pod: %s", pod.Name))
 		setExclusiveAffinities(pod)
 		return nil
 	} else {
-		log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("pod webhook: adding node selector for follower pod: %s", pod.Name))
+		log.V(3).Info(fmt.Sprintf("pod webhook: adding node selector for follower pod: %s", pod.Name))
 		return p.setNodeSelector(ctx, pod)
 	}
 }