Cover 3 Yearbook: What Are The Top 10 Stories That Defined The 2025 Season?
Cover 3 College Football
CBS Sports
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🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
The Cover 3 crew is back to break down the latest news around the college football world. Plus the boys debate the top 10 stories that defined 2025. What are the biggest storylines from last season?
(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:00:50) - General BanterÂ
(00:02:10) - North Dakota Joins Mountain WestÂ
(00:08:20) - South Dakota State HC to Rutgers Â
(00:11:20) - LA Bowl Shuts DownÂ
(00:14:10) - Cover 3 YearbookÂ
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Cover 3 podcast with your host, Chip Patterson, Tom Fernelli, Danny Cannell, and Bud Elliott. |
| 0:11.7 | It's your call for the best college football coverage, from National Signing Day to the National Championship and everything in between. |
| 0:20.6 | CBS Sports presents the Cover 3 podcast. |
| 0:24.6 | And welcome back to the Cover 3 podcast here on CBS Sports. |
| 0:29.6 | That's Tom Freneli, that's Danny Cannell. |
| 0:31.6 | I'm Chip Patterson coming to you live at YouTube.com slash cover 3 |
| 0:35.6 | and everywhere to get your podcast on demand. |
| 0:38.8 | Thanks for hanging out. |
| 0:42.3 | Smash that subscribe, smash that like and come and join us in the chat, |
| 0:51.3 | aka the cover three tailgate, where our friend Ryan jumped in and pointed out that according to Sagarin ratings. |
| 0:53.2 | Of course, Jeff Sagarin for a long time has been offering |
| 0:55.8 | college football power ratings that include both the FBS and the FCS. Ryan points out, |
| 1:02.5 | according to Sagarin, North Dakota State would be the best Mountain West team by far. |
| 1:09.1 | Do you think that will be true? Yes, a little bit of conference realignment news. |
| 1:12.7 | We're going to get to in just a second. |
| 1:14.3 | We also, as you can see from the headline of the episode that are going to be doing our annual |
| 1:20.2 | cover three yearbook. |
| 1:22.5 | Yes, in the same tradition of those old, you know, bound, you know, almanac style, you know, the stories of the season. |
| 1:30.7 | We're going to discuss some of the stories of the season and then rank the top 10 stories |
| 1:36.1 | that defined the 2025 season. Always a fun bit of reflection, especially before we start to turn |
| 1:41.9 | our attention to the upcoming fall. |
| 1:44.7 | So to answer Ryan's question is because we do have, |
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