Who Is The Next First-Time National Champion In CFB? PLUS Details On A 24-Team Playoff & More!
Cover 3 College Football
CBS Sports
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šļø 16 February 2026
ā±ļø 60 minutes
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Summary
The Cover 3 crew is back to break down the latest news around the college football world. The boys break down the Big Ten's proposal for a 24-team playoff and debate who they think will be the next first time National Champions (Coach or Program).
(00:00:00) - IntroĀ
(00:01:20) - Sacramento State Question
(00:11:30) - Big Ten's 24-Team ProposalĀ
(00:27:29) - Trinidad Chambliss ClearedĀ
(00:38:00) - The Next Program To Win Their First National TitleĀ
(00:51:00) - The Next Coach To Win Their First National TitleĀ
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Transcript
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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. |
| 0:24.9 | And welcome back to the Cover 3 podcast here on CBS Sports. |
| 0:29.8 | That's Tom Freneli, that's Danny Cannell. |
| 0:31.5 | I'm Chip Patterson. |
| 0:32.8 | Come to you live at YouTube.com slash cover 3 and everywhere to get your podcast on demand. |
| 0:37.8 | Thanks for hanging out. |
| 0:39.0 | Smash that subscribe. |
| 0:40.1 | Smash that like and come and join us in the chat, |
| 0:42.4 | aka the cover three tailgate where there's some President's Day celebration. |
| 0:47.5 | Happy President's Day. |
| 0:49.3 | But also at 8.48 a.m. Eastern Time. |
| 0:53.0 | The conversation got started. YouTube username BL1632 says with SAC |
| 0:59.6 | State moving up to FBS. How many teams will we eventually have? Got to think Montana, Montana State, |
| 1:08.0 | South Dakota State will make the move at some point. |
| 1:11.3 | When we get to 145 teams, 150, yes, the reporting coming out this morning. |
| 1:18.9 | It's sort of over the weekend, I guess last night as well. |
| 1:21.6 | Sacramento State, the latest to be making the move. |
| 1:25.2 | And much like North Dakota State, which has arranged to be able to join the Mountain West for this, |
| 1:31.0 | this season, |
| 1:32.2 | the 2026 season, |
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