2026 College Football TURNAROUND Candidates: Teams With Best Chance To Improve đ
7/13/20261 hr 10 min
The Cover 3 crew is back to give their turnaround candidates for the 2026 college football season. Who has the best chance to improve their win total from last season and who are the regression candidates?
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(00:00) Intro
(4:47) Future of Michigan AD Warde Manuel In Doubt
(15:20) Summer School Takeaways
(24:28) Turnaround Teams From Last Season
(26:52) Big Ten Turnaround Candidates
(36:55) SEC Turnaround Candidates
(51:01) Big 12 Turnaround Candidates
(58:53) ACC Turnaround Candidates
(1:02:08) Group of Six Turnaround Candidates
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
[upbeat music] Welcome back to the Cover 3 podcast with your hosts, Chip Patterson, Tom Farnelli, Danny Cannell, and Bud Elliott. It's your call for the best college football coverage, from national signing day to the national championship and everything in between. CBS Sports presents the Cover 3 podcast.
Chip Patterson· Host0:24
And welcome back to the Cover 3 podcast here on CBS Sports. That's Danny Cannell, that's Bud Elliott, I'm Chip Patterson coming to you live, youtube.com/cover3 and everywhere you get your podcasts on demand. Thanks for hanging out. Smash that subscribe, smash that like, and come and join us in the chat, AKA the Cover 3 Tailgate, where they are filled up with turnaround candidates. But I, I gotta highlight something special. 9:56 AM Eastern Time, great, great report from Las Vegas. "Morning, gentlemen. I'm in Vegas for Summer League watching the Rockets play the Nuggets. And who do I see in the row ahead of me? Ben Middlebrooks' uncle. [laughs] Shout out to Danny for being welcoming." I, I guess we would call him a, a Vikes, uh, Vikes. I, I, I don't, I don't, I don't wanna stumble into mispronouncing your, your YouTube username. Do you remember our friend right here from the Cover 3 Tailgate who was, uh, who enjoyed spending time with you out there at NBA Summer League while you were watching the Fam?
Danny Kanell· Host1:26
I met several, uh, fans of the Cover 3 podcast.