# College Football Playoff Bracket Predictions + Which Top-25 Teams Will Finish The Season Unranked?

An episode of [Cover 3 College Football](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1257913963), 18 Aug 2026, 44 min.

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The Cover 3 crew is back and they are running through their official College Football Playoff bracket predictions for the 2026 season! The guys also say which teams ranked in the Preseason AP Poll they believe could finish unranked and which sleeper teams could finish inside the top 10! - (00:00) Intro (00:39) Top 25 Teams That Will Finish Unranked (9:55) Unranked Team That Will Finish Top 10 (20:03) Bud Elliott’s CFP Bracket Prediction (27:50) Tom Fornelli’s CFP Bracket Prediction (34:34) Chip Patterson’s CFP Bracket Prediction - Join this year's college football picks league! https://app.splashsports.com/contest/05480bf3-91d8-4e2a-b25d-1502bb7c9061/detail - Cover 3 is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Visit the betting arena on CBSSports.com for all the latest in sportsbook reviews and sportsbook promos for betting on college football. Watch Cover 3 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/cover3 Follow our hosts on Twitter: @Chip_Patterson, @TomFornelli, @DannyKanell, @BudElliott3 For more college football coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/

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