# ACC & Big 12 Dark Horse Teams In 2026 + College Football Mailbag ✉️ | Cover 3 Podcast

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Podcast: [Cover 3 College Football](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cover-3-college-football-58107)
Published: 2026-06-29T17:14:24+00:00
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The Cover 3 crew is back to give their dark horse college football teams in the ACC and Big 12! The guys also dive in to the bag of mail to answer your questions! - (00:00) Intro (1:57) Favorite “I told you I was right” CFB take (5:30) Latest on 2027 Recruiting Trail (7:38) Texas A&M Lands 4-Star WR Eric McFarland III (12:42) Tennessee parts ways Chaz Coleman (19:00) Latest on Protect College Sports Act (25:06) ACC Dark Horse Teams (34:01) ACC Dark Chalk Donkeys (38:33) Alabama QB Talk / Keelon Russell (43:07) Big 12 Dark Horse Teams (50:27) Big 12 Chalk Donkeys (54:20) Non-Power Four Dark Horses & Chalk Donkeys (1:00:38) What we’ve learned from Summer School (1:04:55) Danny Kanell’s Book Club - 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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