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

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Podcast: [Cover 3 College Football](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cover-3-college-football-58107)
Published: 2026-08-18T17:33:10+00:00
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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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