The Cover 3 crew talks Ohio State, Penn State, Florida State, USC, Utah and more. First, diving into the many takeaways from Ohio State's defensive battle against Penn State (1:17) and what it means for both teams moving forward. Then, how Florida State responded to Duke's strong first punch (18:47) and what went wrong for North Carolina in a bad loss to Virginia (29:40). Plus, projecting the new AP Top 25 college football rankings sets up discussion for Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama and more (41:13), followed by the state of Arkansas football (1:00:53), Iowa's fair catch controversy in the loss to Minnesota (1:09:12), Utah's win at USC and so much more.

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