Dave Campbell’s College Football Podcast

Host Carter Yates and senior college writer Mike Craven grade seasons of G6 Programs in the state of Texas. North Texas, UTSA, Rice, Texas State, Sam Houston and UTEP all featured. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven start the new year by giving a letter grade to Texas Longhorns, Texas A&M Aggies, Baylor Bears, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Houston Cougars, TCU Horned Frogs and SMU Mustangs for their 2025 football seasons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven preview the CFP with a prediction of each first round game, an examination of Texas Tech and Texasm A&M's paths to the championship and CFP Title picks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(INTRO – 30:00) Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven lay all their gripes on the table about the CFP. (30:00 – 43:30) Texas Tech and Texas A&M's seeding and path (43:30 – 51:45) Texas Tech bullies BYU... again (51:45 – ) Turnovers doom North Texas in the AC Championship Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven preview Conference Championship week (INTRO – 12:00) A leader has emerged in UNT's coaching search (12:00 – 23:30) Should Texas make the CFP? (23:30 – 32:00) Big 12 Championship Preview (32:00 – END) AC Championship Preview Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven preview Rivalry Week! (INTRO – 19:45) Texas vs Texas A&M preview (19:45 – 27:35) Texas Tech vs West Virginia (27:35 – 38:45) Baylor v Houston (38:45 – 45:05) TCU v Cincinnati (45:05 – 51:30) SMU v Cal (51:30 – END) North Texas, UTSA, Texas State, Rice, UTEP and Sam Houston Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven break down Week 13 in Texas CFB. (INTRO – 10:30) SMU controls destiny to CFP (10:30 – 22:30) Arch goes off (22:30 – 24:15) Texas A&M kicking woes will rear their ugly head (24:25 – 32:15) TCU gets first ranked win since 2022 (32:15 – 40:15) Baylor decides to retain Aranda and he rewards it with a 41-17 loss (40:15 – 45:30) UNT routs Rice (45:30 – 52:...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven preview Week 13 in Texas CFB and break down SMU, Texas A&M, UNT and Texas Tech CFP paths while discussing if Sark misplayed his comments on Texas underachieving. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven recap Week 12 in Texas CFB. (INTRO – 3:20) Five Texas teams in AP Poll (3:20 – 15:40) Texas gets exposed by Georgia (15:40 – 23:40) Texas A&M comes back down 27 (23:40 – 28:00) Texas Tech vs UCF and Jacob Rodriguez Heisman candidacy (28:00 – 31:30) UNT has a path to the CFP after blowing out UAB and the USF loss (31:30 – 38:40) Baylor gets rocked by...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven preview Week 12 in Texas CFB. (INTRO – 9:45) Three Texas teams in the CFP Top 10 (9:45 – 20:10) Texas vs Georgia preview (20:10 – 26:30) Baylor vs Utah preview and Mack Rhoades discussion (26:30 – 33:20) TCU vs BYU preview and Kendal Briles discussion (33:20 – 36:40) Texas A&M vs South Carolina (36:40 – 41:40) Texas Tech vs UCF (41:40 – 44:00) Bad vi...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven recap Week 11 in Texas CFB (INTRO – 16:00) Texas Tech manhandles BYU (16:00 – 22:18) Texas A&M vs Missouri (22:18 – 27:30)TCU falls to Iowa State (27:30 – 32:45) Houston beats UCF (32:45 – 38:00) SMU smokes BC (38:00 – 41:40) UTSA vs South Florida (41:40 – 45:40) Texas State loses then fights (45:40 – 47:30) Rice is at 5 wins! (47:30 – 51:00) SAM HOU...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven break down Week 11 in Texas CFB. (INTRO – 14:50) Texas Tech vs BYU (14:50 – 22:30) Texas A&M vs Missouri (22:30 – 30:45) TCU vs Iowa State (30:45 – 32:55) Houston vs UCF (32:55 – 38:20) SMU vs Boston College (38:20 – END) G6 Weekend Preview including Texas State, UTSA, Rice, UTEP, Sam Houston Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven break down Week 10 in Texas CFB (INTRO – 3:50) YouTube TV and ESPN dispute ruins an epic quadbox (3:50 – 17:40) Texas has a clear path to the CFP after the Vanderbilt win (17:40 – 24:50) SMU wins an all-time bet on itself (24:50 – 30:15) North Texas has the best G5 odds for the CFP (30:15 – 38:20) Texas Tech is the Monstars (38:20 – 41:30) Turnovers...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven break down Week 10 in Texas CFB. Breakdowns include Texas v Vanderbilt, SMU v Miami, UNT v Navy, Texas Tech v K-State, Houston v WVU, Baylor v UCF, UTSA v Tulane, Texas State v James Madison, Rice v Memphis, UTEP v Kennesaw State, Sam Houston v Kennesaw State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven recap Week 9 in Texas CFB. (INTRO – 9:15) Texas A&M beats LSU (9:15 – 19:50) Texas miracle comeback (19:50 – 26:10) Houston gets its first signature win (26:10 – 31:30) The Dave Aranda era is done (31:30 – 36:30) SMU's 3-year conference winning streak comes to an end (36:30 – 38:50) Texas Tech gets first shutout since 2005 (38:50 – 42:50) TCU beats W...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven preview Week 9 in Texas CFB (INTRO – 16:50) Texas A&M vs LSU preview and why are coaches so bad at answering questions about other jobs? (16:50 – 22:00) Houston vs Arizona State (22:00 – 28:10) Baylor vs Cincinnati and our final Dave Aranda existential talk (28:10 – 38:50) Texas vs Mississippi State and should Sark give up playcalling duties? (38:50...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven recap Week 8 in Texas CFB (INTRO - 6:00) How does Florida and Colorado State job openings affect Texas coaches? (6:00 – 16:00) Texas A&M vs Arkansas (16:00 – 26:00) Texas Tech vs Arizona State (26:00 – 39:00) Texas vs Kentucky (39:00 – 45:30) SMU vs Clemson (45:30 – 54:30) TCU vs Baylor (54:30 – 59:30) Houston vs Arizona (59:30 – 1:07:30) UNT vs UTSA...

PROGRAMMING NOTE: We have edited this podcast to remove a segment about the pocketknife discovered during the Texas Tech vs Kansas game. This podcast was recorded on Tuesday for a Wednesday release. On Wednesday, new information came to light that the pocketknife was dropped by a Kansas staffer. We apologize for the error. For more information on the developing story, here is an article from Don W...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven preview Week Seven of Texas CFB (INTRO – 19:00) Red River Rivalry Preview (19:00 – 28:00) UNT's biggest game in program history (28:00 – 34:00) Texas A&M vs Florida preview (34:00 – 41:20) UTSA has to beat Rice to satiate the fanbase (41:20 – END) Speed run through TCU, SMU, UTEP, Texas State and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven recap Week Six in Texas college football. (INTRO – 16:00) Texas Tech vs Houston recap and why the Big 12 runs through Lubbock (16:00 – 27:30) Texas has major offensive issues (27:30 – 35:50) Why Texas A&M is one of a few SEC favorites (35:50 – 46:00) Baylor wins a thriller over Kansas State (46:00 – 52:00) Why we still have concerns about TCU (52:00...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven break down Week 6 in Texas CFB. (INTRO – 13:00) With Rhett Lashlee a rumored candidate for Arkansas, the guys discuss if SMU is actually a better job? (13:00 – 22:55) The elevator pitch for GJ Kinne, Eric Morris, Jeff Traylor and Collin Klein for new head coaching jobs (22:55 – 30:55) Houston vs Texas Tech preview (30:55 – 40:45) Texas A&M vs Mississ...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven break down Week 5 in Texas CFB (INTRO – 15:30) Texas A&M beats Auburn 16-10 (15:30 – 23:35) TCU allows 17 unanswered to lose to Arizona State (23:35 – 28:30) Houston scores 17 unanswered to win (28:30 – 44:50) A long conversation about Dave Aranda (44:50 – 55:25) Mean Green are 5-0, but where are the fans? (55:25 – 59:15) Rice gets out-optioned by Na...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven revisit their preseason predictions. (INTRO – 4:50) Why we were wrong about Texas State going 7-5 (4:50 – 6:45) Carter got his entire fantasy draft wrong (6:45 – 9:40) Why Craven was right about North Texas competing for an American championship (9:40 – 13:30) Why Carter feels good about Texas A&M over 7.5 still (13:30 – 14:55) Why we might have been...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven recap Week 4 "Judgement Week" in Texas CFB. (INTRO - 14:00) Texas Tech's signature win over Utah (14:00 – 26:30) TCU takes the final Iron Skillet behind Eric McAlister's Road to Glory day (26:30 – 34:10) Baylor falls to ASU on last second field goal (34:10 – 41:15) North Texas wins its second OT game of the year (41:15 – 44:50) Rice is 3-1 for the fi...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven preview Week 4 in Texas College Football. (INTRO – 11:55) No.17 Texas Tech at No.16 Utah (11:55 – 18:40) Baylor vs Arizona State (18:40 – 23:20) North Texas at Army (23:20 – 35:45) Arch Manning's last chance for a get right, a golden opportunity for Rice, are UTSA fans revolting? Then, the guys welcome on On3 SMU reporter Billy Embody and 247Sports T...