Next Episode of College GameDay is
Season 42 / Episode 12 and airs on 07 November 2026 14:00
College GameDay is an ESPN entertainment show previewing college football games. It first aired in 1987 with Tim Brando as host and Lee Corso and Beano Cook as commentators, giving an overview of college football games, but the show underwent a radical transformation beginning in 1993, and began incorporating live broadcasts. The official name of the show is College GameDay built by The Home Depot. There is a separate radio broadcast, ESPN Radio College GameDay, on ESPN Radio. Today, the only original cast member remaining is Lee Corso. Rece Davis serves as host and Kirk Herbstreit is Corso's counterpart. Starting in 2008, Desmond Howardhas been added to the cast in the show's introduction. Craig James served as an analyst from 1990 to 1995. Erin Andrews joined the GameDay crew as a co-host and contributor in 2010, replaced in 2012 by Samantha Ponder. On September 5, 2015, Rece Davis (also host of the college basketball version of GameDay), replaced Chris Fowler as host of the college football version, which itself started its 29th season on that day.The show is known for its prediction segment that appears on each broadcast. Typically there are three predictors: Corso, Herbstreit, and an invited guest, usually a celebrity, prominent athlete, or radio personality associated with the host university or school for that week. The end of the show always concludes with a catch phrase and prediction from Corso, who subsequently dons the mascot's headgear of the school he predicts to win the game, usually to the ire or excitement of local fans. Beginning with the 2013 season, GameDay airs for three hours on ESPN. Previously, beginning in 2010, the first hour of the show was broadcast on ESPNU at 9am ET, with the 2 remaining hours of the show on ESPN from 10am-noon ET.
College GameDay Built by The Home Depot will be live from Pittsburgh for the 2026 NFL Draft, connecting college football's biggest storylines to the next generation of NFL stars. The Draft marks ESPN's first major event of the 2026 football season, culminating with ESPN's first-ever Super Bowl on February 14, 2027.
2026 marks the ninth season the premier college football pregame show has originated from the NFL Draft.
College GameDay Built by The Home Depot will kick off its 40th season with a milestone event – its 500th show on the road – from Baton Rouge, La. ahead of LSU's marquee Week 1 matchup against Clemson. The three-hour season premiere of college football's premier pregame show will air live from LSU's campus, marking the show's 15th visit to Baton Rouge.
College GameDay Built by The Home Depot travels to Austin, Texas, for Week 2 of its 40th season, setting up live from the lawn of the LBJ Presidential Library at The University of Texas.
Texas will host College GameDay for the 11th time, carrying a 5-5 record in previous hosting appearances — including a Week 2 matchup in 2006 against No. 1 Ohio State, a game the Buckeyes won 24-7. Saturday's show marks Texas' 29th all-time appearance on the program. Ohio State extends its own record with its 69th College GameDay appearance.
College GameDay Built by The Home Depot travels to Oxford, Mississippi, for Week 3 of its 40th season, setting up live from The Grove on the Ole Miss campus.
Ole Miss will host College GameDay for the third time. The last time the show originated from The Grove was in 2021, when then-Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin served as celebrity guest picker. Saturday marks Ole Miss's eighth all-time appearance on the program. LSU makes its second appearance of the season and 37th overall.
College GameDay Built by The Home Depot travels to Knoxville, Tennessee, for Week 4 of its landmark 40th season, setting up live from the Ayres Hall Lawn at the University of Tennessee.
The Longhorns and Volunteers are meeting in the regular season for the first time in series history. Their three previous matchups all came on New Year's Day in Dallas at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic. Tennessee will host College GameDay on campus for the 13th time and the program will make its 29th overall appearance. Texas makes its second GameDay appearance of the season and 30th appearance all-time.
College GameDay Built by The Home Depot is returning to Iowa City, setting up live from Pentacrest Lawn at the University of Iowa.
Coming off a thrilling last-second victory against Michigan, the Hawkeyes will host GameDay for the third time overall. Ohio State makes its record-extending 70th GameDay appearance, while Iowa makes its 10th and its first since the 2021 CyHawk rivalry game against Iowa State in Ames.
College GameDay Built by The Home Depot will air live from the University of Alabama ahead of a showdown between SEC heavyweights No. 2 Georgia and No. 6 Alabama. Due to expected inclement weather, the show will originate from inside the Coleman Coliseum on the University of Alabama's campus.
Alabama will host College GameDay for the 22nd time, second all-time behind only Ohio State (26). It marks Alabama's 65th appearance on the show and Georgia's 43rd, both ranking among the top four all-time in program history. Saturday's matchup will be the 13th time Georgia and Alabama serve as the featured GameDay matchup, tied for the most-featured pairing in program history alongside Ohio State–Penn State and Alabama–LSU.
College GameDay Built by The Home Depot heads to Provo, Utah, for the first time since 2009, setting up live on the lawn at Heritage Halls on BYU's campus ahead of the AP Top-10 showdown between the BYU Cougars and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
Saturday's visit marks only the second time BYU has hosted College GameDay, the second AP Top-10 matchup in BYU program history and the first such matchup ever played at LaVell Edwards Stadium.
College GameDay Built by The Home Depot travels to Utah for the second consecutive week, this time setting up live in Salt Lake City from the University of Utah's President's Circle ahead of the Utes' marquee Big 12 clash with Houston.
Saturday's stop marks the seventh time Utah has hosted College GameDay and the third time in the last four seasons the show has made the trip to Salt Lake City. Since 2023, only Ohio State and Alabama have welcomed the show more frequently. Saturday marks the Houston Cougars' second College GameDay appearance and first since they hosted in 2011 against SMU.
College GameDay Built by The Home Depot will originate from Bloomington, Indiana, as No. 4 Indiana prepares to host Minnesota in a marquee Big Ten clash. The show airs live from Showalter Fountain at Indiana University.
Saturday marks Indiana's third time hosting College GameDay — the second under head coach Curt Cignetti — and the Hoosiers' ninth overall appearance on the program. Indiana has won each of its last four GameDay appearances. Minnesota makes its third appearance on the show, all under head coach P.J. Fleck.
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