College GameDay (football TV program)


College GameDay is a pre-game show broadcast by ESPN as part of the network's coverage of college football, broadcast on Saturday mornings during the college football season. In its current form, the program is typically broadcast from the campus of the team hosting a featured game being played that day and features news and analysis of the day's upcoming games.
The show takes on a festive tailgate party atmosphere, as thousands of fans gather behind the broadcast set, in view of the show's cameras. Many fans bring flags or hand-painted signs as well, and the school's cheerleaders and mascots often join in the celebration. Crowds at GameDay tapings are known to be quite boisterous and very spirited. Flags seen at the broadcast are not limited to those of the home team; for example, one large Washington State flag can be seen at every broadcast, regardless of the location or the teams involved. The idea began in 2003 on WSU online fan forums and has resulted in the flag, nicknamed "Ol' Crimson", being present at 320 consecutive GameDay broadcasts since 2003.
The tailgate party theme also includes food brought onto the set cooked by a local business and the hosts sample the food prior to a commercial break, but the food is taken away by the time the program resumes.
The show's current main intro and theme music is performed by country music group The Cadillac Three featuring country singers Darius Rucker and Lainey Wilson, who perform the 2005 crossover hit "Comin' to Your City" by Big & Rich, which features revised lyrics which mention several top college teams. Big & Rich had performed the song, which featured a guest appearance by Cowboy Troy until 2022. Rap artist Travie McCoy appeared in the intro from the 2014 season until the 2017 season alongside Lzzy Hale, lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock group Halestorm. The 2018 through 2022 season featured rock artist ZZ Ward, replacing Hale. Additional music that has been used for the show include "Boom" by the rock group P.O.D. and God Bless Saturday by Kid Rock. The show also uses various other songs/music either side of commercial breaks, many of which appear at the same point of each program.
The show is known for its prediction segment that appears at the end of each broadcast. The predictions use the standard scoring system and do not use the spread in determining the pick. Typically there are six predictors: Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Nick Saban, Pat McAfee, and an invited guest, usually a celebrity, prominent athlete, or radio personality associated with the host school for that week. From 1987 until his retirement in 2025, the show famously concluded with Corso's prediction for the host school's game, after which he dons the mascot's headgear of the team he predicts to win the game, usually to the ire or excitement of local fans. His first headgear pick occurred on October 5, 1996, when he correctly picked the [1996 1996 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State Buckeyes] over the [1996 1996 Penn State Nittany Lions football team|Penn State Nittany Lions football team|Penn State Nittany Lions]. In 2018, Corso made his first NFL headgear pick when, as a guest on Sunday NFL Countdown, he correctly picked the New Orleans Saints to win their Week 9 game at home against the Los Angeles Rams. Corso made his 400th headgear pick on September 16, 2023, for the Colorado/Colorado State rivalry game, he put on the headgear for Colorado. Corso made his 431st and final headgear pick on August 30, 2025, correctly picking [2025 2025 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State] to defeat the [2025 2025 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas Longhorns football team|Texas Longhorns]. Corso compiled an all-time record of 287–144 in his headgear picks.
As of December 6, 2025, Ohio State–Penn State and Alabama–LSU are the most featured matchups, appearing thirteen times on College Gameday. Alabama–Georgia has been featured twelve times. Michigan–Ohio State have been featured ten times. Florida–Tennessee and Army–Navy have been featured nine times. Alabama–Auburn, Florida–Florida State, Florida State–Miami, and Oklahoma–Texas currently sit at eight appearances. Ohio State has the most hosts, appearances, and wins; Alabama is second in all three categories.
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Staff

Tim Brando was the original host, with Lee Corso and Beano Cook as commentators. Karie Ross soon became the first woman to join the broadcast. The show underwent a radical transformation beginning in 1993, and began incorporating live broadcasts. The longest-tenured original cast member was Lee Corso, whose appearances were pre-scripted after he suffered a stroke in 2009. Rece Davis serves as host and Kirk Herbstreit is the longest-tenured current cast member, having joined the show in 1996. Desmond Howard was added to the cast of the show in 2008. 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. In 2015, Rece Davis replaced Chris Fowler as host of the show. In 2022, Pat McAfee joined, having previously been an analyst, and Nick Saban was added to the show in 2024. Corso retired from GameDay after the August 30, 2025 broadcast. In 2010, the program started airing from 10:00am to 11:00am, with the opening hour broadcast on ESPNU until the present.
In 2023, ESPN laid off a large number of on-air staff, including College GameDay hosts Gene Wojciechowski and David Pollack.

Current

Former

History

GameDay started on ESPN in 1987 and originally broadcast from a studio in Connecticut.
In 1993, GameDay took the show "on the road" for the first time, going to South Bend, Indiana for the match-up between #2 [1993 1993 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame] and #1 FSU on November 13.. It broadcast from the Sports Heritage Hall at the Notre Dame Joyce Center. The broadcast was such a success that they did nearly half their shows in 1994 on the road and in 1995 abandoned the studio altogether.
The format also changed from broadcasting from an indoor studio on site to live from outside a stadium hosting a big game most Saturdays. The selected stadium is usually hosting one of the biggest matchups of the day, regardless of whether the game airs on an ESPN network.
Typically, the show will end with Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit issuing their predictions for that day's key matchups, finishing with the game to be played at the stadium hosting GameDay, for which Corso signifies his prediction by donning the head piece of the mascot of his predicted winner. Starting with the 2009 season, a celebrity guest picker gives picks for the day's key games alongside the GameDay regulars. Prior to 2009, this was not done on a regular basis. Herbstreit, who in 2006 became a game analyst for ABC's Saturday Night Football, is not allowed to make a pick for the game at which he is assigned due to parent company Disney's conflict-of-interest rules; however, he is allowed to give one or two keys to the game.
In past years, when no suitably important game was available, it would originate instead from the ESPN studios. In 2017, with no suitably important game available, one show aired from Times Square instead. In August 2019, College Gameday aired from parent company Disney's Magic Kingdom Park in Disney World ahead of the University of Florida-Miami game played in Orlando.
College GameDay was also a source for many arguments regarding the purported east coast bias: From 1993 until 2004, GameDay had only been to two regular season games on the entire West Coast. Given the popularity of the show and the media coverage it brought to the highlighted game, teams and fans of the West Coast teams felt that the show was only magnifying the perceived problems with excess media focus on East, South and Midwest games; ESPN attributed its lack of West Coast games to the need for a very early start time and an alleged lack of high quality matchups.
With the addition of the Saturday Night Football game on ABC in 2006, GameDay has increasingly aired from that game. This could be done for many reasons including the fact Kirk Herbstreit is on both programs, thus making it easier for him. Another reason could be to give the Saturday Night Football game added exposure.
Beginning with the show's 21st season, College GameDay began broadcasting in high-definition on ESPN HD. Also the same season, [2007 2007 California Golden Bears football team|California Golden Bears football team|California] became the first team to decline to host College GameDay, as the school believed GameDay should go to Virginia Tech after the Virginia Tech shooting earlier in the year. 17 years later, California would finally make its debut hosting College GameDay for a 2024 matchup against [2024 2024 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami].
College GameDay expanded to 3 hours, with the first hour being televised on ESPNU, beginning September 4, 2010. In addition, ESPN Radio simulcasts the television version from 9am-noon ET. Other changes include the addition of a female contributor—first Erin Andrews in 2010 and 2011, and then Samantha Ponder after Andrews left ESPN for Fox following the 2011 season. Both Andrews and Ponder have anchored several segments during the first hour on ESPNU, contributed during the ESPN portion, and also worked as a sideline reporter on the game from which College GameDay originated, if it aired on one of the ESPN family of networks.
Beginning with the 2013 season, the third hour moved to ESPN and was hosted by Fowler. Starting in 2014, the show began a now annual visit to the Army-Navy Game in mid-December. As of 2018, the entire show is simulcast on both ESPN and ESPNU.
As previously mentioned, beginning with the 29th season, Rece Davis replaced Chris Fowler as the football version's new host. Fowler retained his play-by-play duties on ABC's Saturday Night Football.
In March 2018, ESPN announced that it would broadcast a special edition of College GameDay from Arlington, Texas, as a pre-show for its coverage of day 1 of the 2018 NFL draft. The broadcast accompanied a secondary telecast of the draft on ESPN2, which was hosted by the College GameDay panelists.
In the 2020 season, College GameDay underwent modifications due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The program was broadcast without an audience, and with a modified desk to comply with social distancing rules. Corso did not travel with the remainder of the College GameDay panel due to health concerns, and instead made remote appearances from his home in Orlando, as well as in filmed sketches with appearances by team mascots.
By 2023, the crowds of students returned, and exceeded their pre-pandemic numbers. James Madison University holds the record for the largest GameDay crowd in its 30-year history.
On August 30, 2025, Corso retired from College GameDay, with the show broadcasting from Ohio State for its home opener against [2025 2025 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]. Corso conducted his headgear pick segment for the final time on the field of Ohio Stadium. With the game itself being televised by Fox, its competing pre-game show Big Noon Kickoff also carried the segment in tribute to Corso, as presented by the team's media department on Ohio Stadium's Jumbotron. The segment was retired afterward; the culmination of the show was replaced by Pat McAfee's selection, where he cuts a wrestling-style promo against the visiting team. The promo had been performed by McAfee in prior editions since joining the program, particularly when Corso was absent.

Sports Emmy scandal

As of 2018, College GameDay has collected eight Sports Emmy Awards for Outstanding Studio Show, tied with TNT's Inside the NBA for the most wins by an analysis program. An incident happened in 2024 where ESPN admitted that for some of the Emmys it had won from 2010 to 2018, it had fraudulently received Sports Emmy Awards statuettes from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Beginning in at least 2010 and possibly going back as far as 1997, ESPN had listed fake names in the credit list for its College GameDay program. These names were similar to the names of actual ESPN employees who were ineligible to receive the awards—for example, "Lee Clark" and "Kirk Henry" were listed as "associate producers" on the show, which has Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit as on-air personalities. After receiving the statuettes, ESPN would then have them re-engraved with the actual names of the individuals and presented to them.
The Sports Emmy Awards are awards given in recognition of artistic and technical merit in sports television. They are administered by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which also administers Emmy Awards in other categories of television broadcasting. ESPN, an American broadcast sports network, has been well-represented in the awards, with the channel's programming having won a total of 246 awards as of 2024.
On January 11, 2024, The Athletic—the sports journalism department of The New York Times—became the first news source to report on a scandal concerning ESPN fabricating information in order to win Emmy awards that they would have otherwise been ineligible for. Per Katie Strang of The Athletic, in 2022, NATAS revamped their process for verifying the credit lists for shows nominated for Sports Emmy Awards. The academy subsequently reached out to ESPN to verify certain names that had been listed in the credits of shows aired by the network. ESPN informed the academy that some names were fake, and both organizations proceeded to launch investigations into the matter.
The scandal primarily concerned College GameDay, a popular program on ESPN that had won eight awards for Outstanding Studio Show, Weekly from 2008 to 2018. According to Strang, during that time period, fake names were included in the credit list for the show under the title of "associate producers". These names were similar to and bore the same initials as the names of several of the show's on-air personalities, who were ineligible for receiving an award won by the show by the academy's "double-dipping" rules. For example, the show's credit list for several seasons had "Lee Clark", "Chris Fulton", "Kirk Henry", and "Tim Richard" listed as executive producers, while the show's on-air personalities included Lee Corso, Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, and Tom Rinaldi. According to Strang, awards won by these fictitious people were received by ESPN, who would then have the statuettes re-engraved with the names of the actual people, who would then receive the awards.
There is no evidence that the on-air personalities were aware that the awards had been obtained in this manner. In a May 2024 interview on The Pat McAfee Show, Herbstreit told Pat McAfee,
While ESPN did not publicly disclose the parties responsible for the scandal, several employees, including vice presidents Lee Fitting and Craig Lazarus, were deemed ineligible to participate in future Emmys events. Additionally, NATAS imposed a one-year eligibility ban on the senior leadership of College GameDay. Several employees who had been involved received disciplinary action from ESPN. On January 12, 2024, ESPN said that the scandal went back to at least 2010 and may have started as early as 1997, while multiple sources reported that the scandal went back to at least 2007.
Following the discovery of the scandal, NATAS requested that ESPN return several awards that had been obtained in this manner. Shelley Smith, who had been an on-air reporter for ESPN since 1997, was asked to return two statuettes, while Herbstreit said that eight of the 13 statuettes he owned were returned. In August of that year, Fitting was fired by ESPN after 25 years of employment at the company. Sports journalist Andrew Marchand later reported that the scandal had been "a factor" in Fitting's firing. By January 2024, ESPN had returned 37 improperly-won statuettes to the academy. Per Sports Illustrated, these 37 awards were all received by College GameDay.
In a statement released on January 12, 2024, ESPN said, "Some members of our team were clearly wrong in submitting certain names" and that "This was a misguided attempt to recognize on-air individuals who were important members of our production team". ESPN also stated that they had worked with NATAS to overhaul their submissions process to avoid something similar from happening in the future. NATAS stated that, after alerting ESPN to the scandal, "the network took steps to take responsibility for the actions of its personnel, to investigate thoroughly, and to course correct". Multiple individuals who had to return their Emmy statuettes expressed disappointment in the situation. Smith said that the actions of the producers in fraudulently gaining the statuettes for her and her colleagues had been "really crummy". Speaking a few days after the story became public, Desmond Howard—a College GameDay host who also received fraudulent statuettes—expressed frustration over the fact that Corso had to return his statuettes, saying, "They're taking that old man's Emmy's? If they're going to take his, you can have all of mine. I'll break these damn things.... I said 'How could y'all even let this happen to him?' I was fucked up over that. I'll break all of them. Take 'em in pieces. That's how much they mean to me."

Locations

Appearances by school

Appearances through January 19, 2026.
SchoolAppearancesHostedRecordWin PctLast hosted
Ohio State682648–20August 30, 2025
Alabama642041–23October 4, 2025
Florida431326–17October 5, 2019
Georgia431123–20October 18, 2025
Oklahoma431128–15December 19, 2025
Michigan421621–21November 29, 2025
Notre Dame411220–21December 20, 2024
Florida State361117–19October 18, 2014
LSU361422–14November 9, 2024
Oregon361421–15November 22, 2025
Clemson30819–11October 1, 2022
Miami29919–10September 20, 2025
Penn State281110–18September 27, 2025
Tennessee281212–16September 13, 2025
Texas281013–15October 19, 2024
USC251018–7November 16, 2013
Auburn23910–13November 25, 2017
Wisconsin2087–13November 18, 2017
Nebraska1779–8September 28, 2019
Michigan State1689–7October 30, 2021
Virginia Tech1464–10September 30, 2017
Army1225–7December 12, 2020
Texas A&M1291–11December 20, 2025
Stanford1116–5November 12, 2011
TCU1138–3September 15, 2018
Navy1004–6N/A
South Carolina1083–7September 14, 2024
UCLA1023–7October 23, 2021
Washington1032–8October 14, 2023
Iowa923–6September 30, 2006
Oklahoma State961–8November 4, 2017
Utah963–6November 1, 2025
Indiana825–3October 26, 2024
Colorado743–4September 16, 2023
Kansas State722–5October 14, 2000
Missouri713–4October 23, 2010
Ole Miss723–4November 13, 2021
Georgia Tech621–5September 2, 2006
Louisville532–3September 19, 2020
Texas Tech522–3November 8, 2025
West Virginia521–4November 1, 2014
Baylor431–3November 16, 2019
BYU410–4October 24, 2009
California411–3October 5, 2024
Pittsburgh442–2November 15, 2025
Air Force332–1November 7, 2009
Arizona320–3September 26, 2015
Arizona State310–3October 1, 2005
Arkansas311–2November 11, 2006
Boston College331–2November 10, 2018
Cincinnati311–2November 6, 2021
James Madison331–2November 18, 2023
North Carolina311–2November 8, 1997
North Dakota State323–0September 13, 2014
Northwestern321–2October 5, 2013
Oregon State310–3December 4, 2010
Purdue311–2October 16, 2004
Vanderbilt322–1October 25, 2025
Washington State311–2October 20, 2018
Appalachian State212–0September 17, 2022
Harvard211–1November 22, 2014
Illinois201–1N/A
Iowa State220–2September 11, 2021
Kansas210–2October 8, 2022
Kentucky210–2October 20, 2007
Minnesota220–2October 24, 2020
Mississippi State211–1October 11, 2014
NC State210–2October 23, 2004
SMU200–2N/A
Southern200–2N/A
Syracuse200–2N/A
Troy201–1N/A
UCF211–1November 17, 2018
Boise State111–0September 25, 2010
Bowling Green111–0October 25, 2003
Coastal Carolina111–0December 5, 2020
Duke110–1September 30, 2023
Florida A&M111–0November 15, 2008
Houston111–0November 19, 2011
Jackson State111–0October 29, 2022
Memphis111–0November 2, 2019
Montana State111–0November 19, 2022
Penn111–0November 16, 2002
South Dakota State110–1October 26, 2019
Temple110–1October 31, 2015
Wake Forest110–1September 12, 2020
Western Michigan111–0November 19, 2016
Williams111–0November 10, 2007
Alcorn State100–1N/A
Amherst100–1N/A
Buffalo100–1N/A
Colorado State100–1N/A
Delaware State100–1N/A
East Carolina100–1N/A
Grambling State101–0N/A
Hampton100–1N/A
Incarnate Word100–1N/A
Montana100–1N/A
North Carolina Central101–0N/A
Northern Illinois100–1N/A
Richmond101–0N/A
South Florida101–0N/A
Tulsa100–1N/A
Villanova100–1N/A
Yale100–1N/A

Power Four schools who have not yet hosted

Appearances through November 22, 2025
SchoolAppearancesRecordWin PctNote
Illinois21–1
SMU20–2
Syracuse20–2
Maryland00–0
Rutgers00–0
Virginia00–0

Frequent matchups

College GameDay matchups with at least 5 games played.
Team 1Team 2MatchupsRecordLast AppearanceLast Result
Ohio StatePenn State13Ohio State leads 11–2November 2, 2024Ohio State 20–13
AlabamaLSU13Alabama leads 10–3November 9, 2024Alabama 42–13
AlabamaGeorgia12Alabama leads 8–4December 6, 2025Georgia 28–7
MichiganOhio State10Ohio State leads 6–4November 29, 2025Ohio State 27–9
FloridaTennessee9Florida leads 6–3September 24, 2022Tennessee 38–33
ArmyNavy9Army leads 5–4December 9, 2023Army 17–11
AlabamaAuburn8Alabama leads 5–3November 28, 2020Alabama 42–13
FloridaFlorida State8Tied 4–4November 28, 2009Florida 37–10
Florida StateMiami8Miami leads 5–3September 26, 2020Miami 52–10
OklahomaTexas8Oklahoma leads 5–3October 7, 2023Oklahoma 34–30
MichiganNotre Dame7Michigan leads 5–2September 1, 2018Notre Dame 24–17
OklahomaOklahoma State7Oklahoma leads 7–0November 21, 2020Oklahoma 41–13
FloridaLSU5LSU leads 3–2October 12, 2019LSU 42–28
GeorgiaLSU5LSU leads 4–1December 7, 2019LSU 37–10
GeorgiaTennessee5Georgia leads 3–2September 13, 2025Georgia 44–41OT
Michigan StateOhio State5Ohio State leads 3–2November 20, 2021Ohio State 56–7
Notre DameUSC5USC leads 3–2November 24, 2012Notre Dame 22–13
OregonUCLA5Oregon leads 4–1October 22, 2022Oregon 45–30

No. 1 vs No. 2 matchups

College Gameday has featured an No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup 26 times.

Lee Corso headgear picks

Lee Corso made his first headgear pick on October 5, 1996, when he correctly picked the Ohio State Buckeyes over the Penn State Nittany Lions. His final headgear pick came on August 30, 2025, where he also correctly picked the Ohio State Buckeyes to defeat the Texas Longhorns. Ohio State has the most selections with 46 picks and also has the most wins with 32. USC holds the highest win percentage, winning all 17 games in which they were picked by Corso.
Source:
SchoolTotal Times PickedRecordWin Pct
Ohio State4632–14
Alabama3828–10
LSU2518–7
Florida2215–7
Oregon2114–7
Florida State1913–6
Oklahoma1811–7
Texas1810–8
USC1717–0
Notre Dame1611–5
Michigan1510–5
Clemson1411–3
Georgia149–5
Navy104–6
Miami 97–2
Tennessee86–2
Penn State75–2
Wisconsin73–4
Auburn64–2
Kansas State62–4
TCU65–1
Nebraska53–2
Michigan State43–1
Oklahoma State41–3
Virginia Tech44–0
Washington42–2
Air Force32–1
Iowa31–2
James Madison31–2
North Dakota State33–0
Pitt32–1
Stanford32–1
South Carolina31–2
Texas A&M31–2
UCLA31–2
Utah32–1
Baylor20–2
Colorado21–1
Indiana21–1
Louisville21–1
Missouri21–1
Alcorn State10–1
Appalachian State11–0
Arizona10–1
Arkansas11–0
Boise State11–0
Bowling Green11–0
BYU10–1
Cincinnati11–0
Florida A&M11–0
Grambling State11–0
Houston11–0
Illinois11–0
Iowa State10–1
Minnesota10–1
Mississippi State11–0
Montana State11–0
North Carolina11–0
NC State10–1
Ole Miss11–0
Penn11–0
Purdue10–1
SMU10–1
Texas Tech11–0
UCF11–0
Washington State11–0
Western Michigan11–0
Williams11–0
Yale10–1

Celebrity guest pickers

Auburn and NBA basketball player Charles Barkley was the first celebrity guest picker on the October 2, 2004, show and has made the most show appearances with six, with his most recent appearance on December 14, 2019. Olympian and Arizona swimmer Amanda Beard was the first female celebrity guest picker on November 21, 2009. Georgia golfer Bubba Watson became the first celebrity picker to pick all games correctly on September 28, 2013. Oklahoma State and NBA player Marcus Smart became the first ever student athlete guest picker on November 23, 2013. The Oregon Duck became the first school mascot to be the guest picker on September 6, 2014. Guests have included athletes, coaches, military veterans, Make-A-Wish Foundation kids, school mascots, professional sports owners, CEOs, singers, actors and celebrity personalities.
Appearances through January 19, 2026:
CelebrityAppearancesRecordWin PctLast Appearance
Charles Barkley623–18December 14, 2019
Keegan-Michael Key429–16November 2, 2024
Kenny Chesney311–11September 27, 2014
Eric Church321–13September 14, 2019
Mark Cuban314–15October 9, 2021
Eddie George319–12August 28, 2021
Lane Kiffin316–7November 13, 2021
Joel McHale321–10October 14, 2023
Joe Namath321–10September 9, 2023
Vince Vaughn322–13September 23, 2023
Nate Bargatze213–6October 25, 2025
Brian Bosworth25–7December 19, 2025
Zac Brown211–7September 4, 2021
Luke Bryan216–6November 5, 2022
The Chainsmokers213–10October 13, 2018
Nathan Followill27–12October 27, 2012
A.J. Hawk29–10December 21, 2024
Aidan Hutchinson212–7November 29, 2025
Sabrina Ionescu213–8October 11, 2025
Bo Jackson217–5August 31, 2019
Ken Jeong212–8September 30, 2023
Bill Murray26–8September 17, 2020
Jack Nicklaus210–7November 14, 2020
Brad Paisley212–6September 5, 2015
Rob Riggle27–12October 8, 2022
Willie Robertson27–12October 25, 2014
Alex Rodriguez220–4October 10, 2020
Darius Rucker213–9September 2, 2023
Roger Staubach24–3December 12, 2015
Steve Spurrier210–11September 24, 2016
Eric Stonestreet27–12August 31, 2013
Theo Von29–7October 4, 2025
Trae Young213–5September 6, 2025
Laila Ali15–4September 17, 2016
Lance Armstrong17–3September 19, 2009
LaVar Arrington15–5September 27, 2025
Stone Cold Steve Austin15–4August 30, 2014
Bob Baffert17–3September 26, 2015
Saquon Barkley16–6September 18, 2021
Amanda Beard14–6November 21, 2009
Bianca Belair17–4September 24, 2022
Bill Belichick10–1December 9, 2023
Matt Birk15–5November 22, 2014
Dierks Bentley14–4October 24, 2015
Drew Bledsoe111–3October 10, 2018
Big Boi18–1September 6, 2010
Bobby Bowden17–2September 11, 2010
Drew Brees15–6October 10, 2009
Alex Bregman17–6November 3, 2018
Kane Brown19–3December 4, 2021
Tedy Bruschi16–3October 3, 2009
Ty Burrell12–3November 6, 2010
Frank Caliendo18–2October 29, 2016
Luther Campbell15–4December 2, 2017
Jim Cantore15–3October 3, 2015
Ricky Carmichael12–5September 22, 2012
Ki-Jana Carter18–1October 10, 2017
Alex Caruso11–2December 20, 2025
Timothée Chalamet14–3December 7, 2024
Joey Chestnut15–1December 7, 2013
Dallas Clark12–5December 5, 2015
Chase Claypool18–2November 7, 2020
Mateen Cleaves14–5October 22, 2011
Luke Combs16–6September 17, 2022
PFT Commenter13–6November 18, 2023
Alice Cooper18–3November 8, 2014
Eric Decker16–5November 30, 2019
Mike Ditka18–2November 20, 2010
Pete Dawkins13–5December 18, 2021
Aaron Donald16–3.667November 15, 2025
Landon Donovan15–5November 24, 2012
The Oregon Duck15–3September 6, 2014
Jeff Dunham14–4November 14, 2015
Livvy Dunne & Paul Skenes15–4November 9, 2024
Dale Earnhardt Jr.15–5September 10, 2016
Ashton Eaton14–5October 26, 2013
LaVell Edwards17–3October 24, 2009
Harris English15–5October 2, 2021
Sir Nick Faldo17–2November 19, 2022
Chris Fallica14–5November 16, 2013
Jerry Ferrara15–4October 1, 2011
Will Ferrell15–5October 30, 2010
Justin Fields16–4November 23, 2024
Ric Flair16–4October 15, 2016
Rickie Fowler17–4November 28, 2015
Jeff Foxworthy17–4October 16, 2021
Marcus Freeman10–1January 19, 2026
Phillip Fulmer15–6September 24, 2016
Chip Gaines & Joanna Gaines14–8November 16, 2019
Shane Gillis11–0December 20, 2024
Bill Goldberg14–0December 31, 2021
John Goodman112–1October 12, 2019
Owen Gray16–5September 8, 2018
Ken Griffey Jr.16–3October 18, 2014
Archie Griffin14–6November 21, 2015
Blake Griffin19–1October 8, 2011
Draymond Green15–3September 12, 2015
Jeff Van Gundy14–5September 8, 2012
Phil Hansen14–5September 21, 2013
Jack Harlow17–3September 3, 2022
Mark Harmon13–3September 7, 2013
Omari Hardwick16–4October 3, 2020
Bryce Harper111–2November 24, 2018
Derrick Henry15–6October 17, 2020
Santonio Holmes15–4September 12, 2009
Evander Holyfield18–6October 27, 2018
Bob Huggins17–3September 3, 2017
Sam Hunt18–1September 24, 2011
Michael Irvin11–3August 24, 2019
LeBron James15–5October 25, 2008
Jeezy17–6September 21, 2019
Greg Jennings18–2November 19, 2016
Brock Jensen16–4September 13, 2014
Dustin Johnson18–2January 1, 2014
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson17–3September 16, 2023
Ernie Johnson14–2December 6, 2025
Magic Johnson18–2December 12, 2020
Chipper Jones15–4September 5, 2009
Jerry Jones16–1September 1, 2012
Lolo Jones16–4November 3, 2012
Toby Keith17–6October 6, 2018
Bob Knight12–0November 1, 2008
Phil Knight17–3October 31, 2009
Ashton Kutcher16–5September 11, 2021
Nick Lachey19–3November 6, 2021
Jerry "The King" Lawler19–3November 2, 2019
Carl Lewis15–5November 19, 2011
Ryan Lochte18–2October 20, 2011
Lyle Lovett15–3September 14, 2013
Verne Lundquist13–5October 22, 2016
Marcus Luttrell15–4November 15, 2014
Marshawn Lynch16–6October 5, 2024
Patrick Mahomes16–3November 8, 2025
Sebastian Maniscalco18–4November 11, 2021
Peyton Manning17–3October 15, 2022
Johnny Manziel14–3August 31, 2024
Marcus Mariota13–6November 22, 2025
Tim Matheson111–5September 22, 2018
Baker Mayfield19–3October 7, 2023
Pat McAfee17–7October 26, 2019
Matthew McConaughey19–2September 7, 2019
Cadet Cpt. Hugh McConnell13–2December 10, 2016
Tim McGraw17–1October 7, 2017
Trace McSorley18–3October 31, 2020
Warren Moon15–4October 12, 2013
Brent Musburger14–6October 5, 2013
Craig T. Nelson17–2November 18, 2017
Chris O'Donnell110–3November 10, 2018
Jake Olson16–4January 1, 2010
Kaitlin Olson16−4October 12, 2024
Jake Owen19–1November 2, 2013
Orlando Pace17–3November 26, 2016
Candace Parker14–7September 13, 2025
Danica Patrick18–3September 25, 2021
Chris Paul13–4September 12, 2020
Cpt. Stephen Phillips13–2December 10, 2016
Rick Pitino16–5September 16, 2017
Glen Powell18–4September 10, 2022
Maury Povich19–4November 11, 2018
Braden Pape16–5November 17, 2012
Jonathan Papelbon15–4October 11, 2014
Jake Peavy16–3November 9, 2013
Dude Perfect17–4November 30, 2024
Katy Perry17–2October 4, 2014
Phillie Phanatic14–3October 31, 2015
Michael Phelps14–5September 7, 2024
Jim Plunkett17–3November 12, 2011
Derek Poundstone16–4November 13, 2010
Quavo16–5December 1, 2018
Gabrielle Reece16–4September 20, 2014
Roman Reigns16–4September 15, 2018
Cody Rhodes17–3November 16, 2024
Condoleezza Rice16–3December 12, 2020
Ryan Riess14–2December 7, 2013
Jase Robertson19–0October 25, 2014
Aaron Rodgers18–2September 3, 2016
Jelly Roll16–2October 18, 2025
Rick Ross15–4November 7, 2015
Matt Ryan16–4December 1, 2012
Terry Saban17–2September 28, 2024
Scottie Scheffler17–3October 19, 2024
Kyle Schwarber18–1October 26, 2024
Sheamus13–1August 24, 2024
Lt. Curtis Sharp16–6November 10, 2012
Blake Shelton15–5September 21, 2024
Mike Singletary14–3December 6, 2014
Marcus Smart15–6November 23, 2013
Alex Smith16–3November 1, 2025
Bruce Smith17–3September 30, 2017
Emmitt Smith110–2October 5, 2019
Nolan Smith19–2November 11, 2023
Stephen A. Smith16–5October 29, 2022
Steve Smith, Sr.14–6October 28, 2023
Hope Solo14–5October 12, 2013
Lara Spencer19–4October 19, 2019
Jordan Spieth16–4November 12, 2022
Dawn Staley19–3September 14, 2024
John Stockton16–1October 10, 2015
Picabo Street16–3September 25, 2010
C. J. Stroud18–3October 21, 2023
Nick Swisher18–1November 28, 2009
Lt. Colonel Scott "Spike" Thomas17–3November 7, 2009
Justin Thomas15–7November 9, 2019
Thurman Thomas18–3November 4, 2017
Matthew Tkachuk16–3September 20, 2025
LaDainian Tomlinson17–2December 3, 2022
Twenty One Pilots17–3November 20, 2021
Gabrielle Union17–6September 28, 2019
Dwyane Wade14–5September 28, 2019
Bill Walton15–6October 23, 2021
Bubba Watson110–0September 28, 2013
Lil Wayne17–3November 5, 2016
Jon Weiner16–5September 26, 2020
Christian Wilkins19–2October 1, 2022
Brian Wilson14–5November 5, 2011
Gene Wojciechowski14–6October 14, 2017

International broadcasts

In the UK, College GameDay was shown in full during BT Sport's decade on air, unless live sport was being aired on all of its channels. In July 2023, BT Sport was relaunched as TNT Sports following the sale of BT Sport to Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA. This saw the cessation of ESPN programming, and College Gameday stopped being shown in the UK. The program returned to UK screens on 18 November 2023 following an agreement between Sky Sports and ESPN which sees Sky Sports broadcasting College Gameday and three College Football games each week for the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
From 2025, DAZN has secured a deal with ESPN which includes the broadcasting of College Gameday in the UK, Continental Europe, and MENA regions, where there is no conflict.
College Gameday is broadcast fully in Australia and New Zealand from 11pm-2am AEST on Sunday mornings, before carrying at least 3 college football games across the ESPN Australia networks through Foxtel or Fetch TV and streaming service Kayo Sports on Sunday mornings.