ESPN's College GameDay Built by The Home Depot heads to Knoxville, Tenn., ahead of the Week 3 showdown between SEC foes, No. 15 Tennessee and No. 6 Georgia. This will be the 12th time the Vols have hosted GameDay, and the first visit since 2022. The premier pregame show will be live from Ayres Hall Lawn at the University of Tennessee from 9 a.m. - noon ET on ESPN, ESPNU and Disney+.
The Vols are 5-6 in the previous 11 times they've hosted the show and have won three straight, including the thrilling win over then-No. 3 Alabama during GameDay's last trip to Knoxville (Oct. 15, 2022). Saturday's show will mark Georgia's 40th all-time appearance while also winning their last three games.
Rece Davis is at the helm for his 11th season, joined at the desk by GameDay analysts Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee and Nick Saban. College football insider Pete Thamel, college football betting analyst 'Stanford Steve' Coughlin and reporters Jen Lada and Jess Sims round out the GameDay cast for the 2025 college football season.
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Following GameDay, Herbstreit will join Chris Fowler and Holly Rowe as part of ESPN's lead game team to call the top 15 conference clash on ABC for the 3:30 p.m. kick.
College GameDay continued its strong start to the season delivering its second most-watched regular season episode on record with the Week 2 show from Oklahoma. The top college football pregame program averaged 2.6 million viewers - a 22% increase over 2024's Week 2 show, and brought in 3.3 million viewers in the final hour with a peak of 3.7 million viewers.
Show Highlights & Guests
Additional guests will be announced ahead of Saturday's show on ESPN PR's Twitter and College GameDay's Twitter.
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ESPN's Expansive Digital Coverage
Back for their fourth season together, Christine Williamson, Harry Douglas and Harry Lyles Jr., return for ESPN's social and digital pre-pregame show, Countdown to GameDay Presented by Dr Pepper. The trio heads to Knoxville with fun, fresh insights into the Week 3 slate joined by 'Stanford Steve' and Jess Sims will talk about Knoxville's famous steamed sandwiches during this week's 'Get More GameDay' segment. The trio will break down all 11 ranked SEC teams and sort them into tiers from Rocky Top Contenders down to the Paper Tigers.
The show is available across ESPN on YouTube, Facebook and the ESPN App at 8:20 a.m. weekly.
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