ESPN's College GameDay Built by The Home Depot heads to Coral Gables, Fla., this week for an in-state battle between the Florida Gators and the No. 4 Miami Hurricanes. The premier pregame show will be live from The U for the first time since 2020 - and first full show since 2017 - from Lakeside Patio at the University of Miami from 9 a.m. - noon ET on ESPN, ESPNU and Disney+.
Rece Davis is at the helm for his 11th season, joined at the desk by GameDay analysts Kirk Herbstreit, longtime Miami resident 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.
For onsite information, please visit College GameDay's Hub HERE.
Following GameDay, Herbstreit will join Chris Fowler and Holly Rowe as part of ESPN's lead game team to call ABC Saturday Night Football Presented by Capital One from Hard Rock Stadium (7:30 p.m.).
College GameDay's strong start to the season hasn't let up, as the Week 3 show from Tennessee surpassed Week 2 to deliver CGD's second most-watched regular season episode on record. The top college football pregame program averaged 2.7 million viewers - a 34% increase over 2024's Week 3 show, and brought in 3.4 million viewers in the final hour with a peak of 3.8 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.
Features:
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 Miami for Week 4 as Williamson makes a triumphant return to her alma mater where she was a scholarship athlete with the 'Canes' varsity volleyball team. Countdown kicks off college football Saturdays with fun, fresh insights into the full weekend slate of games.
The show is available across ESPN on YouTube, Facebook and the ESPN App at 8:20 a.m. weekly.
ACC Network Joins College GameDay in Miami
In addition to GameDay, ACC Network's signature football show, ACC Huddle, will also originate from Miami for Week 4 coverage. This marks the first time that GameDay and ACC Huddle are visiting the same game site since ACC Network launched in 2019. Taylor Tannebaum hosts alongside ACC Huddle analysts Eric Mac Lain, the winningest player in Clemson history, former Virginia Tech standout Eddie Royal and National Championship-winning head coach Jimbo Fisher. The show airs from 10 a.m. - noon and will originate from Foote University Green on the University of Miami campus.
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