ESPN’s College GameDay Coming Back to Salt Lake City
10/18/2026 9:59 AM | Football
Popular pregame show will be on campus before Utes host Houston
SALT LAKE CITY — ESPN's College GameDay Built by The Home Depot pregame show will air live from Salt Lake City on Oct. 24 before the Utah football team hosts Houston at Rice-Eccles Stadium. It will be College GameDay's seventh all-time appearance at Utah.
The Utes (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) and Cougars (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) will kick off Saturday at 8:15 p.m. MT on ESPN.
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College GameDay, ESPN's wildly popular pregame show, travels to a different college campus or game site each week of the season. It airs on ESPN from 7-10 a.m. MT.
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Saturday's show will be staged at President's Circle in the center of campus. Fans interested in attending in person are encouraged to arrive early. More information for fans will be announced in the coming days.
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The first College GameDay visit to Salt Lake City was for the Utah-BYU rivalry game in 2004 with a BCS-busting trip to the Fiesta Bowl on the line. The show has also visited in 2010 (vs. TCU), 2015 (vs. California), 2016 (vs. Washington), 2023 (vs. Oregon) and 2025 (vs. Cincinnati).
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Overall, Utah has been part of a College GameDay matchup nine times. In addition to the five home games, the show visited for the Utah-TCU game in Fort Worth during 2009, as well as both Utah trips to the Rose Bowl Game against Ohio State (2021 season) and Penn State (2022 season).
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FOLLOW THE UTES
Follow the Utes on social media through Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok along with visiting www.UtahUtes.com. Download the Utah 360 app here.Â
The Utes (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) and Cougars (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) will kick off Saturday at 8:15 p.m. MT on ESPN.
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College GameDay, ESPN's wildly popular pregame show, travels to a different college campus or game site each week of the season. It airs on ESPN from 7-10 a.m. MT.
Â
Saturday's show will be staged at President's Circle in the center of campus. Fans interested in attending in person are encouraged to arrive early. More information for fans will be announced in the coming days.
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The first College GameDay visit to Salt Lake City was for the Utah-BYU rivalry game in 2004 with a BCS-busting trip to the Fiesta Bowl on the line. The show has also visited in 2010 (vs. TCU), 2015 (vs. California), 2016 (vs. Washington), 2023 (vs. Oregon) and 2025 (vs. Cincinnati).
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Overall, Utah has been part of a College GameDay matchup nine times. In addition to the five home games, the show visited for the Utah-TCU game in Fort Worth during 2009, as well as both Utah trips to the Rose Bowl Game against Ohio State (2021 season) and Penn State (2022 season).
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FOLLOW THE UTES
Follow the Utes on social media through Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok along with visiting www.UtahUtes.com. Download the Utah 360 app here.Â
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