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What Fans Need to Know for ESPN’s College GameDay on Campus
10/26/2025 10:45 AM | Football
Pregame show comes to Salt Lake City before Utes host Cincinnati
Updated 10/31/25 - 9:45 a.m. MT
SALT LAKE CITY — ESPN's College GameDay Built by The Home Depot pregame show will air live from Salt Lake City on Nov. 1 before the 24th-ranked Utah football team hosts 17th-ranked Cincinnati in a Big 12 showdown at Rice-Eccles Stadium. It will be College GameDay's sixth all-time appearance at Utah, and second in the past three seasons.
The Utes (6-2, 3-2 Big 12) and Bearcats (7-1, 5-0 Big 12) will kick off Saturday at 8:15 p.m. MT on ESPN.
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. Having already hosted FOX's Big Noon Kickoff earlier this season (Sept. 20), Utah is one of just eight campuses to host both major college football pregame shows in the same season, and is the first Big 12 Conference school to host College GameDay on campus since 2022 (Kansas).
Utah Head Coach Kyle Whittingham will make a guest appearance on the show live from the set, and Utah Utes legend and College Football Hall of Fame member Alex Smith will serve as the celebrity guest picker. More information on this week's show here.
Saturday's show will be staged at President's Circle in the center of campus, and fans are encouraged to arrive early to watch the show live from the broadcast location. Fans will be admitted into the overnight queuing area beginning Friday, Oct. 31 at 6 p.m. MT. Music, giveaways and free food and drink will be provided on Friday evening to students in the overnight queuing area.
Overall, Utah has been part of a College GameDay matchup eight 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 of the Utes' trips to the Rose Bowl Game against Ohio State (2021 season) and Penn State (2022 season).
The full Utah Football game-day fan guide for this week can be found here.
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.
SALT LAKE CITY — ESPN's College GameDay Built by The Home Depot pregame show will air live from Salt Lake City on Nov. 1 before the 24th-ranked Utah football team hosts 17th-ranked Cincinnati in a Big 12 showdown at Rice-Eccles Stadium. It will be College GameDay's sixth all-time appearance at Utah, and second in the past three seasons.
The Utes (6-2, 3-2 Big 12) and Bearcats (7-1, 5-0 Big 12) will kick off Saturday at 8:15 p.m. MT on ESPN.
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. Having already hosted FOX's Big Noon Kickoff earlier this season (Sept. 20), Utah is one of just eight campuses to host both major college football pregame shows in the same season, and is the first Big 12 Conference school to host College GameDay on campus since 2022 (Kansas).
Utah Head Coach Kyle Whittingham will make a guest appearance on the show live from the set, and Utah Utes legend and College Football Hall of Fame member Alex Smith will serve as the celebrity guest picker. More information on this week's show here.
Saturday's show will be staged at President's Circle in the center of campus, and fans are encouraged to arrive early to watch the show live from the broadcast location. Fans will be admitted into the overnight queuing area beginning Friday, Oct. 31 at 6 p.m. MT. Music, giveaways and free food and drink will be provided on Friday evening to students in the overnight queuing area.
- Student overnight queuing information can be found here.
- Fans are encouraged to arrive early, and may park in select campus lots (map here) or take public transit. A shuttle will run on a continuous loop between Lot 39 (Merrill Engineering) and Presidents Circle between 4-11 a.m.
- On Friday, ESPN talent will take part in both taped and live segments from the set between 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., and between 4-5 p.m. Included in that is College Football Live being taped from 1-1:30 p.m.
- Also, on Friday, the Home Depot Hype Hat—a College GameDay-themed photo-op experience for fans—is open from at 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Free t-shirts will be given out to the first 100 fans to come to the Hype Hat activation.
- Saturday's lineup begins at 5:30 a.m. MT with several live SportsCenter hits featuring ESPN College GameDay talent, followed by the full College GameDay show from 7-10 a.m. MT.
- Stay up-to-date on ESPN's programming schedule here.
Overall, Utah has been part of a College GameDay matchup eight 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 of the Utes' trips to the Rose Bowl Game against Ohio State (2021 season) and Penn State (2022 season).
The full Utah Football game-day fan guide for this week can be found here.
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.
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