Over 38 years, ESPN’s College GameDay has grown from a little-known in-studio cable TV show into a multimedia behemoth that routinely attracts more than two million viewers each week.
Which college football games will Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, and the rest of the GameDay crew visit in 2025? And what will their game predictions be once they’re there?
Here’s the complete guide.
College GameDay Predictions: Week 11
| College Football Game | Desmond Howard | Nick Saban | Pat McAfee | Guest: Patrick Mahomes | Kirk Herbstreit |
| Indiana (-15.5) at Penn State (+15.5) | Indiana -15.5 | Indiana -15.5 | Indiana -15.5 | Indiana -15.5 | Indiana -15.5 |
| Navy (+26.5) at Notre Dame (-26.5) | Navy +26.5 | Navy +26.5 | Notre Dame -26.5 | Navy +26.5 | Navy +26.5 |
| Oregon at Iowa | Oregon | Oregon | Oregon | Oregon | Iowa |
| Wake Forest at Virginia | Virginia | Virginia | Wake Forest | Virginia | Wake Forest |
| Georgia at Mississippi State | Georgia | Georgia | Georgia | Georgia | Georgia |
| Texas A&M at Missouri | Texas A&M | Texas A&M | Texas A&M | Texas A&M | Texas A&M |
| LSU at Alabama | Alabama | Alabama | Alabama | Alabama | Alabama |
| Florida State at Clemson | Clemson | Clemson | Florida State | Clemson | Clemson |
| BYU at Texas Tech | Texas Tech | Texas Tech | Texas Tech | Texas Tech | [Did Not Pick Game] |
2025 Records for College GameDay Panelist Predictions
| Panelist | Predictions Record in Week 11 | Total Predictions Record In 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Desmond Howard | 6-3 | 57-39 |
| Nick Saban | 6-3 | 60-36 |
| Pat McAfee | 7-2 | 68-28 |
| Kirk Herbstreit | 5-3 | 54-31 |
| Rotating Guest | 6-3 | 63-33 |
College GameDay Week 12: Where Is College GameDay Going Next?
ESPN College GameDay is headed to Pittsburgh in Week 12.
Pitt has actually hosted GameDay for a contest against Notre Dame before this week. You can read more about the history of College GameDay at Pittsburgh here.
College GameDay Schedule 2025 (Confirmed)
| Location | Date | Game |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh, PA | Week 12 | Notre Dame at Pittsburgh |
| Lubbock, TX | Week 11 | BYU at Texas Tech |
| Salt Lake City, UT | Week 10 | Cincinnati at Utah |
| Nashville, TN | Week 9 | Missouri at Vanderbilt |
| Athens, GA | Week 8 | Ole Miss at Georgia |
| Eugene, OR | Week 7 | Indiana at Oregon |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | Week 6 | Vanderbilt at Alabama |
| Happy Valley, PA | Week 5 | Oregon at Penn State |
| Miami, FL | Week 4 | Florida at Miami |
| Knoxville, TN | Week 3 | Georgia at Tennessee |
| Norman, OK | Week 2 | Michigan at Oklahoma |
| Columbus, OH | Week 1 | Texas at Ohio State |
College GameDay Locations: Future Schedule Predictions for 2025
College GameDay Week 13 Location Prediction
- Montana State at Montana
It’s been three years since GameDay visited an FCS location, and I think we’re going to see the streak break this year. ESPN visited the famous Brawl of the Wild game in Bozeman in 2022, and this year presents an opportunity to go back to Montana to get the Missoula treatment.
Alternatively, I think Fargo could be in play here as well – it’s been more than 10 years since North Dakota State’s last time hosting the show. (They’ve since won about 187 more national championships.)
College GameDay Week 14 Location Prediction
- Georgia at Georgia Tech
There are so many good options here, including Auburn hosting the Iron Bowl. But there’s a real chance that Georgia Tech is the higher-ranked team when it plays its rivalry game against Georgia, and there could very likely be CFP implications in play for both teams.
Given the rarity of that event, I’d say back-to-back trips to Atlanta could be on the table, with the SEC championship to follow in December.
Which College GameDay Analyst Had the Most Accurate Predictions In 2024?
Believe it or not, it was Lee Corso who had the most accurate predictions during the combined final segments of the show.
Coach Corso appeared less frequently on the panel than his colleagues, but his picks ultimately went 79-39 in 2024 – a 66.9% clip.
That slightly beat out Kirk Herbstreit, whose game predictions finished 91-48 (65.5%).
Pat McAfee was the least accurate predictor, finishing 87-65 (57.2%).
That’s probably not surprising to regular viewers of College GameDay, since the crowd-pleasing McAfee isn’t always trying to make an accurate game prediction, anyway.
College GameDay Prediction Records (2024)
| College GameDay Panelist | 2024 Predictions Record (Percentage) |
|---|---|
| Coach Lee Corso | 79-39 (.669) |
| Kirk Herbstreit | 91-48 (.655) |
| Guest | 95-56 (.629) |
| Desmond Howard | 92-59 (.609) |
| Coach Nick Saban | 91-60 (.603) |
| Pat McAfee | 87-65 (.572) |
Betting On College GameDay Games & Predictions
I field a lot of random online sports betting questions when I talk to college football bettors. One that I get from time to time is whether or not there’s a playable angle involving the College GameDay panel predictions.
The most common form of this question usually centers around fading specific predictions. For instance, every seasoned GameDay watcher knows to beware the game where everyone picks the same team to win in a clean sweep across the board. Even the panelists acknowledge and joke about the danger of these moments.
College Gameday panel picks Ole Miss over Kentucky. Still waiting on Ben’s selection.
Time to shock the world. pic.twitter.com/HC4hzPNZFm
— KSR (@KSRonX) September 28, 2024
So, what would happen if you actually bet the other side of these games? I did a crazy amount of research from the 2024 season of College GameDay to discover the answer to this.
As it turns out, this is much better as a TV jinx than an actual betting strategy. If you bet one unit on the opposing moneyline for every 2024 College GameDay consensus pick, you’d finish conference championship week down about five units.
I also checked to see if there was any value in fading a College GameDay prediction consensus in the point spread market. No dice there, either. Opposing team spread bets were 22-29 ATS with nine outright upsets.
I’ll continue to keep tabs on this trend in 2025 and beyond. But assuming the 2024 season is statistically representative of the larger GameDay betting trends, one of the best strategies available to bettors is actually to tail the show’s consensus picks.
At 29-22, or roughly 57%, this is a moderately profitable sports betting return.
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