ESPN Announces Destination, Guest Picker for Week 2 of 'College GameDay'

Here's some bulletin-board material for the teams' Week 1 opponents.

'College GameDay' is headed to Norman, Okla., next Saturday. / SARAH PHIPPS/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The opening week of college football has barely begun, and College GameDay has already secured its destination for Week 2.

The venerable ESPN show will originate from Norman, Okla., next Saturday, where No. 14 Michigan is scheduled to visit No. 18 Oklahoma. It will mark the second straight season that the show has traveled to Norman; College GameDay broadcast from there on Sept. 21, 2024 when the Sooners lost 25–15 to Tennessee.

The Wolverines and Sooners' openers are both Saturday. Michigan will host New Mexico, while Oklahoma will start off with Illinois State.

Both teams are seeking to put aside down '24 seasons, as the Wolverines hit a four-year low in winning percentage and the Sooners endured a second losing season in three years.

Michigan last acted as the visiting team for College GameDay in 2022, when the No. 3 Wolverines topped No. 2 Ohio State 45–23 to end the regular season.

Oklahoma Basketball Great Trae Young Will Serve as College GameDay Guest Picker

Hawks guard Trae Young previously starred at Oklahoma, earning consensus All-American honors during his one and only college season. The Norman native has already served as GameDay guest picker once, for the Nov. 21, 2020 game against Oklahoma State, which the Sooners won 41–13.

"BOOMER F---ING SOONER‼️"

Can't wait to have Atlanta Hawks star and Oklahoma Sooners legend @TheTraeYoung as this week's guest picker in Norman 🙌 pic.twitter.com/f2MRwqdEYR

— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) September 4, 2025

Blake Shelton appeared as guest picker at Oklahoma for last year's game against Tennessee, the school's first turn hosting since Young appeared in 2020.

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