Predicting Where ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ Will Head After Week 13 at Oregon

After sending off the legendary Lee Corso in Columbus for Ohio State vs. Texas, we predict where 'GameDay' will head for the rest of the college football season

ESPN's 'College GameDay' will broadcast live from Columbus, Ohio for the massive Week 1 showdown between Ohio State and Texas—and the final episode of Lee Corso's run on the show. / Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

ESPN’s College GameDay got off to a historic start to the 2025 season on Aug. 30. The beloved college football pregame show headed to Columbus, Ohio—a frequent location of the broadcast—for the massive Week 1 showdown between No. 1 Texas and No. 3 Ohio State, and it didn’t disappoint. The season's first episode served as a sendoff for legendary analyst Lee Corso, and he rose to the occasion, showing up in a tuxedo and going a perfect six-for-six on his picks of the week including a final headgear selection of the Buckeyes.

College GameDay traditionally picks its next location about a week out, with selections largely based on season results and the juicy storylines that develop during the march to the College Football Playoff. Naturally, ESPN skews towards its own broadcasts (which means a lot of SEC games these days), but as Fox broadcast Ohio State vs. Texas, GameDay still won't exclusively attend Disney Family games, even going so far as to broadcast from FCS or Division III games on occasion.

GameDay continues on after Corso's August retirement, bolstered in recent years by the additions of Pat McAfee and Nick Saban. With September in the books, which 2025 games will the show broadcast from? That is what I'll attempt to predict today—with updates each week as the college football season unfolds. But first, let's take a look at where the show will head for Week 13.

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Every College GameDay Destination of the 2025 Season

Week	Date	City	Home Team	Road Team	Host Game Result
1	Aug. 30	Columbus, Ohio	Ohio State	Texas	14–7 Ohio State
2	Sept. 6	Norman, Okla.	Oklahoma	Michigan	24–13 Oklahoma
3	Sept. 13	Knoxville, Tenn.	Tennessee	Georgia	44–41 Georgia (OT)
4	Sept. 20	Coral Gables, Fla.	Miami	Florida	26–7 Miami
5	Sept. 27	University Park, Pa.	Penn State	Oregon	30–24 Oregon (OT)
6	Oct. 4	Tuscaloosa, Ala.	Alabama	Vanderbilt	30–14 Alabama
7	Oct. 11	Eugene, Ore.	Oregon	Indiana	30–20 Indiana
8	Oct.18	Athens, Ga.	Georgia	Ole Miss	43–35 Georgia
9	Oct. 25	Nashville	Vanderbilt	Missouri	17–10 Vanderbilt
10	Nov. 1	Salt Lake City	Utah	Cincinnati	45–14 Utah
11	Nov. 8	Lubbock	Texas Tech	BYU	29–7 Texas Tech
12	Nov. 15	Pittsburgh	Pitt	Notre Dame	37–15 Notre Dame
13	Nov. 22	Eugene, Ore.	Oregon	USC	TBD

Week 13 College GameDay Destination: No. 8 Oregon vs. No. 17 USC

Oregon quarterback Dante Moore and coach Dan Lanning have the Ducks in position to reach the College Football Playoff. / Troy Wayrynen-Imagn Images

Oregon becomes the first program to double up as a College GameDay host this season, as it brings in longtime conference rival USC for a game with serious College Football Playoff ramifications for both programs. At 8–2, the Trojans are still playing to stay alive in the CFP race, but could score a massive road win over the Ducks, who in turn are looking to add a true quality win to a solid if unspectacular 9–1 résumé. Entering the season, big wins over Oklahoma State, Penn State and Wisconsin figured to be far more impressive than they actually were, and Oregon stumbled in their biggest test of the year—the last GameDay game in Eugene against Indiana. Right now, an 18–16 win at Iowa is the best result of the year for UO.

The show has been a consistent presence in Eugene, and Saturday will mark the 14th time that Oregon has played host since 2000. This will be the first time since 2007 that Oregon has hosted twice in a single season.

Week 14 Prediction: Michigan vs. Ohio State

Sherrone Moore led Michigan to a stunning upset of Ohio State in 2024, a year after leading the Wolverines to a win in place of the suspended Jim Harbaugh. / Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Is there any other choice?

The Game may be bound for Fox's airwaves, but the rivalry between Ohio State and Michigan has rarely been as hot as it is right now. After losing all but one matchup between 2004 and 2019, the Wolverines got a year of respite from The Game in 2020 due to the COVID-19 shortened season, a year in which the Wolverines went just 2–4, nearly costing Jim Harbaugh his job. Michigan went back to basics in '21, running for 297 yards and six touchdowns in a 42–27 win, and has gone back to that well in each successive victory, rushing for at least 156 yards in each game of the current four-game winning streak vs. the Buckeyes. Even last season, when completing a forward pass appeared to be a concept above the Wolverines' operational capacity at times, Michigan dragged Ohio State into the mud and pulled out a 13–10 road win over the eventual national champions.

This year, Michigan has handed the ball to five-star true freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood in order to cure those passing woes, and hopes to hand the Buckeyes a fifth-straight loss in the rivalry. Ohio State has tabbed Julian Sayin to deliver the ball early and often to Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate, as coach Ryan Day attempts to remove a giant monkey from his back. Sayin is in the heat of the Heisman conversation with Ohio State off to a dominant 9–0 start to the season.

The hot seat talk that dominated the airwaves after Ohio State's most recent losses to the Wolverines has dissipated after Day and the Buckeyes ran through the 2024 College Football Playoff, but a segment of the fan base in Columbus wont be satisfied until Ohio State gets back in the win column on the regular season's final Saturday.

Week 14 is packed with big rivalries and new powerhouse conference showdowns, with Texas vs. Texas A&M being the best SEC choice of the bunch, but given the myriad storylines, it is hard to find a pick better than The Game if these two programs continue to win big in 2025.

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