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ESPN announces College GameDay location for Week 11

ESPN and College GameDay will hit the road next weekend to take in college football's most consequential game, this time from Big 12 country.

James Parks

Where is College GameDay next week? ESPN has announced the location for the Week 11 show on Saturday.
Where is College GameDay next week? ESPN has announced the location for the Week 11 show on Saturday. / MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
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College football’s most consequential game could be played in Big 12 country this coming weekend, and ESPN’s College GameDay will be on the scene to take it all in.

ESPN has announced that its flagship college football program will be live in Lubbock, Texas, to take in a major Big 12 showdown between Texas Tech and BYU in Week 11 action on Saturday.

Battle of Big 12 title contenders

As expected, there’s plenty of competition at the top of the Big 12 standings as we move into November football, and both these teams are directly involved.

BYU remains the last undefeated team remaining in the competitive Big 12 as we move into the final month of the regular season at 8-0, with a perfect 5-0 mark in conference competition, too.

Texas Tech has one loss in conference play, a four-point result against reigning Big 12 champ Arizona State, but since then has scored 85 combined points in wins against Oklahoma State and Kansas State, and moved into second place in the league after the Cincinnati loss at Utah.

Playoff implications

What happens in this game should help influence what happens in the College Football Playoff selection committee room, taken together with whatever these teams will do in the future.

The winner of this matchup will be in prime position to earn a bid in the Big 12 Championship Game, albeit with more consequential football yet to be played in the final few weeks of the season.

Between the two, BYU appears to have the tougher schedule to finish the regular season.

In addition to the road test against the Red Raiders this coming weekend, the Cougars will host TCU before traveling to ranked Cincinnati and then closing at home against UCF.

Texas Tech will play at home against UCF and then finish at West Virginia, two of the four lowest-placed teams in the Big 12 standings.

College GameDay locations in 2025

This will mark the second-straight week that College GameDay plants its flag in Big 12 county, landing in Salt Lake for Week 10 to take in the huge Cincinnati vs. Utah matchup.

Week 10: Salt Lake City... Utah def. Cincinnati, 45-14

Week 9: Nashville, Tenn... Vanderbilt def. Missouri, 17-10

Week 8: Athens, Ga... Georgia def. Ole Miss, 43-35

Week 7: Eugene, Ore... Indiana def. Oregon, 30-20

Week 6: Tuscaloosa, Ala... Alabama def. Vanderbilt, 30-14

Week 5: State College, Pa... Oregon def. Penn State, 30-24

Week 4: Miami, Fla... Miami def. Florida, 26-7

Week 3: Knoxville, Tenn... Georgia def. Tennessee, 44-41

Week 2: Norman, Okla... Oklahoma def. Michigan, 24-12

Week 1: Columbus, Ohio... Ohio State def. Texas, 14-7

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JAMES PARKS

James Parks is the founder and publisher of College Football HQ. He has covered football for a decade, previously managing several team sites and publishing national content for 247Sports.com for five years. His work has also been published on CBSSports.com. He founded College Football HQ in 2020, and the site joined the Sports Illustrated Fannation Network in 2022 and the On SI network in 2024.

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