The College Football Playoff starts up next week, and College GameDay is making big plans.
ESPN announced its traveling pregame show will make two stops for the CFP First Round. The crew will visit Oklahoma when the Sooners host Alabama on Friday night. Then, on Saturday, the show will originate from College Station as Texas A&M hosts Miami.
Two days. Two shows.
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) December 10, 2025
Next week, we're heading to Norman on Friday and College Station on Saturday for the first round of the College Football Playoff! pic.twitter.com/eipZaAB2Ge
The highly anticipated Oklahoma-Alabama rematch kicks off CFP action on Friday. The Sooners are the No. 8 seed in the Playoff after finishing the 2025 regular season with a 10-2 record that includes a 23-21 win over the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa on Nov. 15. Round 2 with the No. 9 Alabama (10-3), will be played in Norman at Memorial Stadium (8 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN).
The GameDay crew will have a relatively quick turnaround for Saturday. The matchup between No. 7 Texas A&M and No. 10 Miami is set for noon ET in College Station (ABC/ESPN). The Aggies are 11-1 on the year, only stumbling in Rivalry Week to Texas. Miami enters the postseason 10-2, boasting a Week 1 win over Notre Dame that helped the Hurricanes secure the final at-large bid over the Irish. Both programs are in the Playoff for the first time.
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