College GameDay doesn’t always go to Army-Navy.
The popular Saturday morning pregame show picks its spots with the treasured annual December rivalry game between the service academies.
As in, some years the gang at ESPN heads to wherever Army-Navy is that particular year, and some years the pregame show skips it entirely, with the social media backlash to go with it.
Well, no social media backlash needed this year.
On Saturday morning, as Week 11 was beckoning, College GameDay announced that it is indeed heading to the Meadowlands to broadcast live from the site of this year’s Army-Navy spectacle. It’ll be the 127th meeting of the wonderful rivalry that is served up to college football fans every December.
Speaking of social media, the College GameDay social media account was proud to announce that it’ll be at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., for the latest installment, with all of the pageantry to go with it.
The Dec. 12 matchup between service academies will kick off at 3 p.m. ET on CBS, but on that Saturday morning the ESPN pregame show will be there, loud and proud, as the Black Knights and Midshipmen get ready for another exciting chapter of their prestigious rivalry.
In case anyone is counting, and we know followers of Army and Navy both are, Navy has the all-time lead in the rivalry with a 64-55-7 lead.
Already, both Army and Navy have revealed their special uniforms that they will be wearing for the 2026 game.
Navy made its uniform announcement just 2 days before College GameDay‘s announcement, with these uniforms.
Army made its uniform announcement last Sunday, with a flair.
The game will be a treat but, as always, the leadup might be even better, and College GameDay will be there.
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
