ESPN has announced its new college football anthem for the upcoming season.
The World Wide Leader has selected “High Noon” by Shaboozey for its official 2026 college football anthem. This is an annual tradition for ESPN in the run-up to college football season — last year it picked ‘don’t wait run fast’ by mgk.
ESPN also shared a new hype video featuring the song:
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“It’s so exciting to have ‘High Noon’ as the anthem for this upcoming college football season on ESPN,” Shaboozey said in a press release. “I’m excited for the song to be part of the energy, tradition, and memories of game day.”
Shaboozey is a Grammy Award-winning artist who just released a new album called The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales which includes “High Noon.” Gunna is also featured on the track.
“ESPN is the home of college football, and our annual music anthem has become a signature part of how fans welcome the season. It has grown into a tradition of its own, a signal college football is back and it sets the tone for everything fans love about the sport,” ESPN director of marketing Maggie Lewin said in a statement. “We are extremely excited to collab with both Shaboozey and Gunna and welcome them into this seasonal tradition.”
ESPN’s first game of the 2026 season will be between North Carolina and TCU in Ireland during Week 0 with a 12 p.m. ET kickoff on Aug. 29.
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Spenser is a news editor for Saturday Down South and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands.
