ESPN’s College GameDay will broadcast live from Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday when No. 1 Texas battles No. 3 Ohio State. The game will be a rematch of last year’s College Football Playoff semifinal at the Cotton Bowl, and it’ll pit the Big Ten’s best against an SEC heavyweight.
GameDay will feature another SEC vs. Big Ten matchup in Week 2.
On Friday morning, Kirk Herbstreit revealed that GameDay plans to make the trip to Norman for the Week 2 matchup between No. 14 Michigan and No. 18 Oklahoma.
The visit will be Oklahoma’s 42nd all-time appearance on GameDay and the 10th time hosting. Officially, the Sooners will join Florida in a tie for the third-most appearances of any program when GameDay arrives next weekend. ESPN’s traveling pregame show last visited Norman for a Sept. 21 game against then-No. 6 Tennessee last season. The Sooners lost that game 25-15 at home.
It will be Michigan’s 41st all-time appearance on GameDay.
The Week 2 broadcast will also be a surreal one for ESPN’s production. Lee Corso is making his final appearance on the desk this Saturday for the Texas-Ohio State game after 39 years. The Week 2 show will mark the first official broadcast of the post-Corso era.
Oklahoma hosts Illinois State in Week 1 while Michigan faces New Mexico.
Kickoff between the Sooners and the Wolverines next Saturday is set for 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC. A lookahead line from DraftKings has the Sooners listed as a 2.5-point favorite in the game.
Derek Peterson does a bit of everything, not unlike Taysom Hill. He has covered Oklahoma, Nebraska, the Pac-12, and now delivers CFB-wide content.
