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ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ is coming to BYU for the first time since 2009

BYU is coming off a 24-10 win over Iowa State on Friday.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rece Davis and Pat McAfee during the broadcast of ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rece Davis and Pat McAfee during the broadcast of ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025.

By https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/684b2f12-8528-496e-97cc-4cfa23d2fc8b.jpg Jason Batacao
 | Oct. 10, 2026, 5:08 p.m.
| Updated: 5:26 p.m.

“College GameDay” is coming to Provo for the first time since 2009.

The popular ESPN college football pregame show will be on hand for No. 8 BYU’s primetime matchup against No. 3 Notre Dame next Saturday at 5:30 p.m. on ABC.

The show will air from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.

It will be the second time BYU has hosted the program. The first one didn’t end too well for the Cougars, with TCU routing BYU 38-7.

Overall, the Cougars are 0-4 all-time when featured on “GameDay.” Can they break the “GameDay” curse against the Irish?

If they can, it could go a long way toward earning a College Football Playoff spot.

BYU is 5-0 following a 24-10 win over Iowa State on Friday. Notre Dame, meanwhile, is 6-0 on the season after beating Stanford 58-7 on Saturday.

The Cougars have a 2-7 all-time record against the Irish, including two wins from 2012 and 2013 that Notre Dame later vacated.

The programs last played in 2022 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas — a 28-20 Notre Dame victory. BYU last beat the Irish in 2004.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) BYU Cougars cheer during the game between the BYU Cougars and the Iowa State Cyclones in Provo on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026.

BYU’s history on ‘GameDay’

Nov. 20, 2004 — Utah 52, BYU 21 (Salt Lake City)

Oct. 24, 2009 — TCU 38, BYU 7 (Provo)

Dec. 5, 2020 — Coastal Carolina 22, BYU 17 (Conway, South Carolina)

Nov. 8, 2025 — Texas Tech 29, BYU 7 (Lubbock, Texas)

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