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ESPN’s College GameDay announces Indiana versus Notre Dame for first round of playoff

College football's biggest pregame show is headed to South Bend for Hoosiers versus Fighting Irish

ByDonovan James|
The ESPN College Gameday crew, from left, Desmond Howard, Rece Davis, Pat McAfee, Nick Saban and Kirk Herbstreit, prepares to broadcast from the field prior to the NCAA football game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Ohio State Buckeyes at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pa. on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024.
The ESPN College Gameday crew, from left, Desmond Howard, Rece Davis, Pat McAfee, Nick Saban and Kirk Herbstreit, prepares to broadcast from the field prior to the NCAA football game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Ohio State Buckeyes at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pa. on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. | Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

ESPN's "College GameDay" will be heading to South Bend for the first round of the College Football Playoffs in a matchup between (11-1) No. 10 seed Indiana vs (11-1) No. 7 seed Notre Dame, (8 p.m. EST on ABC/ESPN).

"College GameDay" will also be at Ohio State on Saturday, Dec. 21, with its show starting at 9 a.m. EST. The eighth-seeded Buckeyes (10-2) are hosting ninth-seeded Tennessee (10-2) in Ohio Stadium later that day (8 p.m. EST on ABC/ESPN).

"College GameDay," which currently features host Rece Davis and analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee and Nick Saban were last in South Bend on Sept. 23, 2023, for Notre Dame’s top-10 showdown against Ohio State.

Indiana was a part of College GameDay twice this season already with a home win in Bloomington versus Washington and a road loss at Ohio State in Columbus.

Instead of a traditional 9am EST start time for “College GameDay” the show will kick off in South Bend, at 3:30 p.m. EST.

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