If it seems like College Gameday and Pat McAfee are almost exclusively visiting SEC universities on Saturday mornings, well, it’s because they are.
Why are there so many SEC games on College Gameday on ESPN in 2025? Finally a break in Week 10
Almost every week this season has had at least one SEC team in the College Gameday game. From Week 1 to Week 9, there was only one exception. Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and Nick Saban must have got the memo because this week 10 the crew is going to a Big 12 school, where we can enjoy a different atmosphere out west.
So far this season, seven games with SEC teams have been showcased in ESPN’s program compared to four games with teams from the Big 10 with a litte ACC and Big 12 mixed in:
College Gameday Tracker
— CFB Home (@CFBHome) October 19, 2025
Week 0 - no show
Week 1 - SEC @ Big 10
Week 2 - Big 10 @ SEC
Week 3 - SEC @ SEC
Week 4 - SEC @ ACC
Week 5 - Big 10 @ Big 10
Week 6 - SEC @ SEC
Week 7 - Big 10 @ Big 10
Week 8 - SEC @ SEC
Week 9- SEC @ SEC
This is the schedule so far in 2025:
| Date | Location | Game |
|---|---|---|
| Aug. 30 | Columbus (SEC at Big 10) | Ohio State 14 - Texas 7 |
| Sept. 6 | Norman (Big 10 at SEC) | Oklahoma 24 - Michigan 13 |
| Sept. 13 | Knoxville (SEC at SEC) | Georgia 44 - Tennessee 41 |
| Sept. 20 | Coral Gables (SEC at ACC) | Miami 26 - Florida 7 |
| Sept. 27 | University Park (Big 10 at Big 10) | Oregon 30 - Penn State 24 |
| Oct. 4 | Tuscaloosa (SEC at SEC) | Alabama 30 - Vanderbilt 14 |
| Oct. 11 | Eugene (Big 10 at Big 10) | Indiana 30 - Oregon 20 |
| Oct. 18 | Athens (SEC at SEC) | Georgia 43 - Ole Miss 35 |
| Oct. 25 | Nashville (SEC at SEC) | Vanderbilt 17 - Missouri 10 |
| Nov. 1 | Salt Lake City (Big 12 at Big 12) | Cincinnati at Utah |
Everyone is talking about the fall off of College Gameday, so I went to take a look at the numbers.
— Cody (@SmashHitsSports) October 22, 2025
Since ESPN secured the rights to the SEC, the SEC has gotten college gameday 60% of the time.
Last season 2/3 of all gamedays were SEC.
If it feels like you are seeing the same… pic.twitter.com/iv7nilNLza
In Week 5 we got a break from the SEC when the guys visited Penn State when they took on Oregon, both Big 10 schools. Week 10 is another reprise from the SEC when the gang heads out to Salt Lake City for the Big 12 showdown between Cincinnati and Utah.
WE'RE HEADING WEST FOR A BIG 12 SHOWDOWN 🏔️
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) October 26, 2025
See you next week for Cincinnati-Utah! pic.twitter.com/iUZlzW7pMu
Surprisingly for college football fans, the university that has hosted College GameDay the most times comes from the Big 10. Ohio State sits atop the list with 26 visits to the horseshoe. Alabama comes in second place with 20 visits, then Michigan (15), LSU (14) and Florida with 13 to round out the top-five.
Appearances on College Game Day have a similar distribution:
- Ohio State: 67
- Alabama: 61
- Florida: 43
- Oklahoma: 42
- Georgia 42
- Michigan: 41
- Notre Dame: 40
- Florida State: 36
- LSU: 36
“And we’ll have a show called College Gameday for College Football fans everywhere.”
— Dillon Riera (@13d_riera) October 23, 2025
“Where we’ll travel to different colleges in different conferences around the country, sir?”
“No. It’ll be exclusively SEC schools.”
“Why, sir?”
“Nobody knows.” https://t.co/tHzatTOeev pic.twitter.com/JRnQAZANxN
We’ll keep you posted as to where Pat McAfee takes the College Gameday team in November. Hopefully some different conferences will be thrown into the mix to get some real variety and see some different conferences.
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