The Texas Longhorns are the top dogs of college football, and with that comes a lot of benefits (and a lot of pressure), like ESPN's College GameDay kicking off Saturdays from the Horns' game-day locations.
As Texas travels to Tennessee to face the Volunteers and determine which team is the true UT (it's the University of Texas if you ask us), College GameDay will be in Knoxville to get the ball rolling.
"Time to find out who the real UT is," the ESPN social team posted on X. "We'll see you in Knoxville on Saturday for a showdown between Texas and Tennessee!"
Time to find out who the real UT is 😏
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) September 20, 2026
We'll see you in Knoxville on Saturday for a showdown between Texas and Tennessee! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/WiD1PRelNR
This is already the second Texas game of the season with College GameDay in attendance, the ESPN show starting Week 2 from Austin, before the Horns and the then-No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes faced off.
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Because the game is in Knoxville, it likely won't be a Longhorn fan joining the CGD desk, unlike in Week 2, when award-winning actor and current Texas student Glen Powell hopped on the desk with the GameDay crew.
When College GameDay made their weekly picks of who would win the game, they all chose the Longhorns over the Buckeyes, including Powell, and the clean sweep wasn't a curse for Texas, which came back from a 20-point deficit to defeat the Buckeyes and claim the No. 1 ranking as its own.
While the celebrity guest picker, whoever they are, likely won't pick Texas to beat their favorite team, it shouldn't come as a surprise if Desmond Howard, Nick Saban, Pat McAfee, and Kirk Herbstreit stick with their gut instinct and pick the Horns to upset the home team this time around.
In Week 3, College GameDay was in Oxford, MS, for LSU head coach Lane Kiffin's return to Ole Miss, his former team that he abandoned to take the job with the Tigers. Even though the Ole Miss Rebels were the home team, the crew didn't provide the clean sweep that the Horns had seen just one week earlier:
- Desmond Howard: Ole Miss
- Nick Saban: LSU
- Pat McAfee: Ole Miss
- Kirk Herbstreit: Didn't pick (called game)
- Morgan Freeman (celebrity guest picker): Ole Miss
College GameDay starts every college football Saturday at 8 a.m. CT and runs until 11 a.m. CT, when the first games of the day kick off. It broadcasts on the main ESPN channel.
Following the morning show, No. 1 Texas and No. 15 Tennessee are scheduled to kick off at 11 a.m. CT from Rocky Top, and the game will be aired on ABC, the parent network of ESPN.
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