College GameDay Set to Rock Notre Dame for College Football Playoff Showdown

College football's biggest pregame show is headed to South Bend

Nick Shepkowski | 16 Hours Ago

All five hosts are exchanging sports views during the ESPN College GameDay show on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, on the Hesburgh Library lawn on the University of Notre Dame campus in South Bend. The show was to highlight the Notre Dame-Ohio State game. / GREG SWIERCZ / USA TODAY NETWORK

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The bigness of Notre Dame's home College Football Playoff game against Indiana can't be understated.

The seventh-seeded Fighting Irish host the 10th-seeded Hoosiers in the first-ever College Football Playoff game to be played on a college campus. At stake is a date with second-seeded Georgia in the Sugar Bowl for a spot in the national semi-final.

To help mark the occassion, Notre Dame will be playing host to ESPN's College GameDay on Friday, December 20. The show, like usual when done at Notre Dame, will take place on the library quad with Touchdown Jesus overlooking in the background.

They’re coming to our city ☘️@CollegeGameDay

📍 Library Lawn
📅 Friday, Dec. 20
🕞 3:30PM ET
📺 ESPN#GoIrish pic.twitter.com/MyOUZMiog0
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) December 11, 2024

College GameDay will have two shows for the College Football Playoff opening weekend as on Saturday it will then be at Ohio State for the Buckeyes clash with Tennessee.

Notre Dame last played host to College Gameday before it lost a heartbreaker to Ohio State in September of 2023.