The ESPN College GameDay has been a blast for the first 10 weeks of the 2025 college football season. The long-running Saturday morning football show had its share of informative analysis, funny moments, and other stuff, complete with a celebrity guest picker to further spice up the show.
This year, the so-called “three-hour college football circus” had stops in Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee (twice), Florida, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Oregon, Georgia, and Utah during the previous weeks. Now the question is: where will the College GameDay gang’s next stop be?
Here’s all the information on the College GameDay location and guest picker for Week 11 of the 2025 college football season.
ESPN College GameDay Location for Week 11
- Location: Lubbock, Texas
- Matchup: Texas Tech vs BYU
- Show time: 9 a.m. ET
- TV Channel: ESPN
ESPN announced on Saturday that the long-running college football program will be in Lubbock, Texas, on Nov. 8 to drum up a marquee Big 12 Conference clash of the week between the No. 13 Texas Tech Red Raiders (8-1, 5-1 Big 12) and the No. 10 BYU Cougars (8-0, 5-0 Big 12), whose aim is to remain unbeaten after Week 11.
TEXAS TECH, ARE YOU READY?!
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>Next up, we’re headed to Lubbock for a Big 12 showdown between @BYUfootball and @TexasTechFB‼️ pic.twitter.com/Da4oo1luAk— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) November 1, 2025
Both teams face a Top 25 opponent for the second time this season, as Texas Tech and BYU outplayed Utah on separate occasions to become two of the top teams in the conference.
The Saturday clash could have monumental implications for the College Football Playoff scenario, with the Red Raiders and Cougars rising above everyone in their conference and apparently peaking at the right time heading into their highly anticipated matchup.
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This is the second time College GameDay, hosted by Rece Davis as well as Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Nick Saban, Pat McAfee, and other analysts, will head to Lubbock, and the first since 2008.
One of the show’s highlights at that time was Lee Corso donning the Raider Red mask. He also fired off the customary shotguns to hype up Texas Tech fans, who were on hand to see their team pull off a stunning upset of No. 1 Texas at AT&T Stadium.
This is also the third time Texas Tech and BYU have faced each other since 1940, with both teams splitting their initial outings. The Cougars won the latest installment of the matchup 27-14 on their home turf in Peoria, Utah, and the Red Raiders are out for revenge and to hand the visitors their first loss of the season.
ESPN College GameDay Guest Picker for Week 11
This week’s guest picker needs no introduction because he’s the best Texas Tech alumnus the school has ever produced in football. He’s a three-time Super Bowl champion and Super Bowl MVP, Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Come on now, you know @PatrickMahomes had to come back to Lubbock to be this weekend’s guest picker 🔥 pic.twitter.com/p9kCTiaAYR
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) November 7, 2025
The Chiefs are on a bye this week, making Mahomes’ guest spot possible. The former Texas Tech quarterback will pit his prediction skills against the records of the previous guests this season, but how does the competition stack up ahead of the Week 11 edition of College GameDay?
- Alex Smith (5-3)
- Nate Bargatze (6-2)
- Jelly Roll (6-2)
- Sabrina Ionescu (7-3)
- Theo Von (4-3)
- LaVar Arrington (5-5)
- Matthew Tkachuk (3-3)
- Candace Parker (1-6)
- Trae Young (5-3)