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Where Is College GameDay This Week
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College GameDay heads to Salt Lake City for Utah vs. Houston

ESPN's College GameDay is in Salt Lake City this week, its second straight week of broadcasting from a Utah home game. The show is set to air ahead of the top-15 clash in which the University of Utah hosts Houston at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Utah is ranked 10th nationally and Houston is 14th.

Fans began camping outside the stadium days before the broadcast to secure a spot near the set and to take a shot at a $1 million kick. Last week, the show was in Provo, where a BYU student made the kick on his second attempt to win $1 million from host Pat McAfee. Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith and his business partner Ryan Sweeney each added another $1 million, bringing the prize to $3 million. Utah students say they plan to try the kick themselves. The headlines for this week's guest picker and the full schedule were not available to us, so those details remain unconfirmed here.

Key facts

  • ESPN's College GameDay is broadcasting from Salt Lake City for a second straight week.
  • The show precedes a top-15 game: No. 10 Utah hosts No. 14 Houston at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
  • Students have been camping out for a spot and a chance at a $1 million kick.
  • Last week's kick in Provo was made by a BYU student, with $3 million in total prize money from Pat McAfee and two Utah business leaders.

What we don't know yet

The sources do not give the broadcast start time, channel details, or the guest picker for this week.

Our summary of reporting by KSL News, Sports Illustrated, Yahoo Sports, USA Today. Written with AI assistance and checked against the sources; read the full stories at the links below. Updated Oct 24, 9:19 AM EDT.

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Trend data

Where Is College GameDay This Week started trending in the US on Oct 24, 8:30 AM EDT, reaching about 2K+ Google searches. 4 news outlets covered it in our feed, including USA Today, Yahoo Sports, Sports Illustrated. The earliest report we found came from USA Today at Oct 22, 12:58 PM EDT.

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