ESPN College Gameday 2024: TV Schedule, Predictions and Location for Week 3
The ESPN College Gameday crew is back at it Saturday morning, rolling through South Carolina for an SEC showdown between Shane Beamer's Gamecocks and Brian Kelly's LSU Tigers.
While the special, celebrity guest picker is not yet known, Rece Davis and the crew will have previews for all of the top games and pontificate on the teams that will shine and those who will fade during Saturday's slate.
Find out when and where you can check out the best pregame show in college football, what the Top 25 teams are up to this week, and who will walk away victorious in the featured game with this preview.
Viewing Information
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Location: Gamecock Park in Columbia, South Carolina
Time: 9:00 a.m.
TV: ESPN, ESPN U
Streaming: ESPN+
Hosts: Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee, and Nick Saban
Top 25 Match-Ups
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The following games feature Top 25 teams:
Friday, September 13
20 Arizona at 14 Kansas State (8:00 p.m., FOX)
Saturday, September 14
4 Alabama at Wisconsin (12:00 p.m., FOX)
13 Oklahoma State at Tulsa (12:00 p.m., ESPN 2)
16 LSU at South Carolina (12:00 p.m., ABC and ESPN+)
Arkansas State at 17 Michigan (12:00 p.m., BTN)
24 Boston College at 6 Missouri (12:45 p.m., SEC Network)
9 Oregon at Oregon State (3:30 p.m., FOX)
Ball State at 10 Miami (3:30 p.m., ACC Network)
Tulane at 15 Oklahoma (3:30 p.m., ESPN)
18 Notre Dame at Purdue (3:30 p.m., CBS, Paramount+)
12 Utah at Utah State (4:30 p.m., CBSSN)
5 Ole Miss at Wake Forest (6:30 p.m., CW)
UTSA at 2 Texas (7:00 p.m., ESPN)
1 Georgia at Kentucky (7:30 p.m., ABC and ESPN+)
Northern Iowa at 23 Nebraska (7:30 p.m., BTN)
Kent State at 7 Tennessee (7:45 p.m., SEC Network)
No. 17 LSU at South Carolina
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LSU bounced back from a seven-point, opening-week loss to USC, scoring 44 in a victory over Nicholls last Saturday and earning a spot in the Top 25 at No. 17.
They will look to defend that spot and move up in the rankings Saturday afternoon when the Tigers head to Columbia for a date with the South Carolina Gamecocks, who enter the match-up at 2-0 following wins over Kentucky and Old Dominion but are unranked.
The game will feature an interesting battle of weaknesses as South Carolina struggles mightily to move the ball on offense. At the same time, LSU can be exploited on defense, specifically through the air, allowing a 66-percent success rate in the passing game. That is abysmal for a team for a team with the stature of the Tigers.
Their quarterback, Garrett Nussmeier, makes up for it, though. Showing flashes of an NFL-worthy prospect, he has been spectacular thus far in the 2024 season, hurling eight touchdowns to one interception. How he holds up against a strong Gamecock defense, with an above-average pass rush, could determine the outcome of Saturday's game.
Ultimately, it will be South Carolina's struggles offensively and their inability to match score for score with LSU that should prove the difference as the away team rolls into a raucous Columbia, South Carolina, and strengthens its argument for a higher ranking with a win over the home team.
Prediction: LSU defeats South Carolina, 27-14
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