ESPN College Gameday 2024: Week 8 Location Hosts, TV Schedule and Predictions

Two of the top four teams in college football will do battle Saturday and ESPN's College Gameday crew will roll into Austin, Texas for the big game between No. 4 Georgia and No. 1 Texas.

The crew will have all of the pre-game coverage and previews for all of Week 8's top games.

When and where can you find the immensely popular show and who will join Rece Davis and Co. as this week's special guest picker?

Find out with this preview.

TV Schedule

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HARRISONBURG,VA NOVEMBER 18, 2023: ESPN College GameDay at Bridgeforth Stadium in Harrisonburg, Virginia, on Saturday, November 18 2023 pit No. 18 James Madison Dukes versus the Appalachian State Mountaineers. Prior to the start of the live program, Desmond Howard, does a live segment introducing the game. Gameday is hosted by Rece Davis and featuring Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee, Pete Thamel and reporters Jen Lada and Jess Sims, and airs on ESPN. (Photo by Justin Ide / forThe Washington Post via Getty Images)

Date: Saturday, October 19

Time: 9:00 a.m.

TV: ESPN and ESPN U

Streaming: ESPN+

Location: Austin, Texas

Hosts

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ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN - SEPTEMBER 07: A view of the ESPN College Gameday desk prior to a game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Texas Longhorns at Michigan Stadium on September 07, 2024 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Hosts

Rece Davis, Desmond Howard, Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Nick Saban, and Pat McAfee

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Celebrity Guest Picker

Scottie Scheffler

(4) Georgia at (1) Texas Prediction

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DALLAS, TEXAS - OCTOBER 12: Derek Williams Jr. #2 of the Texas Longhorns celebrates a fumble recovery with Barryn Sorrell #88 during the second quarter against the Oklahoma Sooners at Cotton Bowl Stadium on October 12, 2024 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

In what is one of the biggest games of the 2024 college football season, the No. 4 Georgia Bulldogs travel to Austin for a showdown with the No. 1 Texas Longhorns.

Texas has been the best team, by far, through the first half of the season and will be looking to retain their top spot in the AP Top 25.

The Longhorns demolished their rivals, the Oklahoma Sooners, to the tune of 34-3. They have a great defensive secondary but their running game and rush defense has left a lot to be desired, potentially opening the door for the Bulldogs to exploit it.

Georgia's lone loss came to Alabama, 41-34, and their secondary is the antithesis of Texas', its greatest defensive weakness.

It may prove the difference between the two, especially against an explosive Longhorns passing game led by Quinn Ewers, who has completed 72.2 percent of his passes for 890 yards, and nine touchdowns.

Ewers is in the midst of his most efficient season to date and will inevitably be in the Heisman conversation. A win over the Bulldogs that would make it difficult for Kirby Smart and the two-time champs to remain a playoff contender in 2024, would be a great way to establish himself as the front-runner.

The Longhorns have been demonstrably better than Georgia this season and Saturday in Austin, will prove it on the field with a seven-point win.

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Prediction: Texas knocks off Georgia