Where is ‘College GameDay’ this week? Location, schedule, guest picker for CFP quarterfinals

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Where is 'College GameDay' this week? Location, schedule, guest picker for CFP quarterfinals

College football playoff quarterfinal preview and predictions

Get ready for the college football playoff quarterfinals with analysis and predictions on the quarterfinal matchups.

“College GameDay,” meet “The Granddaddy of Them all.”

That’s where college football’s preeminent preview show will set up shop to preview the New Year’s Day games, which will feature the College Football Playoff quarterfinal matchups between No. 4 Texas Tech and No. 5 Oregon in the Orange Bowl; No. 3 Georgia and No. 6 Mississippi in the Sugar Bowl; and, of course, No. 1 Indiana and No. 9 Alabama in the Rose Bowl Game.

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The Rose Bowl, of course, will feature perhaps the biggest storylines of the CFP in the top-ranked Hoosiers and 9-seeded Crimson Tide. Curt Cignetti has Indiana in uncharted waters with his recent success and is looking to cap a season as the only remaining undefeated team in college football.

Kalen DeBoer and the Crimson Tide, of course, were controversial entrants into the playoff after getting shellacked 28-7 in the SEC championship game. Alabama also had to come back from a 17-0 deficit vs. No. 8 Oklahoma in the first round to defeat the Sooners 34-24 and advance to the quarterfinal round of the playoff.

Here’s what to know about “College GameDay” as Rece Davis, Nick Saban, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and Pat McAfee preview the CFP quarterfinal round:

Where is ‘College GameDay’ location for CFP quarterfinals?

Location: Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California)
Time: 9 a.m. ET | 6 a.m. PT

“College GameDay” will preview the Jan. 1 schedule of games from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. There, the top-seeded Hoosiers will take on No. 9 seed Alabama for a chance to advance to the CFP Peach Bowl semifinal in Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

It is the third time this season Alabama will be one of the featured “GameDay” teams, and the second time for Indiana. Alabama is 1-1 in its previous appearances in 2025, while Indiana is 1-0.

How to watch ‘College GameDay’ in CFP quarterfinals? TV schedule, streaming

“College GameDay” will air on ESPN during the quarterfinal round of the College Football Playoff. Streaming options for the college football pregame show include the ESPN app (with a cable login) and Fubo, the latter of which offers a free trial to potential subscribers.

‘College GameDay’ schedule on ESPN

“GameDay” will begin at 9 a.m. ET from the Rose Bowl. It remains to be seen where the preview show will head after the quarterfinal round, though it’s feasible it attends both the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 8 and Peach Bowl on Jan. 9. The show already did something similar in the first round of the CFP when it attended the Alabama-Oklahoma game in Norman, Oklahoma before moving to College Station, Texas for the first-round game between No. 7 Texas A&M and No. 10 Miami.

Here’s a look at where “GameDay” has previously attended games throughout the 2025 college football season:

Week 1: Texas at Ohio State (Columbus, Ohio)
Week 2: Michigan at Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma)
Week 3: Georgia at Tennessee (Knoxville, Tennessee)
Week 4: Florida at Miami (Miami Gardens, Florida)
Week 5: Oregon at Penn State (University Park, Pennsylvania)
Week 6: Vanderbilt at Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
Week 7: Indiana at Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
Week 8: Ole Miss at Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
Week 9: Missouri at Vanderbilt (Nashville, Tennessee)
Week 10: Cincinnati at Utah (Salt Lake City)
Week 11: Brigham Young at Texas Tech (Lubbock, Texas)
Week 12: Notre Dame at Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh)
Week 13: Southern California at Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
Week 14: Ohio State at Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Week 15: Georgia vs. Alabama (SEC Championship) (Atlanta)
CFP first round
- Friday, Dec. 19: Alabama at Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma)
- Saturday, Dec. 20: Miami at Texas A&M (College Station, Texas)
CFP quarterfinals: Indiana vs. Alabama (Rose Bowl) (Pasadena, California)