PROVIDENCE, R.I. – ESPN announced Monday that College GameDay Built by The Home Depot will originate from Memphis, Tennessee, this weekend for the key American Athletic Conference West Division matchup between No. 14 SMU and No. 23 Memphis.
 
The SMU-Memphis game has been chosen as ABC’s Saturday Night Football matchup. The game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET and will be televised nationally on ABC.
 
Live programming from Memphis, including SportsCenter and College Football Live will occur through the day Friday, Nov. 1, leading into the 9 a.m. ET start time of College GameDay Saturday.
 
Monday’s selection marks the first time that Memphis has been selected to host College GameDay. It is the seventh time that ESPN’s signature college football show has been centered on a game involving an American Athletic Conference team since the conference’s formation in 2013 and the second time that an American conference game has served as the centerpiece. The show was based in Philadelphia Oct. 31, 2015, when Temple hosted Notre Dame, has been onsite for the annual Army-Navy game in each of the last five years (four since Navy joined The American), and was in Orlando, Florida, last year for the Cincinnati-UCF matchup. College GameDay will kick off the 2020 season at Navy’s game against Notre Dame in Dublin, Ireland.
 
American Athletic Conference schools have made a combined 13 appearances on College GameDay since the show’s introduction in 1993. Saturday’s production will be the second appearance for SMU and the first for Memphis.
 
American Athletic Conference Schools on ESPN College GameDay
UCF
Sept. 1, 2005 – UCF at South Carolina
Nov. 17, 2018 – Cincinnati at UCF
 
Cincinnati
Nov. 17, 2018 – Cincinnati at UCF
 
ECU
Sept. 1, 2007 – ECU at Virginia Tech
 
Houston
Nov. 19, 2011 – SMU at Houston
 
Memphis
Nov. 2, 2019 – SMU at Memphis
 
Navy
Nov. 10, 2012 – Navy vs. Troy (from the USS San Diego)
Dec. 13, 2014 – Army vs. Navy (Baltimore)
Dec. 12, 2015 – Army vs. Navy (Philadelphia)
Dec. 10, 2016 – Army vs. Navy (Baltimore)
Dec. 9, 2017 – Army vs. Navy (Philadelphia)
Dec. 8, 2018 – Army vs. Navy (Philadelphia)
Aug. 29, 2020 - Notre Dame vs. Navy (Dublin, Ireland)
 
USF
Sept. 27, 2003 – USF at Army
 
SMU
Nov. 19, 2011 – SMU at Houston
Nov. 2, 2019 – SMU at Memphis
 
Temple
Oct. 31, 2015 – Notre Dame at Temple