ESPN’s College GameDay is going country on Saturday when the popular college football pregame show broadcasts from Nashville ahead of No. 15 Missouri at No. 10 Vanderbilt.
Nashville’s Kenny Chesney and Dierks Bentley are set to perform live from Wyatt Lawn during the show.
Chesney, who has more than 200 major stadium shows and eight Entertainer of the Year Awards, brings his energy to GameDay for a special performance of his No. 1 hit “Get Along.”
Chesney celebrates his 2025 Country Music Hall of Fame induction and Nov. 4 release of HEART LIFE MUSIC with an appearance on the premiere college football pregame show.
Meanwhile, Bentley, a multi-CMA Award Winner, 15x Grammy nominated artist and Vanderbilt grad, joins the show to perform two songs on Saturday. He’ll lead off with his award-winning No. 1 hit “What Was I Thinkin,” along with newly released “IYKYK” to GameDay viewers across the nation.
The show runs from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. (9 a.m. to noon ET).
Saturday’s visit will mark just the second time the Commodores have hosted GameDay, with the last visit coming in 2008. Vanderbilt is off to its greatest start in 75 years, with coach Clark Lea leading the ‘Dores to their highest AP ranking since 1947. The Tigers will make their seventh all-time appearance on GameDay and first since the 2014 campaign.
Host Rece Davis is at the helm for his 11th season, joined at the desk by GameDay analysts Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee and Nick Saban. College football insider Pete Thamel, college football betting analyst ‘Stanford Steve’ Coughlin and reporters Jen Lada and Jess Sims round out the GameDay cast for the 2025 college football season.
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