College GameDay Makes History With Week 9 Location Announcement

In Week 8, Texas Longhorns fans brought the energy for ESPN's "College GameDay" as the college football world awaited the highly anticipated Top 5 showdown with the Georgia Bulldogs.

Week 9 is now on the horizon, and "College GameDay" is set to make history with its next location.

For the first time ever on a Saturday, “College GameDay” will air live from Bloomington, Indiana, as the Washington Huskies take on the No. 16 Indiana Hoosiers.

The only other occasion in which the show appeared in Bloomington was on a Thursday in 2017.

Indiana has started 7-0 for the first time since 1967 . On the other hand, Washington comes into the game with a record of 4-3.

These two schools have only met three times in their history, the most recent being in 2003. Now, in 2024, Indiana and Washington will face off for the first time as Big Ten rivals.

Both teams feature first-year head coaches. Indiana's Curt Cignetti came over from James Madison, where he went 19-4 in two combined seasons .

After falling to the Michigan Wolverines 34-13 in last season’s College Football Playoff National Championship, Washington lost head coach Kalen DeBoer to the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Now, Jedd Fisch is the man in charge, making way from the Arizona Wildcats. In 2023, he went 10-3 with Arizona , leading his team to an Alamo Bowl victory over the Oklahoma Sooners.

Kickoff between the Huskies and the Hoosiers is set for 12 p.m. ET on Saturday. The game will air on the Big Ten Network.

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