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Christopher Boan writes for BetTennessee.com and has been covering sports and sports betting for more than seven years, with experience at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.
The second full slate of college football games is slated to kick off Saturday afternoon, leaving millions to start their day with ESPNās premier pregame CFB show, College GameDay.
This weekās episode is airing live from the outskirts of Ann Arborās Michigan Stadium for Saturdayās noon Eastern time kick between Michigan and Texas, setting the defending CFP champs and a perennial powerhouse against each other in the Great Lakes State.
Next weekendās slate of games doesnāt have a clearcut favorite to land GameDay, however, with āThe Backyard Brawlā between former Big East rivals Pittsburgh and West Virginia being the most likely landing spot, followed by Alabama vs. Wisconsin in Madison.
All year long, BetTennessee.com has our Tennessee sports betting thinking cap on and will update hypothetical odds on where College GameDay will travel to each Saturday, with this weekās update covering Week 3 of the regular season.
Game | Location | Percentage Chance | Odds |
West Virginia Volunteers vs. Pittsburgh Panthers | Pittsburgh, PA | 25.0% | +300 |
Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Wisconsin Badgers | Madison, WI | 18.2% | +450 |
Georgia Bulldogs vs. Kentucky Wildcats | Lexington, KY | 14.3% | +600 |
Oregon Ducks vs. Oregon State Beavers | Corvallis, OR | 14.3% | +600 |
Washington State Cougars vs Washington Huskies | Seattle, WA | 10.0% | +900 |
App State Mountaineers vs. ECU Pirates | Greenville, NC | 10.0% | +900 |
The Field |
| 8.3% | +1100 |
Although they can't be found on Tennessee sports betting app, our odds-on favorite to land Rece Davis and company on Sept. 14 is that showdown between the Mountaineers and Panthers, especially given cast member Pat McAfeeās ties to WVU.
Thatās why we have the Appalachia clash at +300 to land ESPNās pregame show, beating out that Alabama-Wisconsin showdown (listed at +450) and a pair of regional showdowns in Georgia vs. Kentucky in Lexington and the Civil War between Oregon and Oregon State, with both listed at +600.
Throw in a pair of GameDay longshots in the Apple Cup between Washington and Washington State in Seattle and App State vs. East Carolina in Greenville (+900 each) and you have the full rundown of the CFB games that we foresee ESPN choosing from for Week 3 of the College GameDay calendar.
For now, what we do know is that ESPN will be pulling into the Big House on Saturday morning this week for what should be a battle royale between two CFP contenders in front of 100,000-plus fans in Ann Arbor.
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Christopher Boan writes for BetTennessee.com and has been covering sports and sports betting for more than seven years, with experience at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.