Many of your favorite country artists are also huge fans of college football. So it’s no surprise several of them have appeared on ESPN’s College Gameday.
Since 2004, ESPN’s College Gameday has invited celebrities and former athletes to appear on the show and give their predictions on who will win the big college football games each week. There have been multiple episodes where Country music artists have appeared on the show and given their picks.
Below, we list every time they appeared on the show and how accurate they were at making their game picks.
Date |
Location |
Artist |
Record |
Winning % |
10/7/17 |
Texas Christian University |
Tim McGraw |
9-1 |
90% |
11/2/13 |
Florida State University |
Jake Owen |
9-1 |
90% |
9/2/17 |
Atlanta, GA |
Sam Hunt |
8-1 |
88% |
10/1/16 |
Clemson, University |
Eric Church |
8-2 |
80% |
9/4/21 |
Charlotte, NC |
Kane Brown |
9-3 |
75% |
9/1/18 |
Notre Dame University |
Luke Bryan |
9-3 |
75% |
11/5/22 |
University of Georgia |
Luke Bryan |
7-3 |
70% |
10/6/12 |
University of South Carolina |
Darius Rucker |
7-3 |
70% |
11/1/14 |
West Virginia University |
Brad Paisley |
6-3 |
66% |
9/5/15 |
Fort Worth, TX |
Brad Paisley |
6-3 |
66% |
12/4/21 |
Atlanta, GA |
Zac Brown |
5-3 |
62% |
9/14/13 |
Texas A&M University |
Lyle Lovett |
5-3 |
62% |
12/7/19 |
Atlanta, GA |
Zac Brown |
6-4 |
60% |
10/06/18 |
The Cotton Bowl |
Toby Keith |
7-6 |
53% |
9/19/15 |
University of Alabama |
Eric Church |
6-5 |
54% |
9/14/19 |
Iowa State University |
Eric Church |
7-6 |
53% |
9/2/23 |
Charlotte, NC |
Darius Rucker |
6-6 |
50% |
9/24/24 |
Appalachian State University |
Luke Combs |
6-6 |
50% |
9/17/22 |
Oklahoma University |
Blake Shelton |
5-5 |
50% |
10/24/15 |
James Madison University |
Dierks Bentley |
4-4 |
50% |
9/27/14 |
University of South Carolina |
Kenny Chesney |
4-5 |
44% |
9/15/12 |
University of Tennessee |
Kenny Chesney |
4-5 |
44% |
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Stats courtesy of Cole’s Gameday Blog