No. 10 BYU is sitting on the edge of something big.
If the Cougars keep winning, their Oct. 17 matchup with Notre Dame could bring College GameDay to Provo, and Rece Davis made it clear on the College GameDay podcast that he sees it as a real possibility. Davis said “there's a really good chance” the show heads to BYU if both teams arrive unbeaten.
He stressed that he wasn’t announcing a decision or leaking anything official, but he did point to the matchup itself as a standout on the schedule.
“I don't know where else you would have gone the first four weeks if you really looked at the storylines, and then we're at Iowa this week,” Davis said. “And, you know, who knows? I'm not trying to give away secrets because no decision has been made, but I think there's a really good chance we'll be at BYU.”
Davis added more context as he walked through the weekend slate and the appeal of BYU-Notre Dame.
"I'm not trying to give anything away. That may not happen...
I'm gonna get in trouble with PR and probably with management for even bringing that up. We haven't come close to making a decision on that yet.
I'm just looking at the schedule...it might be the best game of the weekend, you know, and both might still be undefeated...it certainly would be a contender.”
BYU still has work to do before any GameDay talk becomes real. The Cougars have TCU and Iowa State up next, and while they should be favored in both, FPI gives them just a 59.6% chance to get through those two games unscathed. Notre Dame, meanwhile, has a 90% chance to beat North Carolina and Stanford and come into the BYU game undefeated.
This would not be uncharted territory for Provo. The last time BYU hosted College GameDay was in 2008, when the Cougars played TCU. That day went to the Horned Frogs in a convincing win, and it remains the only time GameDay has been in Provo.
BYU has had a different kind of spotlight recently, hosting FOX's Big Noon Kickoff twice over the last two years. The Cougars beat Arizona in 2024 and Utah in 2025 with the show in town.
If both BYU and Notre Dame are still perfect when they meet, LaVell Edwards Stadium could be in line for one of the biggest games it has ever seen.
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