Georgia had a familiar spot in ESPN’s 2026 College Football anthem on Friday, landing front and center in the network’s annual hype video.
ESPN’s anthem this year is “High Noon” by @ShaboozeysJeans featuring @1GunnaGunna, and Georgia showed up twice in the clip. The first appearance came about 20 seconds in, when Kirby Smart was shown leading his team onto the field before a game. Roughly 30 seconds later, ESPN flashed to Georgia’s cheer team helping energize the crowd from the sideline.
That kind of placement fits the way ESPN has treated Georgia in recent years. The Bulldogs were also featured multiple times in last year’s anthem, and they again earned a prominent role in the 2026 version. Even if they weren’t the most heavily used team in the video, their presence still underscored how central the program remains on the national stage.
Indiana, the defending National Champions, got the most screen time by far. Ole Miss and Miami were also featured heavily. Georgia fans might have expected even more, but the Bulldogs’ lack of a deeper College Football Playoff run last season likely played into how the video was assembled.
Still, Georgia’s overall résumé this decade explains why the program remains impossible to ignore. The Bulldogs have won two National Championships and three SEC titles, the most in the country over that span. That success has kept them in the conversation as one of the sport’s defining teams, even in a year when ESPN spread the spotlight around.
If Georgia wants to own next year’s anthem, the path is simple: win a National Championship this season. Vegas has them among the favorites, and if they deliver, there’s a good chance they’ll be everywhere in ESPN’s 2027 College Football anthem.
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