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ESPN's "College GameDay" will be onsite for both College Football Playoff semifinal games. GameDay will first attend the No. 6 Ole Miss Rebels versus No. 10 Miami Hurricanes in the Fiesta Bowl from State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
GameDay's show for the Ole Miss-Miami game will start at 6 p.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 8 and will be televised on ESPN. Kickoff for the Fiesta Bowl is set for 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday. Fans can watch both semifinals games on ESPN.
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Quarterback Carson Beck and Miami are slight favorites over QB Trinidad Chambliss and Ole Miss, who are coming off a Sugar Bowl upset over the Georgia Bulldogs. Miami upset national championship favorite Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl.
The second semifinals game features a Big Ten clash between the No. 1 Indiana Hoosiers and the No. 5 Oregon Ducks in the Peach Bowl from Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. GameDay attended the first Indiana-Oregon game during Week 7 of the regular season, where the Hoosiers earned a big 30-20 road win over the Ducks.
GameDay's Indiana-Oregon show will start at 6 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 9 (ESPN) and will run until the Peach Bowl's 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff.
Rece Davis, Desmond Howard, Kirk Herbstreit, Nick Saban and Pat McAfee are all expected to be part of both pregame shows. Herbstreit is part of the television commentary crew for the Fiesta Bowl.
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Fans wave signs and cheer ahead of ESPN's College GameDay on the campus of the University of Oregon
Week 1: Texas at Ohio State
Week 2: Michigan at Oklahoma
Week 3: Georgia at Tennessee
Week 4: Florida at Miami
Week 5: Oregon at Penn State
Week 6: Vanderbilt at Alabama
Week 7: Indiana at Oregon
Week 8: Ole Miss at Georgia
Week 9: Missouri at Vanderbilt
Week 10: Cincinnati at Utah
Week 11: BYU at Texas Tech
Week 12: Notre Dame at Pittsburgh
Week 13: USC at Oregon
Week 14: Ohio State at Michigan
Championship Week: Georgia vs. Alabama (SEC championship)
Playoff first-round: Alabama at Oklahoma (Friday)
Playoff first-round: Miami at Texas A&M (Saturday)
Playoff quarterfinals: Alabama vs. Indiana (Rose Bowl)
Playoff semifinals: Ole Miss vs. Miami (Fiesta Bowl)
Playoff semifinals: Oregon vs. Indiana (Peach Bowl)
CFP semifinals schedule
Fernando Mendoza #15 of the Indiana Hoosiers runs out of the pocket during the first half against the Oregon Ducks
Ole Miss vs. Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 8 (ESPN)
Oregon vs. Indiana, 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 9 (ESPN)
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