ESPN's Rece Davis Admits He Was Biased During College Football's Week 4 Games

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ESPN’s Rece Davis is typically not biased during college football games, but he was during Week 4.

The “College GameDay” host admitted that he was rooting for a particular outcome during Week 4. Davis, the host of ESPN’s college football pregame shows, made it clear that he was rooting for Iowa to take down Michigan.

Why?

The ESPN “College GameDay” host really, really wanted the pregame show to head to Iowa City, Iowa for Week 5.

Davis knew that the show would head to Iowa for the clash between the Hawkeyes and the Buckeyes in Week 5 if the results were right in Week 4.

“I didn’t want Iowa to beat Michigan because I wanted Michigan to lose, or because I’m some big Iowa fan,” Davis said on Sunday’s episode of the College GameDay Podcast.

Davis admitted that he always ‘roots’ for the show

Davis is willingly admitting to rooting for the show, and sometimes, that means you want certain schools to beat other schools, but it’s all about the best outcome for “College GameDay,” in the host’s mind.

“I root for the show, and it was going to be really, really good for the show if Iowa won on Saturday. They did. And now, a big showdown with Ohio State coming up next week.”

ESPN’s “College GameDay” is heading to Iowa for the first time in more than 20 years. The show will be live from Iowa City, Iowa on Saturday morning, at 9 a.m. E.T.

Iowa and Ohio State will kick off at 3:30 p.m. E.T. on Saturday. The game will air live on CBS. It’s a big one in the Big Ten and “College GameDay” will be there live.

This story was originally published by The Spun on Sep 28, 2026, where it first appeared in the College Football section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

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