ESPN College GameDay's information man Chris Fallica and analyst Kirk Herbstreit confirmed on Thursday that the network's Saturday morning show would be at the Battle at Bristol on Sept. 10.

Because of the magnitude of the game between Tennessee and Virginia Tech, it was expected that the show would broadcast from Bristol Motor Speedway - but the pair officially confirmed it on a Facebook live chat with fans on Thursday.

Fallica said the GameDay crew would be at LSU-Wisconsin at Lambeu Field in Green Bay for the opening Saturday, then head to USC-Alabama, Ole Miss-Florida State, spend two days at home and then head to Bristol for Virginia Tech-Tennessee.

The folks at the Speedway said they expected the show to be broadcast from there back in June, but they were still waiting for official confirmation.

Now, they have it.

Other games on the schedule that weekend that GameDay could have considered include TCU vs. Arkansas, Pittsburgh vs. Penn State, BYU at Utah, Kentucky at Florida and Virginia at Oregon.

Tennessee hasn’t played at a College GameDay location since Sept. 25, 2012, when the crew was in Knoxville for the Vols’ 37-20 loss to SEC Eastern Division rival Florida in Neyand Stadium.

The Battle at Bristol is scheduled for a primetime telecast on ABC - a company in the ESPN family of networks.