- High Noon is off Shaboozey's new concept album, The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales
- Previous anthem artists include mgk, Jelly Roll, Post Malone, Imagine Dragons and Marshmello, among others
College football is less than 30 days away, but the unofficial start to the season has arrived with ESPN officially naming GRAMMY®-winning, singer-songwriter Shaboozey its newest anthem artist.
"High Noon" featuring rapper Gunna is the 2026-27 ESPN College Football season anthem song, a track that dropped at midnight ET off Shaboozey's new concept album,
The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales.
"It's so exciting to have 'High Noon' as the anthem for this upcoming college football season on ESPN," Shaboozey said. "I'm excited for the song to be part of the energy, tradition, and memories of game day."
ESPN has collaborated with musical artists for the past 13 years to create an anthem that drives excitement and awareness around ESPN's comprehensive college football coverage. Last year featured GRAMMY®-nominated multi-platinum recording artist mgk and the track, "don't wait run fast" off his latest album,
lost in americana.
Other cover artists over the years include Jelly Roll, Post Malone, Fall Out Boy, Lauren Alaina, X Ambassadors, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Imagine Dragons, Judah & the Lion, Juice WRLD & Marshmello, DJ Snake & Rick Ross, and Yungblud.
ESPN kicks off its coverage of the 2026-27 college football season at high noon for a battle overseas with the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland as the North Carolina Tar Heels face the TCU Horned Frogs (Noon ET, ESPN). The early weeks of the season feature a coast-to-coast lineup that delivers marquee matchups and premier presentations across ESPN networks. Overall, more than 1,000 games will be set for ESPN networks with every showdown streaming on the ESPN App throughout the season.
