ESPN has selected “High Noon,” a new collaboration between Shaboozey and Gunna, as the official anthem for its 2026-27 college football coverage, continuing the network’s long-running tradition of pairing each season with a signature song. The track, which is off Shaboozey’s new concept album, The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales, will be featured throughout ESPN and ABC broadcasts, promotional campaigns and marketing leading into and throughout the college football season, which begins in late August.
ESPN has used an annual anthem for more than a decade to help launch its college football campaign, with each selection becoming a recurring soundtrack across game broadcasts, commercials and studio programming throughout the fall. The announcement marks the latest high-profile partnership between ESPN and a recording artist as the network blends music with its college football branding. Shaboozey, whose crossover success has made him one of music’s most recognizable genre-blending artists, joins Gunna on the new track, which debuted alongside a promotional video highlighting the excitement and pageantry of the upcoming season. The collaboration follows last year’s anthem, mgk’s “dont wait run fast,” and extends a lineup of previous ESPN anthem artists that has included Jelly Roll, Post Malone, Fall Out Boy, Imagine Dragons, Thirty Seconds to Mars, X Ambassadors, Marshmello and Juice WRLD, among others.
“High Noon” is expected to become a familiar part of ESPN’s broadcasts as the network prepares for another season of extensive coverage featuring marquee matchups, conference showdowns and the College Football Playoff.
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