television homes were tuned to the August 26 Navy-Notre Dame game in the average minute. Rating: The percentage of television homes tuned to the game in the average minute. We have found that this best suits our needs across the board.” Nielsen ratings explainer In a statement to Sports Media Watch, ESPN explained its rationale for not subscribing to Nielsen measurement for SEC Network, ACC Network, Longhorn Network and more:ĮSPN: “We regularly evaluate measurement options and currently use ComScore for all demographic, viewership and research data for ESPN’s college conference networks. The television networks pay Nielsen to measure viewership for their events. Why are there no ratings for SEC Network, ACC Network and more? There were only five games on Nielsen-rated television in week zero, with the FCS MEAC/SWAC Challenge placing a distant second in primetime on ABC. Notre Dame’s rout of Navy was easily the most-watched game of week zero with a 1.9 rating and 3.56 million viewers on NBC. NBC barely edged out The CW, which averaged 617,000 for its college football debut.įSU’s rout of LSU delivered the largest audience of week one with more than nine million viewers on ABC Sunday night, while Deion Sanders‘ debut as coach of Colorado dominated Saturday’s slate with more than seven million on FOX. On the opposite end of the spectrum, NBC averaged just 665,000 for Charlotte-Maryland in primetime, one of the smallest primetime sports audiences ever on the network (if not the lowest). The Colorado-Nebraska game won out in the ratings (4.8 to 4.5). Texas’ upset of Alabama was the top draw in week two of the college football season, averaging 8.76 million viewers across ESPN and ESPN2 - barely edging Colorado’s win over Nebraska earlier in the day on FOX (8.73M). Georgia’s closer-than-expected win over South Carolina ranked a distant second with 5.4 million on CBS, followed close behind by Tennessee-Florida on ESPN at 5.3 million. It delivered the fifth-largest regular season college football audience ever on ESPN. The Nielsen-measured audience for Colorado-Oregon is the largest of the season, and Colorado has now played in four of the top seven games this season.Ĭolorado’s double-overtime win over Colorado State dominated week three of the college football season with a season-high 9.3 million viewers, despite starting at 10 PM ET (and ending after 2 AM). Including the Adobe Analytics streaming audience of 605,000, Ohio State-Notre Dame had the larger audience.) (Unlike the other networks, NBC’s streaming viewership is not included in its Nielsen estimates and is measured separately by Adobe Analytics. LSU-Mississippi on ESPN rounded out the top five, topping Alabama-Mississippi on the same network in primetime.Ĭolorado’s blowout loss to Oregon was the top ratings draw in week four of the season - at least going by the traditional Nielsen viewership - edging Ohio State’s nailbiter against Notre Dame later in the night. Notre Dame’s thrilling win over Duke on ABC placed third for the week, followed close behind by Michigan-Nebraska on FOX. Colorado-USC comfortably outdrew the second-place game, Georgia’s closer-than-expected win over Auburn on CBS. Colorado’s game against Arizona State aired on Pac-12 Network, which is not Nielsen-rated.Ĭolorado again topped the college football ratings charts as the Buffaloes’ narrow loss to USC averaged 7.24 million viewers - the team’s smallest audience of the season, but still the eighth-largest overall. Alabama’s dramatic win over Texas A&M placed second with over seven million on CBS. The Oklahoma-Texas “Red River Rivalry” topped the week six charts with its largest audience since 2009 as more than 7.8 million viewers tuned in across ABC and ESPN2. Colorado’s Friday night loss to Stanford did not crack the top five and was the team’s least-watched game of the season with 3.29 million viewers. Notre Dame’s rout of USC was not far behind with 6.43 million on NBC. Washington’s narrow win over Oregon topped the week seven college football viewership charts with more than seven million on ABC, becoming the 11th game this season to reach the seven million mark - more than all of last season (ten). In addition to ranking as the third-most watched game this season, the Buckeyes’ win delivered the seventh-largest regular season audience ever on FOX.Īlso performing well in week eight, Alabama’s win over Tennessee delivered more than eight million viewers on the SEC on CBS - ranking as the network’s top game of the season, if down from last year’s higher-profile matchup between the teams. Penn State-Ohio State became the fifth game this season to average at least nine million viewers, finishing just shy of the ten million mark at 9.96 million. The following networks or services are not Nielsen-rated and thus are not included: SEC Network, ACC Network, CBS Sports Network, ESPN+, Pac-12 Network, Peacock.
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