NCAA Week 1: Near Record For Boise State/MSU Friday Night

Posted by | 09/05/2012 at 9:27 pm

ESPN earned one of its largest-ever Friday night college football audiences for the clash between Boise State and Michigan State.

Friday’s Boise State/Michigan State college football game drew a 2.7 U.S. rating and 4.194 million viewers on ESPN — up 29% in ratings and 32% in viewership from TCU/Baylor last year (2.1, 3.178M).

The game ranks as the third-most viewed Friday night college football game ever on ESPN, trailing only Arizona/Oregon (7.787M) and Boise State/Nevada (5.449M) on ‘Black Friday’ in 2010.

Friday’s game outdrew Clemson/Auburn on ESPN the following night (2.1, 3.582M).

(Friday’s numbers from ESPN)

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