- ABC drew a 4.2/9 overnight for Saturday night’s Alabama/Virginia Tech tilt, up 5% from a 4.0 for the comparable game last year. Meanwhile, regional coverage (Georgia/Oklahoma State or Western Michigan/Michigan) drew a 3.4/9 earlier in the day, up 6% from a 3.2 last year.
- Notre Dame’s win over Nevada drew a 1.3/3 overnight rating on NBC Saturday afternoon, down 52% from a 2.7/6 for San Diego St./Notre Dame last year, and down 57% from a 3.0/6 for Notre Dame’s ’07 home opener against Georgia Tech.
- Versus, dropped by DirecTV on September 1, did not impress in the ratings last week. The net’s most-viewed telecast of the week was a World Extreme Cagefighting event last Wednesday, which drew 294,000 viewers. (John Ourand/Twitter)
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