Ratings and viewership for nationally televised college football games through November 7. Numbers for several games were unavailable.
Through November 7, 142 college football games across CBS, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and Versus averaged approximately 2.9 million viewers, up from 2.7 million for 137 games last year.
In particular, CBS averaged 6.3 million viewers for 9 games, ABC averaged 6.2 million for 19, and NBC averaged 3.9 million for 5 games. On cable, ESPN averaged 3 million viewers for 54 games, ESPN2 averaged 1.5 million for 35, and Versus averaged 310,000 for 20. (Sports Business Daily)
Ratings/viewership for nationally televised college football games through November 7
All ratings are U.S. ratings
Sources: Sports Business Daily, Nielsen, pifeedback.com
Asterisk (*) indicates regional telecast
| Wk # | Date | Time | Game | Net | Rating | Viewers (000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
Thu., 9/3/09 | 7 PM | South Carolina/N.C. St. | ESPN |
2.1
|
3,263
|
| 10 PM | Oregon/Boise St. | ESPN |
2.5
|
3,855
|
||
| Sat., 9/5/09 | 12 PM | Navy/Ohio St. | ESPN |
2.6
|
3,877
|
|
| 3:30 PM | Georgia/Oklahoma St.* | ABC |
3.5
|
5,609
|
||
| 3:30 PM | Nevada/Notre Dame | NBC |
1.3
|
—
|
||
| 7 PM | BYU/Oklahoma | ESPN |
2.8
|
4,562
|
||
| 8 PM | Alabama/Va. Tech | ABC |
4.2
|
7,081
|
||
| 10:30 PM | LSU/Washington | ESPN |
2.1
|
3,362
|
||
| Sun., 9/6/09 | 3:30 PM | Mississippi/Memphis | ESPN |
1.5
|
2,307
|
|
| Mon., 9/7/09 | 4 PM | Cincinnati/Rutgers | ESPN |
1.5
|
2,248
|
|
| 8 PM | Miami/Florida St. | ESPN |
5.1
|
8,406
|
||
|
2
|
Thu., 9/10/09 | 7:30 PM | Clemson/Georgia Tech | ESPN |
1.7
|
2,643
|
| Sat., 9/12/09 | 12 PM | Fresno St./Wisconsin | ESPN |
1.7
|
2,456
|
|
| 3:30 PM | Notre Dame/Michigan | ABC |
5.2
|
8,391
|
||
| 4 PM | UCLA/Tennessee | ESPN |
1.9
|
2,985
|
||
| 7 PM | South Carolina/Georgia | ESPN2 |
1.6
|
2,729
|
||
| 7:50 PM | USC/Ohio St. | ESPN |
6.3
|
10,586
|
||
|
3
|
Thu., 9/17/09 | 7:30 PM | Georgia Tech/Miami | ESPN |
2.9
|
4,390
|
| Fri., 9/18/09 | 9 PM | Boise St./Fresno St. | ESPN |
2.1
|
3,090
|
|
| Sat., 9/19/09 | 12 PM | California/Minnesota | ESPN |
2.3
|
3,323
|
|
| 3:30 PM | Tennessee/Florida | CBS |
4.3
|
6,620
|
||
| 3:30 PM | USC/Washington* | ABC |
3.1
|
4,754
|
||
| 3:30 PM | Michigan St./Notre Dame | NBC |
2.7
|
4,001
|
||
| 7 PM | Florida St./BYU | Versus |
0.5
|
972
|
||
| 7:45 PM | Georgia/Arkansas | ESPN |
2.5
|
4,025
|
||
| 8 PM | Texas Tech/Texas | ABC |
4.1
|
6,673
|
||
| 8:45 PM | West Virginia/Auburn | ESPN2 |
1.2
|
2,021
|
||
|
4
|
Thu., 9/24/09 | 7:30 PM | Mississippi/South Carolina | ESPN |
3.1
|
4,717
|
| Fri., 9/25/09 | 9 PM | Missouri/Nevada | ESPN |
1.6
|
2,365
|
|
| Sat., 9/26/09 | 12 PM | Indiana/Michigan | ESPN2 |
1.8
|
2,661
|
|
| 12 PM | Michigan St./Wisconsin | ESPN |
1.5
|
2,126
|
||
| 3:30 PM | Miami/Va. Tech* | ABC |
3.9
|
6,114
|
||
| 3:30 PM | Arkansas/Alabama | CBS |
2.4
|
3,655
|
||
| 6 PM | Florida/Kentucky | ESPN2 |
2.2
|
3,643
|
||
| 8 PM | Iowa/Penn St. | ABC |
4.0
|
6,387
|
||
| 8 PM | Notre Dame/Purdue | ESPN |
1.8
|
2,815
|
||
| 9:30 PM | Texas Tech/Houston | ESPN2 |
1.4
|
2,301
|
||
|
5
|
Thu., 10/1/09 | 7:30 PM | Colorado/West Virginia | ESPN |
2.2
|
3,218
|
| Fri., 10/2/09 | 8 PM | Pittsburgh/Louisville | ESPN2 |
1.3
|
1,939
|
|
| Sat., 10/3/09 | 12 PM | Wisconsin/Minnesota | ESPN |
2.0
|
2,779
|
|
| 3:30 PM | LSU/Georgia | CBS |
3.5
|
5,542
|
||
| 3:30 PM | Washington/Notre Dame | NBC |
2.9
|
4,447
|
||
| 3:30 PM | Florida St./Boston College* | ABC |
2.6
|
3,853
|
||
| 7:45 PM | Auburn/Tennessee | ESPN |
2.1
|
3,531
|
||
| 8 PM | Oklahoma/Miami* | ABC |
4.8
|
7,834
|
||
|
6
|
Thu., 10/8/09 | 9 PM | Nebraska/Missouri | ESPN |
2.4
|
3,798
|
| Sat., 10/10/09 | 3:30 PM | Wisconsin/Ohio St.* | ABC |
4.2
|
6,373
|
|
| 3:30 PM | Alabama/Mississippi | CBS |
3.1
|
4,904
|
||
| 8 PM | Florida/LSU | CBS |
6.1
|
10,496
|
||
| 8 PM | Michigan/Iowa | ABC |
2.8
|
4,584
|
||
|
7
|
Wed., 10/14/09 | 8 PM | Boise St./Tulsa | ESPN |
2.2
|
3,195
|
| Thu., 10/15/09 | 7:30 PM | Cincinnati/South Florida | ESPN |
2.1
|
3,058
|
|
| Fri., 10/16/09 | 8 PM | Pittsburgh/Rutgers | ESPN |
1.4
|
2,023
|
|
| Sat., 10/17/09 | 12 PM | Oklahoma/Texas | ABC |
5.7
|
8,713
|
|
| 3:30 PM | Arkansas/Florida | CBS |
4.3
|
6,844
|
||
| 3:30 PM | USC/Notre Dame | NBC |
4.1
|
6,466
|
||
| 3:30 PM | Minnesota/Penn St.* | ABC |
3.2
|
—
|
||
| 7:45 PM | South Carolina/Alabama | ESPN |
2.8
|
4,615
|
||
|
8
|
Wed., 10/21/09 | 8 PM | Tulsa/UTEP | ESPN |
1.0
|
1,400
|
| Thu., 10/22/09 | 8 PM | Florida St./North Carolina | ESPN |
2.0
|
2,973
|
|
| Fri., 10/23/09 | 8 PM | Rutgers/Army | ESPN2 |
1.0
|
1,634
|
|
| Sat., 10/24/09 | 12 PM | Minnesota/Ohio St. | ESPN |
2.4
|
3,478
|
|
| 3:30 PM | Penn St./Michigan* | ABC |
4.5
|
7,243
|
||
| 3:30 PM | Tennessee/Alabama | CBS |
3.6
|
5,714
|
||
| 3:30 PM | Boston College/Notre Dame | NBC |
2.2
|
3,438
|
||
| 7:30 PM | Florida/Mississippi St. | ESPN |
3.4
|
5,668
|
||
| 7:30 PM | Auburn/LSU | ESPN2 |
1.2
|
1,938
|
||
| 8 PM | Texas/Missouri | ABC |
3.4
|
5,588
|
||
|
9
|
Thu., 10/29/09 | 7:30 PM | North Carolina/Va. Tech | ESPN |
1.5
|
2,259
|
| Fri., 10/30/09 | 8 PM | West Virginia/South Florida | ESPN2 |
1.7
|
2,538
|
|
| Sat., 10/31/09 | 12 PM | Indiana/Iowa | ESPN |
2.8
|
4,014
|
|
| 3:30 PM | Georgia/Florida | CBS |
4.4
|
6,932
|
||
| 3:30 PM | Miami/Wake Forest* | ABC |
3.2
|
4,781
|
||
| 4:30 PM | Penn St./Northwestern | ESPN |
1.6
|
2,409
|
||
| 7:30 PM | Washington St./Notre Dame | NBC |
1.4
|
2,339
|
||
| 7:45 PM | South Carolina/Tennessee | ESPN |
1.5
|
2,335
|
||
| 8 PM | USC/Oregon* | ABC |
4.2
|
6,833
|
||
|
10
|
Thu., 11/5/09 | 7:30 PM | Va. Tech/ECU | ESPN |
1.6
|
2,336
|
| Fri., 11/6/09 | 8 PM | Boise St./La. Tech | ESPN2 |
1.2
|
1,751
|
|
| Sat., 11/7/09 | 12 PM | Northwestern/Iowa | ESPN |
2.1
|
3,099
|
|
| 2:30 PM | Navy/Notre Dame | NBC |
1.9
|
2,809
|
||
| 3:30 PM | LSU/Alabama | CBS |
4.3
|
6,735
|
||
| 3:30 PM | Penn St./Ohio St.* | ABC |
3.7
|
5,863
|
||
| 7:15 PM | Vanderbilt/Florida | ESPN2 |
1.8
|
2,925
|
||
| 7:45 PM | Florida St./Clemson | ESPN |
1.4
|
2,239
|
||
| 8 PM | Connecticut/Cincinnati* | ABC |
3.6
|
5,993
|
