A high-profile battle of Top 10 teams put up strong numbers for ESPN Monday night.
ESPN drew a 6.8 overnight rating for Monday’s Boise State/Virginia Tech game, up 21% from Miami/Florida State last year (5.6), and easily the highest overnight of the weekend for a college football game on the ESPN family of networks.
No other college football game on ESPN/ESPN2 or ABC drew even a 3.0 overnight, with LSU/North Carolina coming the closest (2.8).
To put the numbers in perspective, the most-viewed college football game ever on ESPN — USC/Ohio State last September — drew a not-much-higher 7.2 overnight.
Boise State/Virginia Tech ranks among the top sporting events of the year on ESPN, trailing events such as the January 31 Pro Bowl (7.9), The Decision on July 8 (7.3) and Cavaliers/Celtics Game 6 on May 13 (7.1).
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