The #1 team in college football earned the #1 college football audience in Versus history.
BCS-#1 Oregon’s win over California drew a 1.1 U.S. rating and 1.909 million viewers on Versus last Saturday night, the largest college football audience in network history.
The previous high was 1.574 million viewers, set by Oregon/Oregon State in November 2008.
Oregon’s win drew a 13.3 rating in Portland and a 4.2 in the Bay Area, making the Versus the top network in both markets during the timeslot (4:30-8 PM PT).
Even with the record high, Saturday’s game was outdrawn head-to-head by Mississippi State/Alabama on ESPN2 and South Carolina/Florida on ESPN.
Earlier in the day, Versus drew a substantially lower 0.2 U.S. rating and 316,000 viewers for San Diego State/TCU.
