One of the greatest finishes in college football history helped the “Iron Bowl” to a strong overnight rating.
Saturday’s Alabama/Auburn college football game earned an 8.6 overnight rating on CBS, up 290% from the same match-up on Thanksgiving weekend last year (2.2), and up 100% from the same match-up in 2011 (4.3).
The overnight peaked at 11.8 from 7-7:30 PM ET.
Alabama/Auburn earned the second-highest overnight of the season for college football on any network, trailing only Alabama/Texas A&M in week three (9.0). Including the primetime LSU/Alabama game in week eleven (6.9), the “SEC on CBS” accounts for the three highest college football overnights of the season.
As large a draw as the SEC has been, it should be pointed out that no game this season has managed to match last year’s high of 10.0 — set by both Notre Dame/USC on Thanksgiving weekend and the Alabama/Georgia SEC title game.
The rest of the Week 13 college football overnights, as well as the Week 12 college football finals, will be posted early in the week.
(Saturday’s overnight from AL.com)
