2024 College Football TV Ratings: SEC Rules the Show

    College Football rules Saturdays during the fall, but when it comes to the TV ratings, which teams were featured most? That and more in our full CFB TV Ratings for 2024.

    We know it just means more in the South, but when it comes to TV ratings, does the common catchphrase from the SEC actually hold weight? According to the official TV ratings from the 2024 college football season, the SEC more than holds their own as the most-watched conference in all of football.

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    College Football TV Ratings, 2024

    Using the Nielsen viewership totals available from a variety of different sites, we’ve pulled together the most comprehensive list of TV ratings for every major category you could think of in college football. Find below all the data from the most-watched broadcasts to the least-watched channels, and everything in between.

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    Feel free to use this table of contents to click through each section of TV ratings.

    Highest-Viewed College Football Games

    • Saturday, Dec. 7, Georgia vs. Texas: 16,630,000 viewers
      • SEC Championship
    • Sunday, Dec. 21, Tennessee vs. Ohio State: 14,680,000 viewers
      • College Football Playoff
    • Saturday, Dec. 20, Indiana vs. Notre Dame: 13,390,000 viewers
      • College Football Playoff
    • Saturday, Oct. 19, Georgia vs. Texas: 13,191,000 viewers
      • Week 8
    • Saturday, Nov. 30, Michigan vs. Ohio State: 12,300,000 viewers
      • Week 14
    • Saturday, Sep. 28, Georgia vs. Alabama: 11,990,000 viewers
      • Week 5
    • Saturday, Dec. 7, Oregon vs. Penn State: 10,500,000 viewers
      • Big Ten Championship
    • Saturday, Oct. 19, Alabama vs. Tennessee: 10,232,000 viewers
      • Week 8
    • Saturday, Nov. 16, Tennessee vs. Georgia: 9,960,000 viewers
      • Week 12
    • Saturday, Nov. 2, Ohio State vs. Penn State: 9,940,000 viewers
      • Week 10
    • Saturday, Oct. 12, Ohio State vs. Oregon: 9,602,000 viewers
      • Week 7

    Most-Viewed College Football Game Per Week

    Featured in our most-viewed games per week are the top five games by number of total viewers. In the case of Week 0, only four games were aired, so they are all on there.

    Week 0

    • Saturday, Aug. 24, Florida State vs. Georgia Tech: 4,990,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Aug. 24, Florida A&M vs. Norfolk State: 1,290,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Aug. 24, North Alabama vs. SE Missouri St.: 672,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Aug. 24, Montana State vs. New Mexico: 506,000 viewers

    Week 1

    • Sunday, Sep. 1, USC vs. LSU: 8,620,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Aug. 31, Notre Dame vs. Texas A&M: 7,920,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Aug. 31, Clemson vs. Georgia: 7,580,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Aug. 31, Miami vs. Florida: 6,350,000 viewers
    • Thursday, Aug. 29, North Dakota State vs. Colorado: 4,760,000 viewers

    Week 2

    • Saturday, Sep. 7, Texas vs. Michigan: 9,190,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Sep. 7, Colorado vs. Nebraska: 5,670,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Sep. 7, Northern Illinois vs. Notre Dame: 3,930,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Sep. 7, Tennessee vs. NC State: 2,960,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Sep. 7, Arkansas vs. Oklahoma State: 2,800,000 viewers

    Week 3

    • Saturday, Sep. 14, Georgia vs. Kentucky: 6,600,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Sep. 14, Alabama vs. Wisconsin: 5,030,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Sep. 14, LSU vs. South Carolina: 4,940,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Sep. 14, Texas A&M vs. Florida: 4,800,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Sep. 14, Colorado vs. Colorado State: 3,250,000 viewers

    Week 4

    • Saturday, Sep. 21, USC vs. Michigan: 6,320,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Sep. 21, Tennessee vs. Oklahoma: 6,270,000 viewers
    • Friday, Sep. 20, Illinois vs. Nebraska: 4,210,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Sep. 21, Marshall vs. Ohio State: 3,960,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Sep. 21, Baylor vs. Colorado: 3,640,000 viewers

    Week 5

    • Saturday, Sep. 28, Georgia vs. Alabama: 11,990,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Sep. 28, Oklahoma vs. Auburn: 5,040,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Sep. 28, Colorado vs. UCF: 4,170,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Sep. 28, Kentucky vs. Ole Miss: 3,990,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Sep. 28, Minnesota vs. Michigan: 3,600,000 viewers

    Week 6

    • Saturday, Oct. 5, Tennessee vs. Arkansas: 5,291,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Oct. 5, Auburn vs. Georgia: 4,925,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Oct. 5, Iowa vs. Ohio State: 4,461,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Oct. 5, Michigan vs. Washington: 4,039,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Oct. 5, Missouri vs. Texas A&M: 3,266,000 viewers

    Week 7

    • Saturday, Oct. 12, Ohio State vs. Oregon: 9,602,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Oct. 12, Oklahoma vs. Texas: 7,625,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Oct. 12, Alabama vs. South Carolina: 5,997,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Oct. 12, Penn State vs. USC: 4,277,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Oct. 12, Ole Miss vs. LSU: 4,244,000 viewers

    Week 8

    • Saturday, Oct. 19, Georgia vs. Texas: 13,191,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Oct. 19, Alabama vs. Tennessee: 10,232,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Oct. 19, Miami vs. Louisville: 4,073,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Oct. 19, Indiana vs. Nebraska: 3,177,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Oct. 19, Michigan vs. Illinois: 3,010,000 viewers

    Week 9

    • Saturday, Oct. 26, Nebraska vs. Ohio State: 5,956,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Oct. 26, Missouri vs. Alabama: 5,542,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Oct. 26, LSU vs. Texas A&M: 5,062,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Oct. 26, Penn State vs. Wisconsin: 3,500,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Oct. 26, Notre Dame vs. Navy: 2,791,000 viewers

    Week 10

    • Saturday, Nov. 2, Ohio State vs. Penn State: 9,940,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Nov. 2, Florida vs. Georgia: 6,970,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Nov. 2, Texas A&M vs. South Carolina: 5,561,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Nov. 2, Wisconsin vs. Iowa: 2,734,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Nov. 2, Duke vs. Miami: 1,960,000 viewers

    Week 11

    • Saturday, Nov. 9, Alabama vs. LSU: 7,900,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Nov. 9, Georgia vs. Mississippi: 7,080,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Nov. 9, Michigan vs. Indiana: 4,390,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Nov. 9, Florida vs. Texas: 3,700,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Nov. 9, Colorado vs. Texas Tech: 3,680,000 viewers

    Week 12

    • Saturday, Nov. 16, Tennessee vs. Georgia: 9,960,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Nov. 16, LSU vs. Florida: 6,020,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Nov. 16, Texas vs. Arkansas: 4,560,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Nov. 16, Oregon vs. Wisconsin: 4,120,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Nov. 16, Utah vs. Colorado: 4,000,000 viewers

    Week 13

    • Saturday, Nov. 23, Indiana vs. Ohio State: 9,320,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Nov. 23, Alabama vs. Oklahoma: 6,980,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Nov. 23, Colorado vs. Kansas: 6,220,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Nov. 23, Kentucky vs. Texas: 4,470,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Nov. 23, Army vs. Notre Dame: 3,890,000 viewers

    Week 14

    • Saturday, Nov. 30, Michigan vs. Ohio State: 12,300,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Nov. 30, Texas vs. Texas A&M: 9,450,000 viewers
    • Friday, Nov. 29, Georgia Tech vs. Georgia: 8,470,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Nov. 30, Auburn vs. Alabama: 7,160,000 viewers
    • Friday, Nov. 29, Mississippi St. vs. Mississippi: 4,330,000 viewers

    Championship Week

    • Saturday, Dec. 7, Georgia vs. Texas: 16,630,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Dec. 7, Oregon vs. Penn State: 10,500,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Dec. 7, Arizona State vs. Iowa State: 6,900,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Dec. 7, Clemson vs. SMU: 5,980,000 viewers
    • Friday, Dec. 6, Boise State vs. UNLV: 3,010,000 viewers

    College Football Playoffs

    • Sunday, Dec. 21, Tennessee vs. Ohio State: 14,680,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Dec. 20, Indiana vs. Notre Dame: 13,390,000 viewers
    • Sunday, Dec. 21, Clemson vs. Texas: 8,900,000 viewers
    • Sunday, Dec. 21, SMU vs. Penn State: 6,600,000 viewers

    Bowl Games

    • Sunday, Dec. 28, BYU vs. Colorado: 8,000,000 viewers
    • Sunday, Dec. 28, Iowa State vs. Miami: 6,790,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Dec. 27, Arkansas vs. Texas Tech: 4,210,000 viewers
    • Sunday, Dec. 28, Nebraska vs. Boston College: 4,190,000 viewers
    • Saturday, Dec. 27, Vanderbilt vs. Georgia Tech: 4,050,000 viewers

    Most-Viewed College Football Days

    Saturday is king, obviously, but with midweek MACtion and Conference USA dominating the middle of the weeks in October, which day actually had the most viewers?

    • Saturday: 710,608,000 viewers
    • Friday: 84,047,000 viewers
    • Sunday: 67,370,000 viewers
    • Thursday: 17,196,000 viewers
    • Wednesday: 5,879,000 viewers
    • Tuesday: 4,964,000 viewers
    • Monday: 4,440,000 viewers

    With the volume of games on Saturdays, the first day of the weekend actually didn’t hold the highest average viewers. That belongs to the special Sunday CFB games.

    • Monday: 4,440,000 viewers (1 broadcast to date)
    • Sunday: 4,210,625 viewers (16 broadcasts to date)
    • Saturday: 1,915,385 viewers (371 broadcasts to date)
    • Friday: 1,616,288 viewers (52 broadcasts to date)
    • Thursday: 716,500 viewers (24 broadcasts to date)
    • Wednesday: 489,917 viewers (12 broadcasts to date)
    • Tuesday: 354,571 viewers (14 broadcasts to date)

    Most-Viewed College Football Week

    The highest-viewed weeks of college football are quite telling.

    • Week 14: 77,795,000 viewers
    • Week 1: 68,529,000 viewers
    • Bowl Games: 59,621,000 viewers
    • Week 8: 55,251,000 viewers
    • Week 7: 53,701,000 viewers
    • Week 13: 52,628,000 viewers
    • Week 5: 51,447,000 viewers
    • Week 4: 50,662,000 viewers
    • Week 11: 50,319,000 viewers
    • Week 12: 48,398,000 viewers
    • Week 3: 48,397,000 viewers
    • Week 2: 47,054,000 viewers
    • Conference Championships: 46,542,000 viewers
    • Week 9: 46,217,000 viewers
    • Week 6: 45,504,000 viewers
    • College Football Playoffs: 43,570,000 viewers
    • Week 10: 38,461,000 viewers
    • Week 0: 7,458,000 viewers

    But it makes a bit more sense when you look at average total viewers.

    • College Football Playoffs: 10,892,500 average viewers
    • Conference Championships: 5,817,750 average viewers
    • Bowl Games: 2,484,208 average viewers
    • Week 14: 2,222,714 average viewers
    • Week 5: 1,905,444 average viewers
    • Week 0: 1,864,500 average viewers
    • Week 13: 1,814,758 average viewers
    • Week 11: 1,735,137 average viewers
    • Week 12: 1,728,500 average viewers
    • Week 1: 1,671,439 average viewers
    • Week 7: 1,627,303 average viewers
    • Week 8: 1,625,029 average viewers
    • Week 3: 1,561,193 average viewers
    • Week 4: 1,535,212 average viewers
    • Week 2: 1,517,870 average viewers
    • Week 9: 1,490,870 average viewers
    • FCS Playoffs: 1,475,000 average viewers
    • Week 6: 1,467,870 average viewers
    • Week 10: 1,098,885 average viewers

    Most-Viewed College Football Conferences

    The most-viewed conferences are led by the two, you would likely guess.

    • SEC: 589,013,000 viewers
    • Big Ten: 471,700,000 viewers
    • Big 12: 248,579,000 viewers
    • ACC: 208,503,000 viewers
    • AAC: 48,996,000 viewers
    • Ind.: 46,375,000 viewers
    • Mountain West: 39,959,000 viewers
    • MAC: 21,991,000 viewers
    • Sun Belt: 18,626,000 viewers
    • FCS: 17,889,000 viewers
    • Pac-12: 13,223,000 viewers
    • Regional Broadcasts: 9,638,000 viewers
    • Conference USA: 9,258,000 viewers
    • Ivy League: 900,000 viewers
    • DII: 31,000 viewers

    But if you look at it from the average viewer’s perspective, the picture becomes clearer.

    • SEC: 4,750,105 average viewers
    • Ind.: 3,312,500 average viewers
    • Big Ten: 2,563,587 average viewers
    • ACC: 1,782,077 average viewers
    • Big 12: 1,525,025 average viewers
    • Pac-12: 881,533 average viewers
    • Regional Broadcasts: 688,429 average viewers
    • MAC: 646,794 average viewers
    • Mountain West: 624,359 average viewers
    • AAC: 620,203 average viewers
    • FCS: 425,929 average viewers
    • Sun Belt: 358,192 average viewers
    • Conference USA: 342,889 average viewers
    • Ivy League: 112,500 average viewers
    • DII: 31,000 average viewers

    Most-Viewed College Football Teams

    Whether an away or home team, we’ve totaled up the viewers of each team and broken that out into the top teams with the most viewers this season. More broadcasts certainly help, but we’ve also broken it out into an average look below the top teams here.

    • Georgia: 93,484,000 viewers
    • Texas: 81,036,000 viewers
    • Ohio State: 80,279,000 viewers
    • Alabama: 65,261,000 viewers
    • Tennessee: 57,848,000 viewers
    • Colorado: 54,323,000 viewers
    • Michigan: 49,092,000 viewers
    • Penn State: 45,882,000 viewers
    • Notre Dame: 43,856,000 viewers
    • Texas A&M: 43,139,000 viewers
    • LSU: 42,962,000 viewers
    • Florida: 40,783,000 viewers
    • Oregon: 40,092,000 viewers
    • Oklahoma: 36,493,000 viewers
    • Clemson: 35,248,000 viewers
    • USC: 34,728,000 viewers
    • Nebraska: 34,508,000 viewers
    • Indiana: 34,480,000 viewers
    • Miami: 33,686,000 viewers
    • Auburn: 25,944,000 viewers
    • Iowa State: 25,764,000 viewers
    • Wisconsin: 25,395,000 viewers
    • Georgia Tech: 24,782,000 viewers
    • Arkansas: 23,346,000 viewers
    • South Carolina: 22,946,000 viewers
    • Iowa: 22,272,000 viewers
    • BYU: 21,740,000 viewers
    • Kansas State: 20,131,000 viewers
    • Kentucky: 17,790,000 viewers
    • Florida State: 17,475,000 viewers
    • SMU: 16,676,000 viewers
    • UCLA: 16,331,000 viewers
    • Utah: 16,149,000 viewers
    • Illinois: 15,278,000 viewers
    • Texas Tech: 15,212,000 viewers
    • Washington: 14,651,000 viewers
    • Arizona State: 13,976,000 viewers
    • Purdue: 13,932,000 viewers
    • Ole Miss: 13,660,000 viewers
    • Minnesota: 13,194,000 viewers
    • Kansas: 12,926,000 viewers
    • Rutgers: 12,035,000 viewers
    • Missouri: 11,531,000 viewers
    • Boston College: 11,193,000 viewers
    • West Virginia: 10,751,000 viewers
    • Oklahoma State: 9,892,000 viewers
    • TCU: 9,720,000 viewers
    • Baylor: 9,414,000 viewers
    • Michigan State: 9,281,000 viewers
    • Arizona: 9,269,000 viewers

    Highest Average Viewers Per College Football Team

    • Georgia: 8,498,545 average viewers
    • Texas: 7,366,909 average viewers
    • Ohio State: 6,689,916 average viewers
    • Alabama: 6,526,100 average viewers
    • Tennessee: 6,427,555 average viewers
    • Texas A&M: 4,793,222 average viewers
    • LSU: 4,773,555 average viewers
    • Penn State: 4,588,200 average viewers
    • Kentucky: 4,447,500 average viewers
    • Colorado: 4,178,692 average viewers
    • Michigan: 4,091,000 average viewers
    • Oklahoma: 4,054,777 average viewers
    • Notre Dame: 3,986,909 average viewers
    • Florida: 3,707,545 average viewers
    • Indiana: 3,448,000 average viewers
    • Oregon: 3,341,000 average viewers
    • South Carolina: 3,278,000 average viewers
    • Auburn: 3,243,000 average viewers
    • Clemson: 3,204,363 average viewers
    • Nebraska: 3,137,090 average viewers
    • Georgia Tech: 3,097,750 average viewers
    • Miami: 3,062,363 average viewers
    • USC: 2,894,000 average viewers
    • Missouri: 2,882,750 average viewers
    • Arkansas: 2,594,000 average viewers

    Most Total Broadcasts Per College Football Team

    Let’s break down the amount of times each team was featured on a national broadcast, either total, as an away team, or as the home team.

    Important to note, neutral sites are baked in here, and will be calculated as to which team earned the ‘home status’ for those neutral sites.

    Most Total Broadcasts

    1) Colorado: 13 times
    1) Kansas State: 13 times
    1) Arizona State: 13 times
    4) Ohio State: 12 times
    4) Michigan: 12 times
    4) Oregon: 12 times
    4) USC: 12 times
    4) Iowa State: 12 times
    4) Wisconsin: 12 times
    10) Georgia: 11 times
    10) Texas: 11 times
    10) Notre Dame: 11 times
    10) Florida: 11 times
    10) Clemson: 11 times
    10) Nebraska: 11 times
    10) Miami: 11 times
    10) Iowa: 11 times
    10) BYU: 11 times
    10) UCLA: 11 times
    10) Texas Tech: 11 times
    10) West Virginia: 11 times
    10) Tulane: 11 times
    23) Alabama: 10 times
    23) Penn State: 10 times
    23) Indiana: 10 times
    23) Purdue: 10 times
    23) Rutgers: 10 times
    23) Oklahoma State: 10 times
    23) Baylor: 10 times
    23) Northwestern: 10 times

    Most Total Broadcasts As Home Team

    1) Ohio State: 9 times
    2) Michigan: 8 times
    2) Texas: 8 times
    4) Colorado: 7 times
    4) Iowa State: 7 times
    4) Wisconsin: 7 times
    4) Notre Dame: 7 times
    4) Nebraska: 7 times
    4) Texas Tech: 7 times
    4) West Virginia: 7 times

    Most Total Broadcasts As Away Team

    1) Kansas State: 8 times
    2) Arizona State: 7 times
    2) USC: 7 times
    2) Clemson: 7 times
    5) Colorado: 6 times
    5) Oregon: 6 times
    5) Florida: 6 times
    5) Miami: 6 times
    5) BYU: 6 times
    5) UCLA: 6 times
    5) Tulane: 6 times
    5) Purdue: 6 times
    5) Baylor: 6 times
    5) Tennessee: 6 times
    5) Kansas: 6 times
    5) Navy: 6 times
    5) Army: 6 times
    5) Cincinnati: 6 times
    5) Marshall: 6 times

    Ranking College Football Teams by Most Views Per Home Game

    We have the figures for how many times a team was viewed per their status as the home team. You better believe, the more times you have a home game, the more times you’ll be viewed, so that’s also why we broke that down by average.

    Most Views At Home Stadium

    • Ohio State: 58,847,000 viewers
    • Texas: 57,836,000 viewers
    • Georgia: 37,993,000 viewers
    • Penn State: 33,315,000 viewers
    • Texas A&M: 30,248,000 viewers
    • Colorado: 29,312,000 viewers
    • Notre Dame: 29,273,000 viewers
    • Alabama: 29,122,000 viewers
    • LSU: 25,584,000 viewers
    • Michigan: 25,353,000 viewers

    Highest Average Views At Home Stadium

    • Texas: 7,229,500 average home game viewers
    • Ohio State: 6,538,556 average home game viewers
    • Georgia: 6,332,167 average home game viewers
    • Alabama: 5,824,400 average home game viewers
    • Penn State: 5,552,500 average home game viewers
    • LSU: 5,116,800 average home game viewers
    • Texas A&M: 5,041,333 average home game viewers
    • Tennessee: 5,025,667 average home game viewers
    • Kentucky: 4,665,000 average home game viewers
    • Florida: 4,554,000 average home game viewers

    Most Views Per Time Slot

    There were 28 unique time slots for college football games to air this season. As common as the ‘noon games’ are in college football, there were nearly as many 3:30 p.m. ET and 7:30 p.m. ET games as there were 12:00 p.m. ET games. Let’s break down all the numbers.

    Most Views Per Kickoff Time

    • 7:30 PM: 219,630,000 viewers
    • 12:00 PM: 217,209,000 viewers
    • 3:30 PM: 201,329,000 viewers
    • 8:00 PM: 89,315,000 viewers
    • 7:00 PM: 47,925,000 viewers
    • 4:00 PM: 43,960,000 viewers
    • 10:30 PM: 19,403,000 viewers
    • 9:00 PM: 15,565,000 viewers
    • 10:15 PM: 8,786,000 viewers
    • 11:00 PM: 5,535,000 viewers
    • 10:00 PM: 4,470,000 viewers
    • 5:30 PM: 3,500,000 viewers
    • 11:00 AM: 2,877,000 viewers
    • 6:30 PM: 2,680,000 viewers
    • 2:00 PM: 2,560,000 viewers
    • 2:30 PM: 1,320,000 viewers
    • 9:15 PM: 1,287,000 viewers
    • 2:15 PM: 1,220,000 viewers
    • 3:00 PM: 1,207,000 viewers
    • 4:30 PM: 974,000 viewers
    • 5:45 PM: 886,000 viewers
    • 6:00 PM: 885,000 viewers
    • 8:30 PM: 507,000 viewers
    • 8:09 PM: 434,000 viewers
    • 5:00 PM: 378,000 viewers
    • 9:45 PM: 248,000 viewers
    • 9:30 PM: 244,000 viewers

    Average Views Per Kickoff Time

    • 5:30 PM: 3,500,000 average viewers
    • 7:30 PM: 2,614,643 average viewers
    • 2:00 PM: 2,560,000 average viewers
    • 3:30 PM: 2,262,124 average viewers
    • 8:00 PM: 2,232,875 average viewers
    • 12:00 PM: 2,029,991 average viewers
    • 4:00 PM: 1,690,769 average viewers
    • 10:15 PM: 1,464,333 average viewers
    • 11:00 AM: 1,438,500 average viewers
    • 2:30 PM: 1,320,000 average viewers
    • 2:15 PM: 1,220,000 average viewers
    • 11:00 PM: 1,107,000 average viewers
    • 10:30 PM: 1,077,944 average viewers
    • 9:00 PM: 1,037,667 average viewers
    • 5:45 PM: 886,000 average viewers
    • 7:00 PM: 812,288 average viewers
    • 10:00 PM: 745,000 average viewers
    • 9:15 PM: 643,500 average viewers
    • 4:30 PM: 487,000 average viewers
    • 6:30 PM: 446,667 average viewers
    • 8:09 PM: 434,000 average viewers
    • 3:00 PM: 402,333 average viewers
    • 6:00 PM: 295,000 average viewers
    • 8:30 PM: 253,500 average viewers
    • 9:45 PM: 248,000 average viewers
    • 9:30 PM: 244,000 average viewers
    • 5:00 PM: 189,000 average viewers

    Amount of Broadcasts Per Time Slot

    • 12:00 PM: 107 broadcasts
    • 3:30 PM: 89 broadcasts
    • 7:30 PM: 84 broadcasts
    • 7:00 PM: 59 broadcasts
    • 8:00 PM: 40 broadcasts
    • 4:00 PM: 26 broadcasts
    • 10:30 PM: 18 broadcasts
    • 9:00 PM: 15 broadcasts
    • 10:15 PM: 6 broadcasts
    • 10:00 PM: 6 broadcasts
    • 6:30 PM: 6 broadcasts
    • 11:00 PM: 5 broadcasts
    • 3:00 PM: 3 broadcasts
    • 6:00 PM: 3 broadcasts
    • 11:00 AM: 2 broadcasts
    • 9:15 PM: 2 broadcasts
    • 4:30 PM: 2 broadcasts
    • 8:30 PM: 2 broadcasts
    • 5:00 PM: 2 broadcasts
    • 5:30 PM: 1 broadcast
    • 2:00 PM: 1 broadcast
    • 2:30 PM: 1 broadcast
    • 2:15 PM: 1 broadcast
    • 5:45 PM: 1 broadcast
    • 8:09 PM: 1 broadcast
    • 9:45 PM: 1 broadcast
    • 9:30 PM: 1 broadcast

    Most College Football Views By Channel

    Using the data at hand, we also analyzed each channel for their total (and average) college football views. For games broadcast on multiple channels, those got their own separate category below.

    It’s important to note that in these numbers, the SEC Network, ACC Network, CBS Sports Network, ESPN+, and Peacock numbers were not readily available.

    Most College Football Viewers Per Channel

    • ABC: 277,860,000 viewers
    • ESPN: 172,330,000 viewers
    • FOX: 159,028,000 viewers
    • NBC: 65,478,000 viewers
    • CBS: 63,519,000 viewers
    • ESPN2: 30,515,000 viewers
    • Big Ten Network: 25,092,000 viewers
    • FS1: 18,378,000 viewers
    • CW: 8,221,000 viewers
    • ESPNU: 2,775,000 viewers
    • TruTV: 727,000 viewers
    • FS2: 333,000 viewers

    Average College Football Viewers Per Channel

    • ABC: 5,448,235 average viewers
    • CBS: 3,343,105 average viewers
    • FOX: 3,118,196 average viewers
    • NBC: 3,118,000 average viewers
    • ESPN: 1,689,510 average viewers
    • Big Ten Network: 697,000 average viewers
    • ESPN2: 418,014 average viewers
    • FS1: 417,682 average viewers
    • CW: 411,050 average viewers
    • FS2: 83,250 average viewers
    • ESPNU: 56,633 average viewers
    • TruTV: 55,923 average viewers

    Most Viewers Per Alt-Broadcasts

    • ABC & ESPN: 16,630,000 viewers (1 broadcast)
    • TNT, TBS, truTV: 15,500,000 viewers (2 broadcasts)
    • ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU: 14,680,000 viewers (1 broadcast)
    • ABC, ESPN, ESPN2: 13,390,000 viewers (1 broadcast)
    • ABC+: 9,960,000 viewers (1 broadcast)
    • ESPNU (altcast): 88,000 viewers (1 broadcast)

    Most College Football Broadcasts Per Channel

    • ESPN: 102 broadcasts
    • ESPN2: 73 broadcasts
    • ABC: 51 broadcasts
    • FOX: 51 broadcasts
    • ESPNU: 49 broadcasts
    • FS1: 44 broadcasts
    • Big Ten Network: 36 broadcasts
    • NBC: 21 broadcasts
    • CW: 20 broadcasts
    • CBS: 19 broadcasts
    • TruTV: 13 broadcasts
    • FS2: 4 broadcasts

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