Most-watched sports telecasts, October 2014
Nielsen average audience, one figure per telecast; a final or revised figure replaces a preliminary one. Composites, peaks, reach and self-reported figures do not chart.
127
eligible telecasts
updated 2026-09-15
Most-watched sports telecasts, October 2014
1
Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks
30,020,000
2
New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys
26,980,000
3
San Francisco 49ers at Denver Broncos
23,790,000
4
World Series Game 7, Giants vs Royals
23,517,000
5
Indianapolis Colts at Pittsburgh Steelers
20,750,000
6
San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos
20,220,000
7
Kansas City Chiefs at San Francisco 49ers
19,650,000
8
Cincinnati Bengals at New England Patriots
19,390,000
9
Arizona Cardinals at Denver Broncos
19,340,000
10
Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys
18,810,000
11
Green Bay Packers at New Orleans Saints
18,800,000
12
Philadelphia Eagles at Arizona Cardinals
18,350,000
13
New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles
18,090,000
14
Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers
16,540,000
15
New York Jets at New England Patriots
16,090,000
16
Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans
15,850,000
17
Carolina Panthers at Green Bay Packers
14,200,000
18
World Series Game 6, Giants vs Royals
13,372,000
19
Houston Texans at Pittsburgh Steelers
13,280,000
20
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Florida State Seminoles
13,250,000
21
Seattle Seahawks at Washington Redskins
13,120,000
22
World Series Game 2, Giants vs Royals
12,917,000
23
San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Rams
12,710,000
24
World Series Game 5, Giants vs Royals
12,635,000
25
World Series Game 1, Giants vs Royals
12,191,000
26
World Series Game 3, Giants vs Royals
12,133,000
27
World Series Game 4, Giants vs Royals
10,742,000
28
Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons
8,530,000
29
New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers
6,880,000
30
ALCS Game 3, Orioles vs Royals
6,020,000
31
Auburn Tigers at Mississippi State Bulldogs
6,000,000
32
Alabama Crimson Tide at Ole Miss Rebels
5,920,000
33
ALCS Game 1, Orioles vs Royals
5,920,000
34
NLCS Game 4, Cardinals vs Giants
5,090,000
35
NLCS Game 1, Cardinals vs Giants
5,010,000
36
Mississippi State Bulldogs at Kentucky Wildcats
5,000,000
37
Florida State Seminoles at Louisville Cardinals
4,970,000
38
Ole Miss Rebels at LSU Tigers
4,950,000
39
NLCS Game 5, Cardinals vs Giants
4,890,000
40
Ohio State Buckeyes at Penn State Nittany Lions
4,670,000
41
Nebraska Cornhuskers at Michigan State Spartans
4,560,000
42
TCU Horned Frogs at Baylor Bears
4,380,000
43
NLCS Game 2, Cardinals vs Giants
4,370,000
44
ALCS Game 2, Orioles vs Royals
4,250,000
45
Texas Longhorns at Oklahoma Sooners
4,240,000
46
Texas A&M Aggies at Alabama Crimson Tide
4,200,000
47
Texas A&M Aggies at Mississippi State Bulldogs
4,100,000
48
Ole Miss Rebels at Texas A&M Aggies
4,090,000
49
ALCS Game 4, Orioles vs Royals
3,990,000
50
Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Ohio State Buckeyes
3,800,000
51
Michigan Wolverines at Michigan State Spartans
3,800,000
52
LSU Tigers at Auburn Tigers
3,740,000
53
Alabama Crimson Tide at Arkansas Razorbacks
3,650,000
54
Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Florida State Seminoles
3,580,000
55
Stanford Cardinal at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
3,400,000
56
Kansas State Wildcats at Oklahoma Sooners
3,390,000
57
Ohio State Buckeyes at Maryland Terrapins
3,350,000
58
North Carolina Tar Heels at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
3,190,000
59
Texas Longhorns at Kansas State Wildcats
3,060,000
60
Georgia Bulldogs at Missouri Tigers
2,990,000
61
NLCS Game 3, Cardinals vs Giants
2,780,000
62
Tennessee Volunteers at Ole Miss Rebels
2,700,000
63
Alabama Crimson Tide at Tennessee Volunteers
2,590,000
64
Arizona Wildcats at Oregon Ducks
2,380,000
65
Penn State Nittany Lions at Michigan Wolverines
2,360,000
66
Arizona State Sun Devils at USC Trojans
2,290,000
67
Oklahoma Sooners at TCU Horned Frogs
2,210,000
68
Michigan State Spartans at Indiana Hoosiers
2,170,000
69
Utah Utes at UCLA Bruins
2,030,000
70
Florida State Seminoles at Syracuse Orange
1,950,000
71
USC Trojans at Arizona Wildcats
1,790,000
72
West Virginia Mountaineers at Oklahoma State Cowboys
1,780,000
73
Arizona State Sun Devils at Washington Huskies
1,760,000
74
Oregon Ducks at UCLA Bruins
1,750,000
75
Louisville Cardinals at Syracuse Orange
1,640,000
76
Baylor Bears at West Virginia Mountaineers
1,640,000
77
Fresno State Bulldogs at Boise State Broncos
1,620,000
78
Virginia Tech Hokies at Pittsburgh Panthers
1,360,000
79
BYU Cougars at UCF Knights
1,340,000
80
Washington State Cougars at Stanford Cardinal
1,310,000
81
Stanford Cardinal at Arizona State Sun Devils
1,310,000
82
Wisconsin Badgers at Northwestern Wildcats
1,260,000
83
Miami Hurricanes at Virginia Tech Hokies
1,220,000
84
Oregon Ducks at California Golden Bears
1,180,000
85
Utah State Aggies at BYU Cougars
1,170,000
86
Texas Tech Red Raiders at TCU Horned Frogs
1,170,000
87
Missouri Tigers at Florida Gators
1,160,000
88
Miami Hurricanes at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
1,130,000
89
Washington Huskies at Oregon Ducks
1,130,000
90
Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Nebraska Cornhuskers
1,130,000
91
Illinois Fighting Illini at Wisconsin Badgers
1,050,000
92
BYU Cougars at Boise State Broncos
1,020,000
93
Oklahoma State Cowboys at TCU Horned Frogs
1,010,000
94
Iowa Hawkeyes at Maryland Terrapins
770,000
95
USC Trojans at Utah Utes
767,000
96
UCF Knights at Houston Cougars
744,000
97
Oregon State Beavers at Stanford Cardinal
731,000
98
Cincinnati Bearcats at Tulane Green Wave
648,000
99
Minnesota Golden Gophers at Illinois Fighting Illini
633,000
100
Syracuse Orange at Clemson Tigers
614,000
Top 100 of 127 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-09-15 10:58 UTC