Most-watched sports telecasts, September 2015
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.
101
eligible telecasts
updated 2026-09-15
Most-watched sports telecasts, September 2015
1
Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots
27,400,000
2
Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles
27,200,000
3
New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys
26,800,000
4
Seattle Seahawks at Green Bay Packers
26,400,000
5
Baltimore Ravens at Denver Broncos
23,300,000
6
Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks
22,100,000
7
Denver Broncos at Detroit Lions
22,100,000
8
Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs
21,100,000
9
Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears
20,100,000
10
Atlanta Falcons at Dallas Cowboys
18,300,000
11
Washington Redskins at New York Giants
16,900,000
12
Atlanta Falcons at New York Giants
15,300,000
13
Minnesota Vikings at San Francisco 49ers
14,300,000
14
Philadelphia Eagles at Atlanta Falcons
13,600,000
15
Kansas City Chiefs at Green Bay Packers
13,500,000
16
New York Jets at Indianapolis Colts
12,500,000
17
Ohio State Buckeyes at Virginia Tech Hokies
10,585,000
18
Wisconsin Badgers at Alabama Crimson Tide
7,967,000
19
Oregon Ducks at Michigan State Spartans
7,898,000
20
Ole Miss Rebels at Alabama Crimson Tide
7,605,000
21
Southern 500
5,900,000
22
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Virginia Cavaliers
5,744,000
23
Northern Illinois Huskies at Ohio State Buckeyes
5,254,000
24
Tennessee Volunteers at Florida Gators
4,641,000
25
Oregon State Beavers at Michigan Wolverines
4,493,000
26
Auburn Tigers at LSU Tigers
4,228,000
27
Oklahoma Sooners at Tennessee Volunteers
4,129,000
28
Texas Longhorns at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
4,060,000
29
Louisville Cardinals at Auburn Tigers
4,010,000
30
Western Michigan Broncos at Ohio State Buckeyes
3,721,000
31
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
3,700,000
32
North Carolina Tar Heels at South Carolina Gamecocks
3,601,000
33
Stanford Cardinal at USC Trojans
3,504,000
34
Stanford Cardinal at Northwestern Wildcats
3,214,000
35
LSU Tigers at Syracuse Orange
3,204,000
36
South Carolina Gamecocks at Georgia Bulldogs
3,189,000
37
Florida State Seminoles at Boston College Eagles
3,148,000
38
BYU Cougars at Nebraska Cornhuskers
3,134,000
39
LSU Tigers at Mississippi State Bulldogs
3,121,000
40
Texas A&M Aggies at Arkansas Razorbacks
3,112,000
41
BYU Cougars at Michigan Wolverines
3,071,000
42
Utah Utes at Oregon Ducks
2,975,000
43
Michigan Wolverines at Utah Utes
2,868,000
44
TCU Horned Frogs at Texas Tech Red Raiders
2,770,000
45
TCU Horned Frogs at Minnesota Golden Gophers
2,621,000
46
Georgia Bulldogs at Vanderbilt Commodores
2,571,000
47
Air Force Falcons at Michigan State Spartans
2,531,000
48
Arizona State Sun Devils at Texas A&M Aggies
2,471,000
49
Oklahoma State Cowboys at Texas Longhorns
2,403,000
50
UCLA Bruins at Arizona Wildcats
2,386,000
51
California Golden Bears at Texas Longhorns
2,282,000
52
South Florida Bulls at Florida State Seminoles
2,216,000
53
Mississippi State Bulldogs at Auburn Tigers
2,164,000
54
USC Trojans at Arizona State Sun Devils
2,144,000
55
Washington Huskies at Boise State Broncos
2,058,000
56
Baylor Bears at SMU Mustangs
2,003,000
57
Massachusetts Minutemen at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
1,964,000
58
Clemson Tigers at Louisville Cardinals
1,938,000
59
Texas Tech Red Raiders at Arkansas Razorbacks
1,914,000
60
Penn State Nittany Lions at Temple Owls
1,912,000
61
Connecticut Huskies at Missouri Tigers
1,903,000
62
Iowa Hawkeyes at Iowa State Cyclones
1,785,000
63
Boise State Broncos at Virginia Cavaliers
1,752,000
64
Virginia Cavaliers at UCLA Bruins
1,350,000
65
Utah State Aggies at Utah Utes
1,345,000
66
Cincinnati Bearcats at Memphis Tigers
1,242,000
67
East Carolina Pirates at Florida Gators
1,046,000
68
Boise State Broncos at BYU Cougars
1,027,000
69
Buffalo Bulls at Penn State Nittany Lions
949,000
70
BYU Cougars at UCLA Bruins
946,000
71
Nebraska Cornhuskers at Miami Hurricanes
926,000
72
Western Carolina Catamounts at Tennessee Volunteers
844,000
73
Michigan State Spartans at Western Michigan Broncos
825,000
74
Stanford Cardinal at Oregon State Beavers
775,000
75
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Duke Blue Devils
775,000
76
Purdue Boilermakers at Marshall Thundering Herd
688,000
77
Tulsa Golden Hurricane at Oklahoma Sooners
668,000
78
Miami Hurricanes at Florida Atlantic Owls
666,000
79
Fresno State Bulldogs at Ole Miss Rebels
630,000
80
Illinois Fighting Illini at North Carolina Tar Heels
590,000
81
Virginia Tech Hokies at East Carolina Pirates
579,000
82
UT San Antonio Roadrunners at Oklahoma State Cowboys
563,000
83
Virginia Tech Hokies at Purdue Boilermakers
522,000
84
Mississippi State Bulldogs at Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles
511,000
85
Vanderbilt Commodores at Ole Miss Rebels
499,000
86
Washington State Cougars at Rutgers Scarlet Knights
461,000
87
Miami (OH) RedHawks at Wisconsin Badgers
444,000
88
Ball State Cardinals at Texas A&M Aggies
420,000
89
UTEP Miners at Arkansas Razorbacks
417,000
90
Maryland Terrapins at West Virginia Mountaineers
408,000
91
UCF Knights at South Carolina Gamecocks
380,000
92
Oklahoma State Cowboys at Central Michigan Chippewas
358,000
93
North Texas Mean Green at Iowa Hawkeyes
348,000
94
Kansas State Wildcats at UT San Antonio Roadrunners
338,000
95
Richmond Spiders at Maryland Terrapins
307,000
96
South Florida Bulls at Maryland Terrapins
293,000
97
Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks at TCU Horned Frogs
269,000
98
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
232,000
99
Charlotte 49ers at Georgia State Panthers
174,000
100
UCF Knights at Stanford Cardinal
151,000
Top 100 of 101 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-09-15 10:58 UTC