Most-watched sports telecasts, August 2025
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.
18
eligible telecasts
updated 2026-09-15
Most-watched sports telecasts, August 2025
1
Texas Longhorns at Ohio State Buckeyes
16,600,000
2
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Miami Hurricanes
10,800,000
3
Alabama Crimson Tide at Florida State Seminoles
10,660,000
4
LSU Tigers at Clemson Tigers
10,400,000
5
Iowa State Cyclones at Kansas State Wildcats
4,010,000
6
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Colorado Buffaloes
3,700,000
7
Nebraska Cornhuskers at Cincinnati Bearcats
3,330,000
8
Syracuse Orange at Tennessee Volunteers
2,600,000
9
Nevada Wolf Pack at Penn State Nittany Lions
2,240,000
10
NASCAR Cup Iowa
2,170,000
11
Detroit Tigers at Philadelphia Phillies
2,030,000
12
NASCAR Cup Watkins Glen
1,850,000
13
Marshall Thundering Herd at Georgia Bulldogs
1,670,000
14
Atlanta Braves at Cincinnati Reds
1,600,000
15
Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever
1,310,000
16
WNBA Fever–Wings
1,300,000
17
IndyCar Nashville
1,142,000
18
Mississippi State Bulldogs at Southern Miss Golden Eagles
771,000
18 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-09-15 10:59 UTC
Rows span 2 Nielsen eras (Panel + Out-of-Home, Big Data + Panel); figures from different eras are not directly comparable. Each row carries its era.