Most-watched College Football telecasts, October 2016
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.
108
eligible telecasts
updated 2026-09-15
Most-watched College Football telecasts, October 2016
1
Louisville Cardinals at Clemson Tigers
9,294,000
2
Ohio State Buckeyes at Wisconsin Badgers
8,964,000
3
Texas A&M Aggies at Alabama Crimson Tide
8,455,000
4
Wisconsin Badgers at Michigan Wolverines
6,851,000
5
Alabama Crimson Tide at Tennessee Volunteers
6,582,000
6
Tennessee Volunteers at Texas A&M Aggies
6,553,000
7
Ohio State Buckeyes at Penn State Nittany Lions
6,478,000
8
Florida State Seminoles at Miami Hurricanes
5,540,000
9
Clemson Tigers at Florida State Seminoles
5,380,000
10
Michigan Wolverines at Michigan State Spartans
4,647,000
11
NC State Wolfpack at Clemson Tigers
4,506,000
12
Florida Gators at Georgia Bulldogs
4,454,000
13
Alabama Crimson Tide at Arkansas Razorbacks
4,444,000
14
Tennessee Volunteers at Georgia Bulldogs
4,215,000
15
Texas Longhorns at Oklahoma State Cowboys
3,799,000
16
Nebraska Cornhuskers at Wisconsin Badgers
3,770,000
17
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at NC State Wolfpack
3,720,000
18
North Carolina Tar Heels at Miami Hurricanes
3,713,000
19
Northwestern Wildcats at Ohio State Buckeyes
3,657,000
20
Baylor Bears at Texas Longhorns
3,513,000
21
Virginia Tech Hokies at North Carolina Tar Heels
3,252,000
22
Wisconsin Badgers at Iowa Hawkeyes
3,241,000
23
Indiana Hoosiers at Ohio State Buckeyes
3,218,000
24
Kentucky Wildcats at Alabama Crimson Tide
3,190,000
25
TCU Horned Frogs at West Virginia Mountaineers
3,183,000
26
Louisville Cardinals at Virginia Cavaliers
2,920,000
27
Stanford Cardinal at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2,870,000
28
Texas Longhorns at Oklahoma Sooners
2,788,000
29
Ole Miss Rebels at LSU Tigers
2,669,000
30
Miami Hurricanes at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2,634,000
31
Ole Miss Rebels at Arkansas Razorbacks
2,540,000
32
NC State Wolfpack at Louisville Cardinals
2,372,000
33
Oklahoma Sooners at Texas Tech Red Raiders
2,343,000
34
Arkansas Razorbacks at Auburn Tigers
2,130,000
35
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Syracuse Orange
2,104,000
36
Oklahoma Sooners at TCU Horned Frogs
2,044,000
37
West Virginia Mountaineers at Oklahoma State Cowboys
1,963,000
38
Auburn Tigers at Mississippi State Bulldogs
1,918,000
39
Duke Blue Devils at Louisville Cardinals
1,881,000
40
Virginia Tech Hokies at Pittsburgh Panthers
1,848,000
41
Washington Huskies at Oregon Ducks
1,837,000
42
Kansas State Wildcats at Oklahoma Sooners
1,775,000
43
Washington State Cougars at Stanford Cardinal
1,754,000
44
North Carolina Tar Heels at Florida State Seminoles
1,743,000
45
Clemson Tigers at Boston College Eagles
1,659,000
46
Tennessee Volunteers at South Carolina Gamecocks
1,519,000
47
Oregon Ducks at California Golden Bears
1,516,000
48
Mississippi State Bulldogs at BYU Cougars
1,475,000
49
Arizona State Sun Devils at USC Trojans
1,459,000
50
Miami Hurricanes at Virginia Tech Hokies
1,400,000
51
Washington Huskies at Utah Utes
1,376,000
52
Utah Utes at UCLA Bruins
1,368,000
53
UCLA Bruins at Washington State Cougars
1,311,000
54
South Florida Bulls at Temple Owls
1,300,000
55
Texas Longhorns at Kansas State Wildcats
1,295,000
56
Michigan Wolverines at Rutgers Scarlet Knights
1,282,000
57
Illinois Fighting Illini at Nebraska Cornhuskers
1,146,000
58
California Golden Bears at USC Trojans
1,107,000
59
Iowa Hawkeyes at Minnesota Golden Gophers
1,048,000
60
Miami Hurricanes at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
1,040,000
61
Arizona Wildcats at UCLA Bruins
1,027,000
62
BYU Cougars at Boise State Broncos
986,000
63
Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Florida State Seminoles
961,000
64
USC Trojans at Arizona Wildcats
871,000
65
West Virginia Mountaineers at Texas Tech Red Raiders
834,000
66
Washington State Cougars at Oregon State Beavers
815,000
67
UCLA Bruins at Arizona State Sun Devils
783,000
68
Texas Tech Red Raiders at Kansas State Wildcats
701,000
69
Iowa State Cyclones at Oklahoma State Cowboys
659,000
70
Kansas Jayhawks at Oklahoma Sooners
636,000
71
Iowa Hawkeyes at Purdue Boilermakers
631,000
72
Temple Owls at Memphis Tigers
626,000
73
Memphis Tigers at Ole Miss Rebels
566,000
74
Navy Midshipmen at South Florida Bulls
556,000
75
Northwestern Wildcats at Iowa Hawkeyes
539,000
76
Texas Tech Red Raiders at TCU Horned Frogs
505,000
77
Georgia Southern Eagles at Arkansas State Red Wolves
497,000
78
Houston Cougars at SMU Mustangs
473,000
79
Baylor Bears at Iowa State Cyclones
461,000
80
Tulsa Golden Hurricane at Houston Cougars
454,000
81
Oklahoma State Cowboys at Kansas Jayhawks
454,000
82
Air Force Falcons at Fresno State Bulldogs
435,000
83
SMU Mustangs at Tulsa Golden Hurricane
410,000
84
Stanford Cardinal at Arizona Wildcats
370,000
85
Kansas Jayhawks at Baylor Bears
364,000
86
Utah State Aggies at Boise State Broncos
358,000
87
Arizona Wildcats at Utah Utes
350,000
88
Colorado State Rams at Boise State Broncos
344,000
89
TCU Horned Frogs at Kansas Jayhawks
331,000
90
Minnesota Golden Gophers at Maryland Terrapins
312,000
91
Virginia Tech Hokies at Syracuse Orange
295,000
92
Wyoming Cowboys at Nevada Wolf Pack
282,000
93
Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Minnesota Golden Gophers
274,000
94
Maryland Terrapins at Indiana Hoosiers
236,000
95
San Jose State Spartans at San Diego State Aztecs
199,000
96
New Mexico State Aggies at Texas A&M Aggies
193,000
97
UCF Knights at Houston Cougars
192,000
98
Memphis Tigers at Tulane Green Wave
185,000
99
Troy Trojans at South Alabama Jaguars
165,000
100
Tennessee State Tigers at Vanderbilt Commodores
152,000
Top 100 of 108 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-09-15 10:59 UTC