Most-watched College Football telecasts, September 2018
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.
50
eligible telecasts
updated 2026-09-15
Most-watched College Football telecasts, September 2018
1
Ohio State Buckeyes at Penn State Nittany Lions
9,141,000
2
Ohio State Buckeyes at TCU Horned Frogs
7,232,000
3
Michigan Wolverines at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
7,091,000
4
Miami Hurricanes at LSU Tigers
6,553,000
5
LSU Tigers at Auburn Tigers
5,936,000
6
Texas A&M Aggies at Alabama Crimson Tide
5,650,000
7
Washington Huskies at Auburn Tigers
5,253,000
8
Louisville Cardinals at Alabama Crimson Tide
4,540,000
9
Syracuse Orange at Clemson Tigers
4,475,000
10
Stanford Cardinal at Oregon Ducks
4,165,000
11
Georgia Bulldogs at South Carolina Gamecocks
3,747,000
12
Tennessee Volunteers at Georgia Bulldogs
3,640,000
13
Michigan Wolverines at Northwestern Wildcats
3,618,000
14
Oregon State Beavers at Ohio State Buckeyes
3,487,000
15
Stanford Cardinal at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
3,443,000
16
Colorado Buffaloes at Nebraska Cornhuskers
3,394,000
17
Oklahoma Sooners at Iowa State Cyclones
3,346,000
18
Wisconsin Badgers at Iowa Hawkeyes
3,313,000
19
Penn State Nittany Lions at Pittsburgh Panthers
3,286,000
20
USC Trojans at Texas Longhorns
2,950,000
21
BYU Cougars at Wisconsin Badgers
2,913,000
22
UCLA Bruins at Oklahoma Sooners
2,896,000
23
TCU Horned Frogs at Texas Longhorns
2,887,000
24
Baylor Bears at Oklahoma Sooners
2,767,000
25
West Virginia Mountaineers at Tennessee Volunteers
2,647,000
26
Arizona Wildcats at Houston Cougars
2,539,000
27
Ball State Cardinals at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2,453,000
28
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Wake Forest Demon Deacons
2,439,000
29
USC Trojans at Stanford Cardinal
2,290,000
30
Vanderbilt Commodores at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2,108,000
31
Iowa State Cyclones at Iowa Hawkeyes
2,017,000
32
Clemson Tigers at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
1,808,000
33
Nebraska Cornhuskers at Michigan Wolverines
1,449,000
34
Florida Atlantic Owls at Oklahoma Sooners
1,385,000
35
BYU Cougars at Washington Huskies
1,286,000
36
Texas Longhorns at Maryland Terrapins
1,274,000
37
Penn State Nittany Lions at Illinois Fighting Illini
1,170,000
38
Houston Cougars at Texas Tech Red Raiders
1,079,000
39
Texas Longhorns at Kansas State Wildcats
974,000
40
North Carolina Tar Heels at California Golden Bears
930,000
41
Western Michigan Broncos at Michigan Wolverines
914,000
42
Kent State Golden Flashes at Penn State Nittany Lions
893,000
43
Texas Tech Red Raiders at Oklahoma State Cowboys
868,000
44
UCLA Bruins at Colorado Buffaloes
840,000
45
Oregon Ducks at California Golden Bears
750,000
46
Central Michigan Chippewas at Michigan State Spartans
425,000
47
Kansas Jayhawks at Baylor Bears
414,000
48
Fresno State Bulldogs at Minnesota Golden Gophers
395,000
49
Duke Blue Devils at Baylor Bears
291,000
50
UTSA Roadrunners at Arizona State Sun Devils
234,000
50 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-09-15 10:59 UTC