Most-watched College Football telecasts, October 2021
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.
106
eligible telecasts
updated 2026-10-31
Most-watched College Football telecasts, October 2021
1
Michigan Wolverines at Michigan State Spartans
9,290,000
2
Alabama Crimson Tide at Texas A&M Aggies
8,330,000
3
Penn State Nittany Lions at Ohio State Buckeyes
7,050,000
4
Penn State Nittany Lions at Iowa Hawkeyes
6,904,000
5
Kentucky Wildcats at Georgia Bulldogs
6,370,000
6
Georgia Bulldogs at Florida Gators
6,120,000
7
Oklahoma Sooners at Texas Longhorns
5,940,000
8
Ole Miss Rebels at Alabama Crimson Tide
4,790,000
9
Tennessee Volunteers at Alabama Crimson Tide
4,680,000
10
Michigan Wolverines at Nebraska Cornhuskers
4,630,000
11
Georgia Bulldogs at Auburn Tigers
4,580,000
12
Michigan Wolverines at Wisconsin Badgers
4,310,000
13
Indiana Hoosiers at Penn State Nittany Lions
4,000,000
14
Arkansas Razorbacks at Georgia Bulldogs
3,850,000
15
Oregon Ducks at UCLA Bruins
3,850,000
16
Cincinnati Bearcats at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
3,810,000
17
Auburn Tigers at LSU Tigers
3,790,000
18
Illinois Fighting Illini at Penn State Nittany Lions
3,765,000
19
Alabama Crimson Tide at Mississippi State Bulldogs
3,530,000
20
Purdue Boilermakers at Iowa Hawkeyes
3,450,000
21
TCU Horned Frogs at Oklahoma Sooners
3,430,000
22
Ohio State Buckeyes at Indiana Hoosiers
3,350,000
23
Northwestern Wildcats at Michigan Wolverines
3,240,000
24
Oklahoma State Cowboys at Texas Longhorns
3,130,000
25
LSU Tigers at Ole Miss Rebels
3,110,000
26
Florida Gators at Kentucky Wildcats
3,060,000
27
Florida Gators at LSU Tigers
2,930,000
28
USC Trojans at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2,870,000
29
Maryland Terrapins at Ohio State Buckeyes
2,790,000
30
Colorado Buffaloes at Oregon Ducks
2,670,000
31
Oklahoma State Cowboys at Iowa State Cyclones
2,660,000
32
Oklahoma Sooners at Kansas Jayhawks
2,650,000
33
Oregon Ducks at Stanford Cardinal
2,641,000
34
Oklahoma Sooners at Kansas State Wildcats
2,620,000
35
Ole Miss Rebels at Auburn Tigers
2,530,000
36
Auburn Tigers at Arkansas Razorbacks
2,400,000
37
Texas Longhorns at Baylor Bears
2,400,000
38
Texas Longhorns at TCU Horned Frogs
2,384,000
39
Texas Tech Red Raiders at Oklahoma Sooners
2,370,000
40
North Carolina Tar Heels at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2,350,000
41
Boise State Broncos at BYU Cougars
2,240,000
42
Arkansas Razorbacks at Ole Miss Rebels
2,230,000
43
Clemson Tigers at Pittsburgh Panthers
2,160,000
44
Clemson Tigers at Syracuse Orange
2,120,000
45
Florida State Seminoles at Clemson Tigers
1,883,000
46
Iowa Hawkeyes at Wisconsin Badgers
1,828,000
47
UCLA Bruins at Washington Huskies
1,530,000
48
California Golden Bears at Oregon Ducks
1,446,000
49
BYU Cougars at Baylor Bears
1,440,000
50
Arizona State Sun Devils at Utah Utes
1,393,000
51
Iowa Hawkeyes at Maryland Terrapins
1,381,000
52
Utah Utes at USC Trojans
1,380,000
53
UCF Knights at Cincinnati Bearcats
1,370,000
54
Purdue Boilermakers at Nebraska Cornhuskers
1,295,000
55
Michigan State Spartans at Indiana Hoosiers
1,276,000
56
Ohio State Buckeyes at Rutgers Scarlet Knights
1,190,000
57
Stanford Cardinal at Arizona State Sun Devils
1,134,000
58
Temple Owls at Cincinnati Bearcats
1,111,000
59
Florida State Seminoles at North Carolina Tar Heels
1,073,000
60
Nebraska Cornhuskers at Minnesota Golden Gophers
1,062,000
61
Baylor Bears at Oklahoma State Cowboys
995,000
62
UCLA Bruins at Utah Utes
829,000
63
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at Appalachian State Mountaineers
804,000
64
UCLA Bruins at Arizona Wildcats
799,000
65
South Carolina Gamecocks at Tennessee Volunteers
795,000
66
Memphis Tigers at UCF Knights
793,000
67
Cincinnati Bearcats at Navy Midshipmen
769,000
68
Wisconsin Badgers at Purdue Boilermakers
734,000
69
Navy Midshipmen at Tulsa Golden Hurricane
684,000
70
Virginia Cavaliers at BYU Cougars
678,000
71
NC State Wolfpack at Miami Hurricanes
675,000
72
Arizona State Sun Devils at UCLA Bruins
673,000
73
Texas Tech Red Raiders at West Virginia Mountaineers
666,000
74
Washington Huskies at Arizona Wildcats
660,000
75
Michigan State Spartans at Rutgers Scarlet Knights
642,000
76
Pittsburgh Panthers at Virginia Tech Hokies
640,000
77
Army Black Knights at Wisconsin Badgers
639,000
78
TCU Horned Frogs at Texas Tech Red Raiders
625,000
79
Iowa State Cyclones at Kansas State Wildcats
608,000
80
Cincinnati Bearcats at Tulane Green Wave
580,000
81
Houston Cougars at Tulsa Golden Hurricane
548,000
82
Maryland Terrapins at Minnesota Golden Gophers
533,000
83
Navy Midshipmen at Memphis Tigers
514,000
84
Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Syracuse Orange
509,000
85
BYU Cougars at Washington State Cougars
466,000
86
Houston Cougars at Tulane Green Wave
464,000
87
West Virginia Mountaineers at Baylor Bears
456,000
88
Appalachian State Mountaineers at Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
428,000
89
Wisconsin Badgers at Illinois Fighting Illini
416,000
90
Washington Huskies at Stanford Cardinal
402,000
91
Minnesota Golden Gophers at Northwestern Wildcats
401,000
92
South Florida Bulls at East Carolina Pirates
395,000
93
Tulane Green Wave at SMU Mustangs
392,000
94
West Virginia Mountaineers at TCU Horned Frogs
369,000
95
Kansas State Wildcats at Texas Tech Red Raiders
359,000
96
Kansas Jayhawks at Oklahoma State Cowboys
344,000
97
Washington State Cougars at Arizona State Sun Devils
337,000
98
SMU Mustangs at Houston Cougars
332,000
99
Duke Blue Devils at North Carolina Tar Heels
303,000
100
Troy Trojans at Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
290,000
Top 100 of 106 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-31 00:02 UTC