Most-watched College Football telecasts, September 2022
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, September 2022
1
Alabama Crimson Tide at Texas Longhorns
10,600,000
2
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Ohio State Buckeyes
10,530,000
3
Florida State Seminoles at LSU Tigers
7,550,000
4
Oregon Ducks at Georgia Bulldogs
6,200,000
5
Florida Gators at Tennessee Volunteers
5,570,000
6
Clemson Tigers at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
4,860,000
7
Wisconsin Badgers at Ohio State Buckeyes
4,590,000
8
Tennessee Volunteers at Pittsburgh Panthers
4,460,000
9
Maryland Terrapins at Michigan Wolverines
4,380,000
10
Kentucky Wildcats at Florida Gators
4,330,000
11
Penn State Nittany Lions at Auburn Tigers
4,050,000
12
Colorado State Rams at Michigan Wolverines
3,930,000
13
Washington State Cougars at Wisconsin Badgers
3,920,000
14
Penn State Nittany Lions at Purdue Boilermakers
3,510,000
15
Arkansas Razorbacks at Texas A&M Aggies
3,500,000
16
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at North Carolina Tar Heels
3,460,000
17
Oklahoma Sooners at Nebraska Cornhuskers
3,410,000
18
Miami Hurricanes at Texas A&M Aggies
3,400,000
19
Kansas State Wildcats at Oklahoma Sooners
3,370,000
20
Clemson Tigers at Wake Forest Demon Deacons
3,180,000
21
West Virginia Mountaineers at Pittsburgh Panthers
3,150,000
22
Mississippi State Bulldogs at LSU Tigers
3,060,000
23
Toledo Rockets at Ohio State Buckeyes
3,050,000
24
Georgia Bulldogs at South Carolina Gamecocks
3,000,000
25
USC Trojans at Stanford Cardinal
2,960,000
26
Utah Utes at Florida Gators
2,950,000
27
California Golden Bears at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2,910,000
28
Cincinnati Bearcats at Arkansas Razorbacks
2,900,000
29
Michigan State Spartans at Washington Huskies
2,790,000
30
Florida State Seminoles at Louisville Cardinals
2,750,000
31
BYU Cougars at Oregon Ducks
2,580,000
32
Marshall Thundering Herd at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2,480,000
33
Baylor Bears at BYU Cougars
2,370,000
34
Texas Longhorns at Texas Tech Red Raiders
2,280,000
35
Oregon Ducks at Washington State Cougars
2,270,000
36
Missouri Tigers at Auburn Tigers
2,070,000
37
NC State Wolfpack at East Carolina Pirates
2,030,000
38
UConn Huskies at Michigan Wolverines
2,030,000
39
Louisville Cardinals at UCF Knights
1,850,000
40
Virginia Cavaliers at Syracuse Orange
1,790,000
41
Appalachian State Mountaineers at Texas A&M Aggies
1,770,000
42
Washington Huskies at UCLA Bruins
1,700,000
43
Fresno State Bulldogs at USC Trojans
1,620,000
44
West Virginia Mountaineers at Virginia Tech Hokies
1,600,000
45
Ohio Bobcats at Penn State Nittany Lions
1,550,000
46
South Carolina Gamecocks at Arkansas Razorbacks
1,520,000
47
Ole Miss Rebels at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
1,390,000
48
Western Michigan Broncos at Michigan State Spartans
1,350,000
49
Utah State Aggies at BYU Cougars
1,260,000
50
TCU Horned Frogs at Colorado Buffaloes
1,250,000
51
Boise State Broncos at Oregon State Beavers
1,250,000
52
Georgia Southern Eagles at Nebraska Cornhuskers
1,240,000
53
UTEP Miners at Oklahoma Sooners
1,220,000
54
Tulane Green Wave at Houston Cougars
1,220,000
55
Purdue Boilermakers at Syracuse Orange
1,210,000
56
Utah Utes at Arizona State Sun Devils
1,210,000
57
Minnesota Golden Gophers at Michigan State Spartans
1,110,000
58
Arizona State Sun Devils at Oklahoma State Cowboys
1,020,000
59
South Dakota State Jackrabbits at Iowa Hawkeyes
1,010,000
60
Illinois Fighting Illini at Indiana Hoosiers
965,000
61
Arizona Wildcats at San Diego State Aztecs
921,000
62
North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Nebraska Cornhuskers
889,000
63
Colorado Buffaloes at Air Force Falcons
808,000
64
Baylor Bears at Iowa State Cyclones
762,000
65
Texas Tech Red Raiders at NC State Wolfpack
747,000
66
Iowa Hawkeyes at Rutgers Scarlet Knights
739,000
67
Colorado Buffaloes at Minnesota Golden Gophers
690,000
68
Houston Cougars at Texas Tech Red Raiders
633,000
69
Central Michigan Chippewas at Penn State Nittany Lions
628,000
70
Wyoming Cowboys at BYU Cougars
609,000
71
Northern Illinois Huskies at Kentucky Wildcats
555,000
72
Stanford Cardinal at Washington Huskies
532,000
73
North Carolina Tar Heels at Appalachian State Mountaineers
520,000
74
Illinois State Redbirds at Wisconsin Badgers
498,000
75
Missouri Tigers at Kansas State Wildcats
490,000
76
Indiana Hoosiers at Cincinnati Bearcats
482,000
77
Mississippi State Bulldogs at Arizona Wildcats
471,000
78
Duke Blue Devils at Kansas Jayhawks
441,000
79
New Mexico State Aggies at Wisconsin Badgers
426,000
80
San Diego State Aztecs at Boise State Broncos
407,000
81
Central Michigan Chippewas at Oklahoma State Cowboys
402,000
82
San José State Spartans at Auburn Tigers
364,000
83
Tulsa Golden Hurricane at Wyoming Cowboys
361,000
84
Nevada Wolf Pack at Iowa Hawkeyes
348,000
85
North Dakota State Bison at Arizona Wildcats
335,000
86
Virginia Tech Hokies at Old Dominion Monarchs
334,000
87
San Diego State Aztecs at Utah Utes
326,000
88
Kent State Golden Flashes at Washington Huskies
319,000
89
Nevada Wolf Pack at Air Force Falcons
312,000
90
SMU Mustangs at Maryland Terrapins
257,000
91
New Mexico State Aggies at Minnesota Golden Gophers
241,000
92
Kansas Jayhawks at Houston Cougars
225,000
93
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at Georgia State Panthers
224,000
94
Texas State Bobcats at Baylor Bears
221,000
95
Pittsburgh Panthers at Western Michigan Broncos
195,000
96
Cincinnati Bearcats at Miami (OH) RedHawks
185,000
97
Buffalo Bulls at Maryland Terrapins
181,000
98
Charlotte 49ers at South Carolina Gamecocks
177,000
99
Chattanooga Mocs at Illinois Fighting Illini
176,000
100
Marshall Thundering Herd at Bowling Green Falcons
169,000
Top 100 of 106 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-31 00:02 UTC