Most-watched College Football telecasts, October 2023
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.
123
eligible telecasts
updated 2026-10-31
Most-watched College Football telecasts, October 2023
1
Penn State Nittany Lions at Ohio State Buckeyes
9,960,000
2
Tennessee Volunteers at Alabama Crimson Tide
8,010,000
3
Oklahoma Sooners at Texas Longhorns
7,870,000
4
Alabama Crimson Tide at Texas A&M Aggies
7,230,000
5
Oregon Ducks at Washington Huskies
7,040,000
6
USC Trojans at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
6,430,000
7
Georgia Bulldogs at Florida Gators
5,950,000
8
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Louisville Cardinals
5,120,000
9
Ohio State Buckeyes at Wisconsin Badgers
4,870,000
10
Colorado Buffaloes at UCLA Bruins
4,660,000
11
Maryland Terrapins at Ohio State Buckeyes
4,510,000
12
Texas A&M Aggies at Tennessee Volunteers
4,380,000
13
Duke Blue Devils at Florida State Seminoles
4,080,000
14
Michigan Wolverines at Michigan State Spartans
3,730,000
15
Oklahoma Sooners at Kansas Jayhawks
3,600,000
16
Indiana Hoosiers at Michigan Wolverines
3,550,000
17
Arkansas Razorbacks at Alabama Crimson Tide
3,430,000
18
Indiana Hoosiers at Penn State Nittany Lions
3,400,000
19
Stanford Cardinal at Colorado Buffaloes
3,290,000
20
Utah Utes at USC Trojans
3,230,000
21
Kentucky Wildcats at Georgia Bulldogs
3,190,000
22
Miami Hurricanes at North Carolina Tar Heels
3,080,000
23
Texas Longhorns at Houston Cougars
3,080,000
24
Michigan Wolverines at Minnesota Golden Gophers
3,060,000
25
Virginia Tech Hokies at Florida State Seminoles
3,020,000
26
Oregon Ducks at Utah Utes
2,810,000
27
Arizona Wildcats at USC Trojans
2,550,000
28
Tennessee Volunteers at Kentucky Wildcats
2,510,000
29
Georgia Bulldogs at Vanderbilt Commodores
2,460,000
30
BYU Cougars at Texas Longhorns
2,380,000
31
Washington State Cougars at Oregon Ducks
2,350,000
32
LSU Tigers at Missouri Tigers
2,340,000
33
Iowa Hawkeyes at Wisconsin Badgers
2,340,000
34
Kansas State Wildcats at Oklahoma State Cowboys
2,270,000
35
UCF Knights at Oklahoma Sooners
2,170,000
36
Auburn Tigers at LSU Tigers
2,160,000
37
Syracuse Orange at Florida State Seminoles
2,090,000
38
Florida State Seminoles at Wake Forest Demon Deacons
2,090,000
39
South Carolina Gamecocks at Texas A&M Aggies
1,900,000
40
Pittsburgh Panthers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
1,890,000
41
Ole Miss Rebels at Auburn Tigers
1,800,000
42
Tulane Green Wave at Memphis Tigers
1,720,000
43
Minnesota Golden Gophers at Iowa Hawkeyes
1,680,000
44
UCF Knights at Kansas Jayhawks
1,450,000
45
UCLA Bruins at Oregon State Beavers
1,430,000
46
Oregon State Beavers at Arizona Wildcats
1,400,000
47
Nebraska Cornhuskers at Illinois Fighting Illini
1,360,000
48
Mississippi State Bulldogs at Arkansas Razorbacks
1,220,000
49
Air Force Falcons at Navy Midshipmen
1,210,000
50
Illinois Fighting Illini at Maryland Terrapins
1,140,000
51
Arizona State Sun Devils at Washington Huskies
1,080,000
52
BYU Cougars at TCU Horned Frogs
1,020,000
53
Purdue Boilermakers at Nebraska Cornhuskers
1,020,000
54
Oklahoma State Cowboys at West Virginia Mountaineers
1,010,000
55
Syracuse Orange at North Carolina Tar Heels
987,000
56
Duke Blue Devils at Louisville Cardinals
928,000
57
UCLA Bruins at Stanford Cardinal
852,000
58
Kansas Jayhawks at Oklahoma State Cowboys
796,000
59
Virginia Cavaliers at North Carolina Tar Heels
788,000
60
Michigan State Spartans at Minnesota Golden Gophers
783,000
61
Syracuse Orange at Virginia Tech Hokies
782,000
62
Kansas State Wildcats at Texas Tech Red Raiders
770,000
63
Fresno State Bulldogs at Wyoming Cowboys
737,000
64
West Virginia Mountaineers at Houston Cougars
729,000
65
Washington Huskies at Stanford Cardinal
700,000
66
Massachusetts Minutemen at Penn State Nittany Lions
693,000
67
Wisconsin Badgers at Illinois Fighting Illini
684,000
68
Clemson Tigers at NC State Wolfpack
642,000
69
James Madison Dukes at Marshall Thundering Herd
603,000
70
Louisville Cardinals at Pittsburgh Panthers
569,000
71
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
567,000
72
Northwestern Wildcats at Nebraska Cornhuskers
560,000
73
SMU Mustangs at Temple Owls
548,000
74
Texas Tech Red Raiders at BYU Cougars
545,000
75
Iowa State Cyclones at Cincinnati Bearcats
534,000
76
Michigan State Spartans at Rutgers Scarlet Knights
503,000
77
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at Appalachian State Mountaineers
499,000
78
Texas Tech Red Raiders at Baylor Bears
481,000
79
TCU Horned Frogs at Iowa State Cyclones
480,000
80
Boise State Broncos at Colorado State Rams
471,000
81
SMU Mustangs at East Carolina Pirates
467,000
82
TCU Horned Frogs at Kansas State Wildcats
432,000
83
Cincinnati Bearcats at Oklahoma State Cowboys
412,000
84
West Virginia Mountaineers at UCF Knights
409,000
85
Marshall Thundering Herd at NC State Wolfpack
386,000
86
Houston Cougars at Kansas State Wildcats
371,000
87
UTEP Miners at Florida International Panthers
332,000
88
UTEP Miners at Sam Houston Bearkats
332,000
89
Florida Atlantic Owls at Charlotte 49ers
329,000
90
Buffalo Bulls at Toledo Rockets
324,000
91
New Mexico State Aggies at UTEP Miners
293,000
92
Maryland Terrapins at Northwestern Wildcats
270,000
93
UNLV Rebels at Fresno State Bulldogs
260,000
94
Southern Miss Golden Eagles at South Alabama Jaguars
256,000
95
Georgia State Panthers at Georgia Southern Eagles
242,000
96
Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Indiana Hoosiers
232,000
97
Tulane Green Wave at Rice Owls
215,000
98
Rice Owls at Tulsa Golden Hurricane
179,000
99
Georgia Southern Eagles at James Madison Dukes
169,000
100
Wyoming Cowboys at Boise State Broncos
169,000
Top 100 of 123 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-31 00:02 UTC