Most-watched College Football telecasts of 2025
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.
453
eligible telecasts
updated 2026-10-30
Most-watched College Football telecasts of 2025
1
CFP National Championship - Notre Dame vs Ohio State
22,100,000
2
Ohio State Buckeyes at Oregon Ducks
21,100,000
3
Ohio State Buckeyes at Texas Longhorns
20,900,000
4
Miami Hurricanes at Ohio State Buckeyes
19,000,000
5
Ohio State Buckeyes at Michigan Wolverines
18,420,000
6
Indiana Hoosiers at Ohio State Buckeyes
18,330,000
7
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Penn State Nittany Lions
17,800,000
8
Texas Longhorns at Arizona State Sun Devils
17,300,000
9
Georgia Bulldogs at Alabama Crimson Tide
16,860,000
10
Texas Longhorns at Ohio State Buckeyes
16,600,000
11
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Georgia Bulldogs
15,800,000
12
Alabama Crimson Tide at Oklahoma Sooners
14,940,000
13
CFB Texas A&M–Miami
14,800,000
14
Texas A&M Aggies at Texas Longhorns
13,040,000
15
Georgia Bulldogs at Tennessee Volunteers
12,580,000
16
Alabama Crimson Tide at Auburn Tigers
11,310,000
17
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Miami Hurricanes
10,800,000
18
Alabama Crimson Tide at Florida State Seminoles
10,660,000
19
Oklahoma Sooners at Alabama Crimson Tide
10,480,000
20
Texas Longhorns at Georgia Bulldogs
10,430,000
21
LSU Tigers at Clemson Tigers
10,400,000
22
Alabama Crimson Tide at Georgia Bulldogs
10,400,000
23
Ole Miss Rebels at Georgia Bulldogs
9,787,000
24
CFB Michigan–Oklahoma
9,700,000
25
Michigan Wolverines at Texas Longhorns
9,050,000
26
BYU Cougars at Texas Tech Red Raiders
8,990,000
27
Oklahoma Sooners vs Texas Longhorns
8,732,000
28
Georgia Bulldogs vs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
8,716,000
29
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at BYU Cougars
8,700,000
30
Oregon Ducks at Penn State Nittany Lions
8,500,000
31
Tennessee Volunteers at Alabama Crimson Tide
8,011,000
32
Alabama Crimson Tide at South Carolina Gamecocks
7,842,000
33
Army Black Knights at Navy Midshipmen
7,840,000
34
Army Black Knights vs Navy Midshipmen
7,840,000
35
Georgia Bulldogs at Florida Gators
7,790,000
36
Florida Gators at LSU Tigers
7,600,000
37
Penn State Nittany Lions at Clemson Tigers
7,600,000
38
LSU Tigers at Alabama Crimson Tide
7,540,000
39
Penn State Nittany Lions at Ohio State Buckeyes
7,190,000
40
Alabama Crimson Tide at Missouri Tigers
6,993,000
41
Texas A&M Aggies at LSU Tigers
6,759,800
42
LSU Tigers at Ole Miss Rebels
6,700,000
43
Georgia Bulldogs at Auburn Tigers
6,689,000
44
Ole Miss Rebels at Oklahoma Sooners
6,554,000
45
Florida Gators at Miami Hurricanes
6,500,000
46
Vanderbilt Commodores at Alabama Crimson Tide
6,400,000
47
LSU Tigers at Oklahoma Sooners
6,380,000
48
Texas A&M Aggies at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
6,200,000
49
CFB Ole Miss–Tulane
6,200,000
50
Auburn Tigers at Oklahoma Sooners
6,100,000
51
TCU Horned Frogs at North Carolina Tar Heels
6,070,000
52
Indiana Hoosiers at Penn State Nittany Lions
6,025,000
53
Miami Hurricanes at Florida State Seminoles
6,000,000
54
Virginia Cavaliers at Missouri Tigers
6,000,000
55
LSU Tigers at Vanderbilt Commodores
5,935,000
56
Ohio State Buckeyes at Illinois Fighting Illini
5,871,000
57
Arkansas Razorbacks at Texas Longhorns
5,610,000
58
Indiana Hoosiers at Oregon Ducks
5,590,000
59
USC Trojans at Oregon Ducks
5,428,000
60
Virginia Tech Hokies at South Carolina Gamecocks
5,400,000
61
Tennessee Volunteers at Illinois Fighting Illini
5,380,000
62
Oregon Ducks at Iowa Hawkeyes
5,370,000
63
Missouri Tigers at Oklahoma Sooners
5,370,000
64
Michigan Wolverines at Nebraska Cornhuskers
5,300,000
65
Ole Miss Rebels at Mississippi State Bulldogs
5,230,000
66
Ohio State Buckeyes at Washington Huskies
5,229,000
67
Duke Blue Devils at Ole Miss Rebels
5,030,000
68
USC Trojans at TCU Horned Frogs
4,920,000
69
Texas A&M Aggies at Missouri Tigers
4,870,000
70
Oklahoma Sooners at Tennessee Volunteers
4,810,000
71
Ole Miss Rebels at Kentucky Wildcats
4,800,000
72
Clemson Tigers at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
4,800,000
73
Tennessee Volunteers at Florida Gators
4,760,000
74
Wisconsin Badgers at Michigan Wolverines
4,627,000
75
USC Trojans at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
4,600,000
76
Iowa Hawkeyes at Vanderbilt Commodores
4,600,000
77
Vanderbilt Commodores at Texas Longhorns
4,510,000
78
Wisconsin Badgers at Alabama Crimson Tide
4,500,000
79
New Mexico Lobos at Minnesota Golden Gophers
4,430,000
80
Florida State Seminoles at Virginia Cavaliers
4,400,000
81
CFB James Madison–Oregon
4,400,000
82
Washington Huskies at Michigan Wolverines
4,321,000
83
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Arkansas Razorbacks
4,300,000
84
Michigan Wolverines at USC Trojans
4,290,000
85
South Carolina Gamecocks at Texas A&M Aggies
4,280,000
86
Iowa Hawkeyes at Iowa State Cyclones
4,278,000
87
Oregon Ducks vs Washington Huskies
4,270,000
88
USC Trojans at Illinois Fighting Illini
4,116,000
89
Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Ohio State Buckeyes
4,063,000
90
Texas Tech Red Raiders at Utah Utes
4,039,000
91
Iowa State Cyclones at Kansas State Wildcats
4,010,000
92
Vanderbilt Commodores vs Tennessee Volunteers
4,010,000
93
Texas Longhorns at Florida Gators
4,000,000
94
Ohio State Buckeyes at Wisconsin Badgers
4,000,000
95
BYU Cougars at Texas Tech Red Raiders
3,980,000
96
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Pittsburgh Panthers
3,960,000
97
Duke Blue Devils at Virginia Cavaliers
3,880,000
98
Boise State Broncos at Washington Huskies
3,790,000
99
Iowa Hawkeyes vs Nebraska Cornhuskers
3,769,000
100
Michigan Wolverines at Northwestern Wildcats
3,760,000
Top 100 of 453 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 23:05 UTC
Rows span 2 Nielsen eras (Panel + Out-of-Home, Big Data + Panel); figures from different eras are not directly comparable. Each row carries its era.