Most-watched College Football telecasts, September 2026
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.
140
eligible telecasts
updated 2026-10-30
Most-watched College Football telecasts, September 2026
1
Ohio State Buckeyes at Texas Longhorns
13,990,000
2
LSU Tigers at Ole Miss Rebels
10,900,000
3
Texas Longhorns at Tennessee Volunteers
9,750,000
4
Ole Miss Rebels at Florida Gators
8,290,000
5
Oklahoma Sooners at Michigan Wolverines
8,221,000
6
Wisconsin Badgers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
7,421,000
7
Alabama Crimson Tide at Kentucky Wildcats
7,300,000
8
Florida State Seminoles at Alabama Crimson Tide
7,000,000
9
Clemson Tigers at LSU Tigers
5,755,000
10
Texas A&M Aggies at LSU Tigers
5,700,000
11
Kentucky Wildcats at Texas A&M Aggies
5,400,000
12
Washington State Cougars at Washington Huskies
5,136,000
13
Boise State Broncos at Oregon Ducks
4,831,000
14
Louisville Cardinals at Ole Miss Rebels
4,695,000
15
Oregon Ducks at USC Trojans
4,570,000
16
Iowa Hawkeyes at Michigan Wolverines
4,460,000
17
Baylor Bears at Auburn Tigers
4,244,000
18
Georgia Bulldogs at Arkansas Razorbacks
4,200,000
19
Western Michigan Broncos at Michigan Wolverines
4,135,000
20
SMU Mustangs at Florida State Seminoles
4,070,000
21
Northwestern Wildcats at Indiana Hoosiers
3,859,000
22
East Carolina Pirates at Alabama Crimson Tide
3,779,000
23
Colorado Buffaloes at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
3,734,000
24
Illinois Fighting Illini at Ohio State Buckeyes
3,690,000
25
North Carolina Tar Heels at Clemson Tigers
3,600,000
26
Michigan State Spartans at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
3,240,000
27
Missouri Tigers at Kansas Jayhawks
3,094,000
28
Houston Cougars at Texas Tech Red Raiders
3,030,000
29
Arizona Wildcats at BYU Cougars
3,008,000
30
South Carolina Gamecocks at Alabama Crimson Tide
2,930,000
31
North Texas Mean Green at Indiana Hoosiers
2,822,000
32
Kent State Golden Flashes at Ohio State Buckeyes
2,720,000
33
Oklahoma Sooners at Georgia Bulldogs
2,630,000
34
Arizona State Sun Devils at Texas A&M Aggies
2,500,000
35
Miami Hurricanes at Wake Forest Demon Deacons
2,340,000
36
Texas State Bobcats at Texas Longhorns
2,309,000
37
Iowa State Cyclones at Iowa Hawkeyes
2,200,000
38
Oregon Ducks at Oklahoma State Cowboys
2,100,000
39
Florida Gators at Auburn Tigers
2,050,000
40
Miami Hurricanes at Stanford Cardinal
1,978,000
41
Tennessee Volunteers at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
1,800,000
42
USC Trojans at Rutgers Scarlet Knights
1,720,000
43
Oregon State Beavers at Houston Cougars
1,686,000
44
Rice Owls at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
1,630,000
45
Ball State Cardinals at Ohio State Buckeyes
1,601,000
46
Missouri State Bears at Texas A&M Aggies
1,570,000
47
UTEP Miners at Michigan Wolverines
1,490,000
48
Fresno State Bulldogs at USC Trojans
1,322,000
49
Utah Utes at Iowa State Cyclones
1,310,000
50
Clemson Tigers at California Golden Bears
1,290,000
51
SMU Mustangs at Louisville Cardinals
1,270,000
52
Arizona Wildcats at Washington State Cougars
1,270,000
53
Utah State Aggies at Utah Utes
1,250,000
54
Texas Tech Red Raiders at Oregon State Beavers
1,230,000
55
Minnesota Golden Gophers at Washington Huskies
1,220,000
56
Syracuse Orange at Pittsburgh Panthers
1,200,000
57
Navy Midshipmen at UAB Blazers
1,190,000
58
Mississippi State Bulldogs at Minnesota Golden Gophers
1,160,000
59
Ohio Bobcats at Nebraska Cornhuskers
1,120,000
60
Boston College Eagles at Cincinnati Bearcats
1,100,000
61
UCLA Bruins at California Golden Bears
1,090,000
62
Arkansas Razorbacks at Utah Utes
1,040,000
63
Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Louisville Cardinals
1,020,000
64
Colorado Buffaloes at Northwestern Wildcats
1,010,000
65
Marshall Thundering Herd at Penn State Nittany Lions
970,000
66
BYU Cougars at Colorado State Rams
960,000
67
Penn State Nittany Lions at Temple Owls
900,000
68
Nebraska Cornhuskers at Michigan State Spartans
900,000
69
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Stanford Cardinal
880,000
70
Toledo Rockets at Michigan State Spartans
873,000
71
UCF Knights at Pittsburgh Panthers
860,000
72
Army Black Knights at Temple Owls
800,000
73
Oklahoma State Cowboys at West Virginia Mountaineers
770,000
74
Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Boston College Eagles
740,000
75
New Mexico Lobos at Oklahoma Sooners
670,000
76
Liberty Flames at Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
660,000
77
Bowling Green Falcons at Nebraska Cornhuskers
630,000
78
Colorado Buffaloes at Baylor Bears
620,000
79
Arizona State Sun Devils at Kansas Jayhawks
590,000
80
Central Michigan Chippewas at Miami Hurricanes
550,000
81
Northern Illinois Huskies at Iowa Hawkeyes
540,000
82
Northern Iowa Panthers at Iowa Hawkeyes
520,000
83
Miami (OH) RedHawks at Pittsburgh Panthers
490,000
84
Duke Blue Devils at Illinois Fighting Illini
490,000
85
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at West Virginia Mountaineers
480,000
86
Oklahoma State Cowboys at Tulsa Golden Hurricane
450,000
87
North Dakota State Bison at Sacramento State Hornets
450,000
88
Kansas State Wildcats at Cincinnati Bearcats
440,000
89
UNLV Rebels at Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors
420,000
90
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns at USC Trojans
390,000
91
Purdue Boilermakers at UCLA Bruins
380,000
92
Massachusetts Minutemen at Rutgers Scarlet Knights
370,000
93
Old Dominion Monarchs at Virginia Tech Hokies
370,000
94
UTSA Roadrunners at Texas State Bobcats
370,000
95
Indiana State Sycamores at Purdue Boilermakers
340,000
96
Memphis Tigers at Boise State Broncos
340,000
97
Portland State Vikings at Oregon Ducks
330,000
98
Boise State Broncos at Western Michigan Broncos
330,000
99
Virginia Tech Hokies at Maryland Terrapins
320,000
100
Tulane Green Wave at Kansas State Wildcats
320,000
Top 100 of 140 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 22:00 UTC