Claims
| telecast telecast the telecast the figure is attached to, with its air date. A figure with no telecast row is listed without one. Methodology → | metric metric average audience, peak audience, or total reach, as defined under Metric definitions. Methodology → | cut | value value viewers, as published. Stored as a whole number; we do not round. Methodology → | status status final, preliminary, revised, or partial confidence, as defined under Statuses and revisions. Superseded marks a figure that a later revision replaced; both stay listed. Methodology → | attr attr provider attribution. Confirmed: reconciled to the provider's own release. Press-attributed: a reporting article names the provider, corroborated by a second source before publishing. Ambiguous attributions are never published. Methodology → | source source the page the figure was taken from. Every figure links to its source. A press-attributed figure carries that mark beside its source; an unmarked source is confirmed against the provider's own release (see Attr). Methodology → |
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| West Virginia Mountaineers at Texas Longhorns | average audience | full telecast | 1,320,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Iowa Hawkeyes at Minnesota Golden Gophers | average audience | full telecast | 1,050,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Wisconsin Badgers at Purdue Boilermakers | average audience | full telecast | 848,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| UCLA Bruins at Washington Huskies | average audience | full telecast | 574,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Louisville Cardinals at Boston College Eagles | average audience | full telecast | 433,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Tulane Green Wave at Houston Cougars | average audience | full telecast | 154,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors at Colorado State Rams | average audience | full telecast | 140,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Utah State Aggies at Wyoming Cowboys | average audience | full telecast | 603,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Memphis Tigers at Temple Owls | average audience | full telecast | 307,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals | average audience | full telecast | 8,310,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Clemson Tigers at Wake Forest Demon Deacons | average audience | full telecast | 1,900,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals | average audience | full telecast TV only | 8,300,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Northern Illinois Huskies at Ball State Cardinals | average audience | full telecast | 533,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Buffalo Bulls at Ohio Bobcats | average audience | full telecast | 81,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Bowling Green Falcons at Akron Zips | average audience | full telecast | 340,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Toledo Rockets at Kent State Golden Flashes | average audience | full telecast | 113,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Indianapolis Colts at New York Giants | average audience | full telecast | 12,360,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Indianapolis Colts at New York Giants | average audience | full telecast TV only | 12,400,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Denver Broncos at New England Patriots | average audience | full telecast split window (“(92%)”) | 29,090,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Arizona Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys | average audience | full telecast split window (“(63%)”) | 22,270,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers | average audience | full telecast | 18,600,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Denver Broncos at New England Patriots | average audience | full telecast split window (“featuring Broncos/Patriots”) TV only | 29,100,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Arizona Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys | average audience | full telecast split window (“featuring Cardinals/Cowboys”) TV only | 22,300,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Florida Gators at Georgia Bulldogs | average audience | full telecast | 5,710,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Auburn Tigers at Ole Miss Rebels | average audience | full telecast | 5,800,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Navy Midshipmen | average audience | full telecast | 3,890,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Arizona Wildcats at UCLA Bruins | average audience | full telecast | 2,550,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Stanford Cardinal at Oregon Ducks | average audience | full telecast | 2,480,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Arkansas Razorbacks at Mississippi State Bulldogs | average audience | full telecast | 2,300,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Wisconsin Badgers at Rutgers Scarlet Knights | average audience | full telecast | 1,940,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Maryland Terrapins at Penn State Nittany Lions | average audience | full telecast | 1,710,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Air Force Falcons at Army Black Knights | average audience | full telecast | 1,660,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Duke Blue Devils at Pittsburgh Panthers | average audience | full telecast | 863,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Utah Utes at Arizona State Sun Devils | average audience | full telecast | 792,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Oklahoma Sooners at Iowa State Cyclones | average audience | full telecast | 763,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Texas Longhorns at Texas Tech Red Raiders | average audience | full telecast | 791,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Wyoming Cowboys at Fresno State Bulldogs | average audience | full telecast | 414,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Virginia Cavaliers at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | average audience | full telecast | 390,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Kansas Jayhawks at Baylor Bears | average audience | full telecast | 322,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Old Dominion Monarchs at Vanderbilt Commodores | average audience | full telecast | 63,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Cincinnati Bearcats at Tulane Green Wave | average audience | full telecast | 648,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Tulsa Golden Hurricane at Memphis Tigers | average audience | full telecast | 249,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Cleveland Cavaliers at Chicago Bulls | average audience | full telecast | 3,890,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| LA Clippers at Los Angeles Lakers | average audience | full telecast | 2,900,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers | average audience | full telecast | 6,880,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Florida State Seminoles at Louisville Cardinals | average audience | full telecast | 4,970,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Troy Trojans at Georgia Southern Eagles | average audience | full telecast | 85,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers | average audience | full telecast TV only | 6,900,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers | average audience | full telecast | 4,000,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| World Series Game 7 | average audience | full telecast | 23,517,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| World Series Game 6 | average audience | full telecast | 13,372,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Dallas Mavericks at San Antonio Spurs | average audience | full telecast | 2,300,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers | average audience | full telecast | 2,420,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys | average audience | full telecast | 18,810,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| World Series Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 12,635,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Indianapolis Colts at Pittsburgh Steelers | average audience | full telecast split window (“(89%)”) | 20,750,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Philadelphia Eagles at Arizona Cardinals | average audience | full telecast split window (“(44%)”) | 18,350,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Green Bay Packers at New Orleans Saints | average audience | full telecast | 18,800,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons | average audience | full telecast | 8,530,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Indianapolis Colts at Pittsburgh Steelers | average audience | full telecast split window (“featuring Colts/Steelers”) TV only | 20,700,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| World Series Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 10,742,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Mississippi State Bulldogs at Kentucky Wildcats | average audience | full telecast | 5,000,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Ole Miss Rebels at LSU Tigers | average audience | full telecast | 4,950,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Ohio State Buckeyes at Penn State Nittany Lions | average audience | full telecast | 4,670,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Michigan Wolverines at Michigan State Spartans | average audience | full telecast | 3,800,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Texas Longhorns at Kansas State Wildcats | average audience | full telecast | 3,060,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Alabama Crimson Tide at Tennessee Volunteers | average audience | full telecast | 2,590,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| West Virginia Mountaineers at Oklahoma State Cowboys | average audience | full telecast | 1,780,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Arizona State Sun Devils at Washington Huskies | average audience | full telecast | 1,760,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Texas Tech Red Raiders at TCU Horned Frogs | average audience | full telecast | 1,170,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Nebraska Cornhuskers | average audience | full telecast | 1,130,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| USC Trojans at Utah Utes | average audience | full telecast | 767,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Oregon State Beavers at Stanford Cardinal | average audience | full telecast | 731,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Minnesota Golden Gophers at Illinois Fighting Illini | average audience | full telecast | 633,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Syracuse Orange at Clemson Tigers | average audience | full telecast | 614,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Pittsburgh Panthers | average audience | full telecast | 352,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Florida Atlantic Owls at Marshall Thundering Herd | average audience | full telecast | 137,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| World Series Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 12,133,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Oregon Ducks at California Golden Bears | average audience | full telecast | 1,180,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| BYU Cougars at Boise State Broncos | average audience | full telecast | 1,020,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| South Florida Bulls at Cincinnati Bearcats | average audience | full telecast | 576,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Troy Trojans at South Alabama Jaguars | average audience | full telecast | 105,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos | average audience | full telecast | 20,220,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Miami Hurricanes at Virginia Tech Hokies | average audience | full telecast | 1,220,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Connecticut Huskies at East Carolina Pirates | average audience | full telecast | 395,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos | average audience | full telecast TV only | 20,200,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| World Series Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 12,917,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| World Series Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 12,191,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Arkansas State Red Wolves at Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns | average audience | full telecast | 374,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Houston Texans at Pittsburgh Steelers | average audience | full telecast | 13,280,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Houston Texans at Pittsburgh Steelers | average audience | full telecast TV only | 13,300,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys | average audience | full telecast split window (“(92%)”) | 26,980,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Carolina Panthers at Green Bay Packers | average audience | full telecast split window (“(55%)”) | 14,200,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| San Francisco 49ers at Denver Broncos | average audience | full telecast | 23,790,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys | average audience | full telecast split window (“featuring Giants/Cowboys”) TV only | 27,000,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| San Francisco 49ers at Denver Broncos | average audience | full telecast TV only | 23,800,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Florida State Seminoles | average audience | full telecast | 13,250,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Texas A&M Aggies at Alabama Crimson Tide | average audience | full telecast | 4,200,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Kansas State Wildcats at Oklahoma Sooners | average audience | full telecast | 3,390,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Tennessee Volunteers at Ole Miss Rebels | average audience | full telecast | 2,700,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
Eras
| era era a span during which one measurement methodology was in effect, as described under Measurement eras. Methodology → | from | to | notes | source source the page the figure was taken from. Every figure links to its source. A press-attributed figure carries that mark beside its source; an unmarked source is confirmed against the provider's own release (see Attr). Methodology → |
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| Panel-only | 2026-05-01 | current | NASCAR announced May 2026 it would stop reporting BD+P and return to panel-only for the rest of 2026 (phase0b-table.md). | source |
| Big Data + Panel | 2025-09-01 | current | Rolled out September 2025. Super Bowl LX (Feb. 8, 2026) was the first Super Bowl reported on this methodology; all prior Super Bowls used Panel-only measurement. | source |
| Panel + Out-of-Home | 2020-09-01 | 2025-09-01 | Nielsen began including Out-of-Home viewing in National TV measurement in September 2020. Super Bowl LV (Feb. 7, 2021) was the first Super Bowl to include OOH. | source |
| Before Out-of-Home | 1950-01-01 | 2020-09-01 | National TV measurement from Nielsen's panel alone. Out-of-Home viewing is not included; the last Super Bowl measured this way was LIV (Feb. 2, 2020). | source |