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 Superseded marks a figure that a later revision replaced; both stay listed.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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| New England Patriots at New York Jets | average audience | full telecast | 10,220,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Pittsburgh Steelers at Dallas Cowboys | average audience | full telecast split window (“(93%)”) | 22,710,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | average audience | full telecast | 16,880,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Baltimore Ravens at Indianapolis Colts | average audience | full telecast split window (“(68%)”) | 10,230,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race | average audience | full telecast | 3,060,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Clemson Tigers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish | average audience | full telecast | 10,070,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Florida Gators at Georgia Bulldogs | average audience | full telecast | 6,340,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| West Virginia Mountaineers at Texas Longhorns | average audience | full telecast | 2,750,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Arizona State Sun Devils at USC Trojans | average audience | full telecast | 2,330,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Michigan Wolverines at Indiana Hoosiers | average audience | full telecast | 1,750,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Stanford Cardinal at Oregon Ducks | average audience | full telecast | 1,660,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Houston Cougars at Cincinnati Bearcats | average audience | full telecast | 1,390,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Michigan State Spartans at Iowa Hawkeyes | average audience | full telecast | 1,070,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Texas A&M Aggies at South Carolina Gamecocks | average audience | full telecast | 876,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Kansas Jayhawks at Oklahoma Sooners | average audience | full telecast | 681,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Washington State Cougars at Oregon State Beavers | average audience | full telecast | 594,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Texas Tech Red Raiders at TCU Horned Frogs | average audience | full telecast | 559,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Baylor Bears at Iowa State Cyclones | average audience | full telecast | 487,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| North Carolina Tar Heels at Duke Blue Devils | average audience | full telecast | 390,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| UCLA Bruins at Colorado Buffaloes | average audience | full telecast | 312,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Miami Hurricanes at NC State Wolfpack | average audience | full telecast | 1,870,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| BYU Cougars at Boise State Broncos | average audience | full telecast | 680,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers | average audience | full telecast | 13,170,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Utah State Aggies at Nevada Wolf Pack | average audience | full telecast | 257,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Ohio Bobcats at Central Michigan Chippewas | average audience | full telecast | 711,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Giants | average audience | full telecast | 11,700,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| New Orleans Saints at Chicago Bears | average audience | full telecast split window (“(76%)”) | 22,770,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles | average audience | full telecast | 16,930,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers | average audience | full telecast split window (“(56%)”) | 12,310,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Xfinity 500 | average audience | full telecast | 2,720,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens | average audience | full telecast | 18,650,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers | average audience | full telecast split window (“mostly Vikings-Packers”) | 17,780,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Ohio State Buckeyes at Penn State Nittany Lions | average audience | full telecast | 6,530,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Boston College Eagles at Clemson Tigers | average audience | full telecast | 4,380,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Michigan State Spartans at Michigan Wolverines | average audience | full telecast | 4,220,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Texas Longhorns at Oklahoma State Cowboys | average audience | full telecast | 4,040,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | average audience | full telecast | 3,770,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| LSU Tigers at Auburn Tigers | average audience | full telecast | 3,450,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Oklahoma Sooners at Texas Tech Red Raiders | average audience | full telecast | 2,120,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Mississippi State Bulldogs at Alabama Crimson Tide | average audience | full telecast | 2,000,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Northwestern Wildcats at Iowa Hawkeyes | average audience | full telecast | 1,150,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at BYU Cougars | average audience | full telecast | 788,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Memphis Tigers at Cincinnati Bearcats | average audience | full telecast | 679,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Kansas State Wildcats at West Virginia Mountaineers | average audience | full telecast | 669,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Indiana Hoosiers at Rutgers Scarlet Knights | average audience | full telecast | 506,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| TCU Horned Frogs at Baylor Bears | average audience | full telecast | 353,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Nevada Wolf Pack at UNLV Rebels | average audience | full telecast | 293,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Iowa State Cyclones at Kansas Jayhawks | average audience | full telecast | 247,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Navy Midshipmen at SMU Mustangs | average audience | full telecast | 218,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Minnesota Golden Gophers at Maryland Terrapins | average audience | full telecast | 1,910,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| East Carolina Pirates at Tulsa Golden Hurricane | average audience | full telecast | 331,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors at Wyoming Cowboys | average audience | full telecast | 259,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers | average audience | full telecast | 11,680,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| South Alabama Jaguars at Georgia Southern Eagles | average audience | full telecast | 441,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| World Series Game 6 | average audience | full telecast | 12,819,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Chicago Bears at Los Angeles Rams | average audience | full telecast | 10,910,000 | superseded | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Chicago Bears at Los Angeles Rams | average audience | full telecast | 10,500,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| World Series Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 10,059,000 | superseded | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Pittsburgh Steelers at Tennessee Titans | average audience | full telecast split window (“(87%)”) | 14,530,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals | average audience | full telecast | 14,310,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| World Series Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 10,288,000 | revised | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg | average audience | full telecast | 671,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| World Series Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 9,332,000 | superseded | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Nebraska Cornhuskers at Ohio State Buckeyes | average audience | full telecast | 6,180,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Michigan Wolverines at Minnesota Golden Gophers | average audience | full telecast | 5,120,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Alabama Crimson Tide at Tennessee Volunteers | average audience | full telecast | 4,360,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Iowa State Cyclones at Oklahoma State Cowboys | average audience | full telecast | 2,810,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Pittsburgh Panthers | average audience | full telecast | 2,490,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| South Carolina Gamecocks at LSU Tigers | average audience | full telecast | 2,430,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Penn State Nittany Lions at Indiana Hoosiers | average audience | full telecast | 2,070,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Oklahoma Sooners at TCU Horned Frogs | average audience | full telecast | 2,030,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Baylor Bears at Texas Longhorns | average audience | full telecast | 1,150,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NC State Wolfpack at North Carolina Tar Heels | average audience | full telecast | 1,000,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Iowa Hawkeyes at Purdue Boilermakers | average audience | full telecast | 795,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Texas State Bobcats at BYU Cougars | average audience | full telecast | 716,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| West Virginia Mountaineers at Texas Tech Red Raiders | average audience | full telecast | 685,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Michigan State Spartans | average audience | full telecast | 608,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Utah State Aggies at Boise State Broncos | average audience | full telecast | 549,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Cincinnati Bearcats at SMU Mustangs | average audience | full telecast | 485,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Tulane Green Wave at UCF Knights | average audience | full telecast | 296,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Kansas Jayhawks at Kansas State Wildcats | average audience | full telecast | 289,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Maryland Terrapins at Northwestern Wildcats | average audience | full telecast | 186,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| World Series Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 9,563,000 | revised | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| World Series Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 8,156,000 | superseded | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Illinois Fighting Illini at Wisconsin Badgers | average audience | full telecast | 1,010,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Tulsa Golden Hurricane at South Florida Bulls | average audience | full telecast | 561,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| World Series Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 8,339,000 | revised | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles | average audience | full telecast | 10,070,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Arkansas State Red Wolves at Appalachian State Mountaineers | average audience | full telecast | 384,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| World Series Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 9,184,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| World Series Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 9,353,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Arizona Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys | average audience | full telecast | 11,320,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills | average audience | full telecast | 12,160,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | average audience | full telecast | 22,310,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ers | average audience | full telecast | 12,600,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Atlanta Braves at Los Angeles Dodgers | average audience | full telecast TV only | 9,660,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Hollywood Casino 400 | average audience | full telecast | 2,510,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Chicago Bears at Carolina Panthers | average audience | full telecast | 12,100,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers | average audience | full telecast split window (“featuring Browns-Steelers”) | 16,660,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Georgia Bulldogs at Alabama Crimson Tide | average audience | full telecast | 9,610,000 | 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 |