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College Football

5,070 telecasts with figures · 5,707 published claims
5,070
telecasts on the record
updated 2026-10-30

Top events · College Football

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1
Georgia Bulldogs at Alabama Crimson Tide
2026-10-10 · ABC
12,240,000
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2
Ohio State Buckeyes at Indiana Hoosiers
2026-10-17 · FOX
10,376,000
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3
Texas Longhorns at Oklahoma Sooners
2026-10-10 · ABC
9,820,000
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4
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at BYU Cougars
2026-10-17 · ABC
9,160,000
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5
Alabama Crimson Tide at Tennessee Volunteers
2026-10-17 · ABC
8,100,000
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6
Ole Miss Rebels at Texas Longhorns
2026-10-24 · ABC
8,090,000
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7
Indiana Hoosiers at Michigan Wolverines
2026-10-24 · FOX
7,015,000
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8
Indiana Hoosiers at Nebraska Cornhuskers
2026-10-10 · FOX
6,734,000
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9
Ohio State Buckeyes at Iowa Hawkeyes
2026-10-03 · CBS
5,970,000
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10
Texas A&M Aggies at Alabama Crimson Tide
2026-10-24 · ABC
5,900,000
College Football

Top teams

by most-watched telecast
1
Ohio State
CFP National Championship · 2015-01-12
33,400,000
152 telecasts
2
Oregon
Oregon Ducks at Florida State Seminoles · 2015-01-01
28,160,000
132 telecasts
3
Miami
Miami Hurricanes at Indiana Hoosiers · 2026-01-19
30,100,000
111 telecasts
4
Indiana
CFP Quarterfinal: Rose Bowl · 2026-01-01
23,900,000
93 telecasts
5
Alabama
Alabama Crimson Tide at Ohio State Buckeyes · 2015-01-01
28,270,000
152 telecasts

Top networks

by most-watched telecast
1
ESPN
CFP National Championship · 2015-01-12
33,400,000
1,239 telecasts
2
FOX
Ohio State Buckeyes at Michigan Wolverines · 2023-11-25
19,070,000
459 telecasts
3
CBS
Georgia Bulldogs at Alabama Crimson Tide · 2023-12-02
17,520,000
272 telecasts
4
ABC
Michigan Wolverines at Ohio State Buckeyes · 2016-11-26
16,841,000
612 telecasts
5
NBC
Clemson Tigers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish · 2020-11-07
10,067,000
137 telecasts

Telecasts with figures

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telecast the telecast the figure is attached to, with its air date. A figure with no telecast row is listed without one.

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figure the telecast's lead figure: Nielsen average audience, full telecast, as published. Blank when Nielsen has not published one.

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2025-11-01West Virginia Mountaineers at Houston Cougars485,000
2025-11-01Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Illinois Fighting Illini991,000
2025-11-01Indiana Hoosiers at Maryland Terrapins2,894,000
2025-11-01Texas Tech Red Raiders at Kansas State Wildcats3,131,000
2025-11-01Louisville Cardinals at Virginia Tech Hokies593,000
2025-11-01Miami Hurricanes at SMU Mustangs1,500,000
2025-11-01Purdue Boilermakers at Michigan Wolverines1,606,000
2025-11-01Michigan State Spartans at Minnesota Golden Gophers1,020,000
2025-11-01Navy Midshipmen at North Texas Mean Green216,000
2025-11-01USC Trojans at Nebraska Cornhuskers2,077,000
2025-11-01Penn State Nittany Lions at Ohio State Buckeyes7,190,000
2025-11-01Oklahoma Sooners at Tennessee Volunteers4,810,000
2025-11-01South Carolina Gamecocks at Ole Miss Rebels1,320,000
2025-11-01Washington State Cougars at Oregon State Beavers823,000
2025-11-01Vanderbilt Commodores at Texas Longhorns4,510,000
2025-10-31Memphis Tigers at Rice Owls244,000
2025-10-31North Carolina Tar Heels at Syracuse Orange983,000
2025-10-30Marshall Thundering Herd at Coastal Carolina Chanticleers288,000
2025-10-30Tulane Green Wave at UTSA Roadrunners659,000
2025-10-29Jacksonville State Gamecocks at Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders303,000
2025-10-28James Madison Dukes at Texas State Bobcats245,000
2025-10-28UTEP Miners at Kennesaw State Owls50,000
2025-10-25Alabama Crimson Tide at South Carolina Gamecocks7,842,000
2025-10-25Appalachian State Mountaineers at Old Dominion Monarchs33,000
2025-10-25Houston Cougars at Arizona State Sun Devils402,000
2025-10-25Baylor Bears at Cincinnati Bearcats453,000
2025-10-25BYU Cougars at Iowa State Cyclones2,659,000
2025-10-25Utah Utes at Colorado Buffaloes1,291,000
2025-10-25San Diego State Aztecs at Fresno State Bulldogs265,000
2025-10-25Syracuse Orange at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets1,271,000
2025-10-25Illinois Fighting Illini at Washington Huskies773,000
2025-10-25UCLA Bruins at Indiana Hoosiers3,023,000
2025-10-25Minnesota Golden Gophers at Iowa Hawkeyes1,598,000
2025-10-25Kansas State Wildcats at Kansas Jayhawks467,000
2025-10-25Texas A&M Aggies at LSU Tigers6,759,800
2025-10-25South Florida Bulls at Memphis Tigers392,000
2025-10-25Stanford Cardinal at Miami Hurricanes1,212,000
2025-10-25Michigan Wolverines at Michigan State Spartans3,634,000
2025-10-25Missouri Tigers at Vanderbilt Commodores3,072,000
2025-10-25Northwestern Wildcats at Nebraska Cornhuskers835,000
2025-10-25Ole Miss Rebels at Oklahoma Sooners6,554,000
2025-10-25Oklahoma State Cowboys at Texas Tech Red Raiders109,500
2025-10-25Wisconsin Badgers at Oregon Ducks1,166,000
2025-10-25Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Purdue Boilermakers212,000
2025-10-25SMU Mustangs at Wake Forest Demon Deacons285,000
2025-10-25Toledo Rockets at Washington State Cougars311,000
2025-10-24Virginia Tech Hokies at California Golden Bears1,106,000
2025-10-24North Texas Mean Green at Charlotte 49ers317,000
2025-10-23South Alabama Jaguars at Georgia State Panthers399,800
2025-10-22Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders at Delaware Blue Hens417,000
2025-10-21Kennesaw State Owls at Florida International Panthers282,000
2025-10-18Tennessee Volunteers at Alabama Crimson Tide8,011,000
2025-10-18Texas Tech Red Raiders at Arizona State Sun Devils2,558,000
2025-10-18Arkansas Razorbacks at Texas A&M Aggies1,569,000
2025-10-18Army Black Knights at Tulane Green Wave70,000
2025-10-18Baylor Bears at TCU Horned Frogs423,000
2025-10-18Utah Utes at BYU Cougars1,970,000
2025-10-18Cincinnati Bearcats at Oklahoma State Cowboys316,000
2025-10-18Duke Blue Devils at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets1,714,000
2025-10-18Florida Atlantic Owls at South Florida Bulls38,000
2025-10-18Florida State Seminoles at Stanford Cardinal1,415,000
2025-10-18Ole Miss Rebels at Georgia Bulldogs9,787,000
2025-10-18Old Dominion Monarchs at James Madison Dukes37,000
2025-10-18Texas Longhorns at Kentucky Wildcats2,639,000
2025-10-18Lafayette Leopards at Oregon State Beavers304,000
2025-10-18LSU Tigers at Vanderbilt Commodores5,935,000
2025-10-18Maryland Terrapins at UCLA Bruins410,000
2025-10-18Memphis Tigers at UAB Blazers246,000
2025-10-18Washington Huskies at Michigan Wolverines4,321,000
2025-10-18USC Trojans at Notre Dame Fighting Irish4,600,000
2025-10-18Ohio State Buckeyes at Wisconsin Badgers4,000,000
2025-10-18Oregon Ducks at Rutgers Scarlet Knights530,000
2025-10-18Washington State Cougars at Virginia Cavaliers594,000
2025-10-17North Carolina Tar Heels at California Golden Bears1,581,000
2025-10-17Louisville Cardinals at Miami Hurricanes3,410,000
2025-10-17Nebraska Cornhuskers at Minnesota Golden Gophers2,661,000
2025-10-16Tulsa Golden Hurricane at East Carolina Pirates526,000
2025-10-15Delaware Blue Hens at Jacksonville State Gamecocks579,000
2025-10-14Arkansas State Red Wolves at South Alabama Jaguars306,000
2025-10-14Florida International Panthers at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers47,000
2025-10-11Alabama Crimson Tide at Missouri Tigers6,993,000
2025-10-11BYU Cougars at Arizona Wildcats868,000
2025-10-11Arizona State Sun Devils at Utah Utes1,270,000
2025-10-11Georgia Bulldogs at Auburn Tigers6,689,000
2025-10-11Toledo Rockets at Bowling Green Falcons27,000
2025-10-11Iowa State Cyclones at Colorado Buffaloes1,436,000
2025-10-11Pittsburgh Panthers at Florida State Seminoles2,052,000
2025-10-11Florida Gators at Texas A&M Aggies2,618,000
2025-10-11Ohio State Buckeyes at Illinois Fighting Illini5,871,000
2025-10-11Indiana Hoosiers at Oregon Ducks5,590,000
2025-10-11Iowa Hawkeyes at Wisconsin Badgers880,000
2025-10-11Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns at James Madison Dukes207,000
2025-10-11Kansas Jayhawks at Texas Tech Red Raiders1,390,000
2025-10-11Michigan Wolverines at USC Trojans4,290,000
2025-10-11Purdue Boilermakers at Minnesota Golden Gophers400,000
2025-10-11Navy Midshipmen at Temple Owls215,000
2025-10-11Oklahoma Sooners vs Texas Longhorns8,732,000
2025-10-11Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Oregon State Beavers257,000
2025-10-11Rice Owls at UTSA Roadrunners20,000
2025-10-11Stanford Cardinal at SMU Mustangs249,000

Seasons

  • 2026278 of 422 national windows with figures
  • 2025443 of 661 national windows with figures
  • 2024441 of 633 national windows with figures
  • 2023433 of 600 national windows with figures
  • 2022364 of 563 national windows with figures
  • 2021352 of 576 national windows with figures
  • 2020273 of 504 national windows with figures
  • 2019329 of 560 national windows with figures