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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
Texas A&M Aggies at Alabama Crimson Tide
2026-10-24 · ABC
5,900,000
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10
BYU Cougars at UCF Knights
2026-10-24 · FOX
4,740,000
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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date

date the telecast's air date. On a series row, the year.

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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

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

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2015-10-03Kansas State Wildcats at Oklahoma State Cowboys847,000
2015-10-03Purdue Boilermakers at Michigan State Spartans1,266,000
2015-10-03West Virginia Mountaineers at Oklahoma Sooners1,238,000
2015-10-03Texas Longhorns at TCU Horned Frogs2,768,000
2015-10-02Connecticut Huskies at BYU Cougars1,240,000
2015-10-02Memphis Tigers at South Florida Bulls1,155,000
2015-10-01Miami Hurricanes at Cincinnati Bearcats1,348,000
2015-09-26USC Trojans at Arizona State Sun Devils2,144,000
2015-09-26UCLA Bruins at Arizona Wildcats2,386,000
2015-09-26Texas A&M Aggies at Arkansas Razorbacks3,112,000
2015-09-26Mississippi State Bulldogs at Auburn Tigers2,164,000
2015-09-26BYU Cougars at Michigan Wolverines3,071,000
2015-09-26Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Duke Blue Devils775,000
2015-09-26Tennessee Volunteers at Florida Gators4,641,000
2015-09-26North Texas Mean Green at Iowa Hawkeyes348,000
2015-09-26LSU Tigers at Syracuse Orange3,204,000
2015-09-26Maryland Terrapins at West Virginia Mountaineers408,000
2015-09-26Massachusetts Minutemen at Notre Dame Fighting Irish1,964,000
2015-09-26Oklahoma State Cowboys at Texas Longhorns2,403,000
2015-09-26Vanderbilt Commodores at Ole Miss Rebels499,000
2015-09-26Utah Utes at Oregon Ducks2,975,000
2015-09-26UCF Knights at South Carolina Gamecocks380,000
2015-09-26TCU Horned Frogs at Texas Tech Red Raiders2,770,000
2015-09-25Boise State Broncos at Virginia Cavaliers1,752,000
2015-09-25Stanford Cardinal at Oregon State Beavers775,000
2015-09-24Cincinnati Bearcats at Memphis Tigers1,242,000
2015-09-19Air Force Falcons at Michigan State Spartans2,531,000
2015-09-19Ole Miss Rebels at Alabama Crimson Tide7,605,000
2015-09-19Texas Tech Red Raiders at Arkansas Razorbacks1,914,000
2015-09-19Auburn Tigers at LSU Tigers4,228,000
2015-09-19BYU Cougars at UCLA Bruins946,000
2015-09-19California Golden Bears at Texas Longhorns2,282,000
2015-09-19South Carolina Gamecocks at Georgia Bulldogs3,189,000
2015-09-19Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Notre Dame Fighting Irish3,700,000
2015-09-19Illinois Fighting Illini at North Carolina Tar Heels590,000
2015-09-19South Florida Bulls at Maryland Terrapins293,000
2015-09-19Connecticut Huskies at Missouri Tigers1,903,000
2015-09-19UT San Antonio Roadrunners at Oklahoma State Cowboys563,000
2015-09-19Tulsa Golden Hurricane at Oklahoma Sooners668,000
2015-09-19Virginia Tech Hokies at Purdue Boilermakers522,000
2015-09-19Stanford Cardinal at USC Trojans3,504,000
2015-09-19Western Carolina Catamounts at Tennessee Volunteers844,000
2015-09-18Florida State Seminoles at Boston College Eagles3,148,000
2015-09-17Clemson Tigers at Louisville Cardinals1,938,000
2015-09-12San Jose State Spartans at Air Force Falcons128,000
2015-09-12Ball State Cardinals at Texas A&M Aggies420,000
2015-09-12Boise State Broncos at BYU Cougars1,027,000
2015-09-12Buffalo Bulls at Penn State Nittany Lions949,000
2015-09-12East Carolina Pirates at Florida Gators1,046,000
2015-09-12South Florida Bulls at Florida State Seminoles2,216,000
2015-09-12Fresno State Bulldogs at Ole Miss Rebels630,000
2015-09-12Georgia Bulldogs at Vanderbilt Commodores2,571,000
2015-09-12Iowa Hawkeyes at Iowa State Cyclones1,785,000
2015-09-12Kansas State Wildcats at UT San Antonio Roadrunners338,000
2015-09-12LSU Tigers at Mississippi State Bulldogs3,121,000
2015-09-12Miami (OH) RedHawks at Wisconsin Badgers444,000
2015-09-12Oregon State Beavers at Michigan Wolverines4,493,000
2015-09-12Oregon Ducks at Michigan State Spartans7,898,000
2015-09-12Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Virginia Cavaliers5,744,000
2015-09-12Oklahoma Sooners at Tennessee Volunteers4,129,000
2015-09-12Washington State Cougars at Rutgers Scarlet Knights461,000
2015-09-12UCF Knights at Stanford Cardinal151,000
2015-09-12Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks at TCU Horned Frogs269,000
2015-09-11Miami Hurricanes at Florida Atlantic Owls666,000
2015-09-11Utah State Aggies at Utah Utes1,345,000
2015-09-10Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers232,000
2015-09-07Ohio State Buckeyes at Virginia Tech Hokies10,585,000
2015-09-06Purdue Boilermakers at Marshall Thundering Herd688,000
2015-09-05Wisconsin Badgers at Alabama Crimson Tide7,967,000
2015-09-05Arizona State Sun Devils at Texas A&M Aggies2,471,000
2015-09-05UTEP Miners at Arkansas Razorbacks417,000
2015-09-05Louisville Cardinals at Auburn Tigers4,010,000
2015-09-05BYU Cougars at Nebraska Cornhuskers3,134,000
2015-09-05Richmond Spiders at Maryland Terrapins307,000
2015-09-05Mississippi State Bulldogs at Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles511,000
2015-09-05Stanford Cardinal at Northwestern Wildcats3,214,000
2015-09-05Texas Longhorns at Notre Dame Fighting Irish4,060,000
2015-09-05Penn State Nittany Lions at Temple Owls1,912,000
2015-09-05Virginia Cavaliers at UCLA Bruins1,350,000
2015-09-04Baylor Bears at SMU Mustangs2,003,000
2015-09-04Washington Huskies at Boise State Broncos2,058,000
2015-09-04Charlotte 49ers at Georgia State Panthers174,000
2015-09-04Michigan State Spartans at Western Michigan Broncos825,000
2015-09-03Oklahoma State Cowboys at Central Michigan Chippewas358,000
2015-09-03Michigan Wolverines at Utah Utes2,868,000
2015-09-03TCU Horned Frogs at Minnesota Golden Gophers2,621,000
2015-09-03North Carolina Tar Heels at South Carolina Gamecocks3,601,000
2015-01-12CFP National Championship33,400,000
2015-01-04Toledo Rockets at Arkansas State Red Wolves1,370,000
2015-01-03East Carolina Pirates at Florida Gators4,480,000
2015-01-02Houston Cougars at Pittsburgh Panthers2,110,000
2015-01-02Iowa Hawkeyes at Tennessee Volunteers4,110,000
2015-01-02Kansas State Wildcats at UCLA Bruins5,600,000
2015-01-02Washington Huskies at Oklahoma State Cowboys4,030,000
2015-01-01Alabama Crimson Tide at Ohio State Buckeyes28,270,000
2015-01-01Auburn Tigers at Wisconsin Badgers6,420,000
2015-01-01Michigan State Spartans at Baylor Bears9,090,000
2015-01-01Oregon Ducks at Florida State Seminoles28,160,000
2015-01-01Missouri Tigers at Minnesota Golden Gophers6,120,000
2014-12-31Boise State Broncos at Arizona Wildcats7,410,000

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