Michigan Wolverines at Illinois Fighting Illini
Nielsen average audience: 2,160,000 viewers (preliminary), per The TV Ratings Guide.
- Aired
- 2026-02-27 Friday
- Networks
- FOX
- Away
- Illinois
- Home
- Michigan
2,160,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · preliminary
figures last changed 2026-03-03
Published figures
JSONNielsen1 figure
2,160,000
8 PM Men's College Basketball: MI v. IL 0.44 7 2.16 FoxThe TV Ratings Guide, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
Prior-season comparable
1,780,000
2025-02-21 · FOX · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+21.3% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on FOX, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
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