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Colorado State Rams at Alabama Crimson Tide

Nielsen average audience: 1,613,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2017-09-16 Saturday
Networks
ESPN2
1,613,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2026-08-27

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
1,613,000
1.613M (1.653M) Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Prior-season windows

2016-09-17 · ESPN2 · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
1,191,000
2016-09-17 · ESPN2 · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
968,000
2016-09-17 · ESPN2 · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
764,000
3 windows sit the same distance from 52 weeks earlier; the site does not pick one, so no percent is computed.
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ESPN2, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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