East Carolina Pirates at Alabama Crimson Tide
Nielsen average audience: 3,779,000 viewers (final), per Manny Soloway.
- Aired
- 2026-09-05 Saturday
- Networks
- ABC
- Away
- Alabama
- Home
- East Carolina
3,779,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
provider-confirmed · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-09-09
Published figures
JSONNielsen2 figures
3,779,000
Source quote not verbatim-confirmed against a fetched copy
4,100,000
Source quote not verbatim-confirmed against a fetched copy
1 provider figure · 1 press attribution · provider-confirmed
confirmed = published by the provider · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
confirmed = published by the provider · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
College Football 2026 season
Week 1 of 15 · 40th of 283 published College Football figures in the 2026 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 22:07 UTC
Prior-season windows
2025-09-06 · ABC · Nielsen, final · Awful Announcing
9,700,000
2025-09-06 · ABC · Nielsen, final · On3
4,800,000
2025-09-06 · ABC · Nielsen, final · On3
3,700,000
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 ABC, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ABC, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
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