Ball State Cardinals at Ohio State Buckeyes
Nielsen average audience: 1,601,000 viewers (final), per Manny Soloway.
- Aired
- 2026-09-05 Saturday
- Networks
- BTN
- Away
- Ball State
- Home
- Ohio State
1,601,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2026-09-10
Published figures
JSONNielsen1 figure
1,601,000
Source quote not verbatim-confirmed against a fetched copy
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
College Football 2026 season
Week 1 of 15 · 95th 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 23:10 UTC
Prior-season comparable
1,800,000
2025-09-06 · BTN · Nielsen, final · On3
−11.1% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on BTN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
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