Ratings Reference

Nebraska Cornhuskers at Cincinnati Bearcats

Nielsen average audience: 3,330,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2025-08-28 Thursday
Networks
ESPN
3,330,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-10-22

Published figures

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Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
3,330,000
… up 12% from last year's comparable Thursday game (Nebraska-Cincinnati 3.33M), and on par with the teams' matchup on the Friday of week one last year (3.74M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
3,330,000
Figure transcribed from the publisher's chart image; no source text to quote
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

College Football 2025 season

Week 1 of 16 · 110th of 453 published College Football figures in the 2025 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 22:02 UTC

Prior-season comparable

4,760,000
2024-08-29 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
−30.0% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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