Ratings Reference

North Dakota State Bison at Colorado Buffaloes

Nielsen average audience: 4,760,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2024-08-29 Thursday
Networks
ESPN
4,760,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2024-08-30

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
4,760,000
Thursday's North Dakota State-Colorado college football game averaged a 2.6 rating and 4.76 million viewers on ESPN … Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

College Football 2024 season

Week 1 of 16 · 60th of 467 published College Football figures in the 2024 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 20:39 UTC

Prior-season comparable

3,190,000
2023-08-31 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+49.2% 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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