North Carolina Tar Heels at Duke Blue Devils
Nielsen average audience: 583,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2026-10-17 Saturday
- Networks
- ESPN2
- Away
- Duke
- Home
- North Carolina
583,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2026-10-20
Published figures
JSONNielsen1 figure
583,000
ESPN2 topped out at 583,000 for North Carolina-DukeSports Media Watch, verbatim
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 7 of 15 · 137th of 247 published College Football figures in the 2026 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-21 22:50 UTC
Prior-season windows
2025-10-18 · ESPN2 · Nielsen, final · On3
423,000
2025-10-18 · ESPN2 · Nielsen, final · On3
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2025-10-18 · ESPN2 · Nielsen, final · On3
246,000
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.
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ESPN2, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
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