Ratings Reference

Penn State Nittany Lions at Illinois Fighting Illini

Nielsen average audience: 3,220,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2023-09-16 Saturday
Networks
FOX
3,220,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2023-09-19

Published figures

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Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
3,220,000
ABC edged FOX "Big Noon Saturday," which drew a 1.8 (-3%) and 3.22 million (-6%) for Penn State-Illinois. Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

College Football 2023 season

Week 3 of 15 · 98th of 459 published College Football figures in the 2023 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 23:10 UTC

Prior-season windows

2022-09-17 · FOX · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
1,620,000
2022-09-17 · FOX · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
3,410,000
2022-09-17 · FOX · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
3,050,000
2022-09-17 · FOX · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
2,580,000
4 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 FOX, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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