Ratings Reference

Ohio State Buckeyes at Indiana Hoosiers

Nielsen average audience: 5,126,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2017-08-31 Thursday
Networks
ESPN
5,126,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2026-08-27

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
5,126,000
5.126M (5.428M) Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Prior-season comparable

1,942,000
2016-09-01 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+164.0% 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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