Iowa State Cyclones at Iowa Hawkeyes
Nielsen average audience: 2,200,000 viewers (final), per Awful Announcing.
- Aired
- 2026-09-12 Saturday
- Networks
- NBC
- Away
- Iowa
- Home
- Iowa State
2,200,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 3 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-09-18
Published figures
JSONNielsen3 figures
2,200,000
Finally, Iowa’s win over Iowa State in primetime averaged 2.2 million viewersAwful Announcing, verbatim
1,990,000
Source quote not verbatim-confirmed against a fetched copy
via pressaverage audience
window / stated window · preliminary
press-attributed · The TV Ratings Guide
2,030,000
College Football: IA St. v. IA 0.39 5 2.03 NBCThe TV Ratings Guide, verbatim
3 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
College Football 2026 season
Week 2 of 15 · 58th of 213 published College Football figures in the 2026 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-16 03:52 UTC
Prior-season comparable
6,200,000
2025-09-13 · NBC · Peacock · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
−64.5% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on NBC, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
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