Iowa State Cyclones at Kansas State Wildcats
Nielsen average audience: 4,010,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2025-08-23 Saturday
- Networks
- ESPN
- Away
- Iowa State
- Home
- Kansas State
4,010,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-10-22
Published figures
JSONNielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
4,010,000
… averaged 4.01 million viewers on ESPN (including an ESPNU "SkyCast") — down about 20% from 4.99 million for Florida State-Georgia Tech last year …Sports Media Watch, verbatim
4,470,000
Figure transcribed from the publisher's chart image; no source text to quote
2 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 2025 season
Week 0 of 16 · 90th of 453 published College Football figures in the 2025 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 20:39 UTC
Prior-season comparable
4,990,000
2024-08-24 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
−19.6% 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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