Ratings Reference

Northwestern Wildcats at Michigan Wolverines

Nielsen average audience: 3,240,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2021-10-23 Saturday
Networks
FOX
3,240,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-10-22

Published figures

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Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
3,240,000
… Northwestern-Michigan drew a 1.9 and 3.24 million in the FOX "Big Noon Saturday" window — down 44% in ratings and 48% in viewership from Nebraska-Ohio State last year … Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
3,235,000
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

College Football 2021 season

Week 8 of 15 · 80th of 361 published College Football figures in the 2021 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 22:05 UTC

Prior-season windows

6,180,000
2,810,000
2 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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