Ratings Reference

Northwestern Wildcats at Michigan State Spartans

Nielsen average audience: 620,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2018-10-06 Saturday
Networks
FS1
620,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2026-08-27

Published figures

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Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
620,000
620K Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Prior-season windows

1,149,000
2017-10-07 · FS1 · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
631,000
351,000
3 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 FS1, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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