Ratings Reference

Western Michigan Broncos at Michigan Wolverines

Nielsen average audience: 1,620,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2021-09-04 Saturday
Networks
ESPN
1,620,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-10-22

Published figures

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via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
1,620,000
Western Michigan-Michigan had a 0.9 (-8%) and 1.62 million (-9%), West Virginia-Maryland a 0.7 (-31%) and 1.35 million (-24%) … Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
1,623,000
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 1 of 15 · 163rd 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 23:16 UTC

Prior-season windows

2020-09-05 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
1,230,000
1,030,000
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 ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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