Ohio State Buckeyes at Texas Longhorns
Nielsen average audience: 13,990,000 viewers (final), per ESPN PR.
- Aired
- 2026-09-12 Saturday
- Networks
- ABC
- Away
- Ohio State
- Home
- Texas
13,990,000
Nielsen avg audience
provider-confirmed · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-09-18
Published figures
JSONNielsen3 figures
13,990,000
Source quote not verbatim-confirmed against a fetched copy
16,400,000
Source quote not verbatim-confirmed against a fetched copy
via pressaverage audience
window / stated window · preliminary
press-attributed · The TV Ratings Guide
14,150,000
8 PM College Football: OH St. v. TX 3.52 45 14.15 ABCThe TV Ratings Guide, verbatim
2 provider figures · 1 press attribution · provider-confirmed
confirmed = published by the provider · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
confirmed = published by the provider · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
College Football 2026 season
Week 2 of 15 · 1st 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 03:48 UTC
Prior-season windows
2025-09-13 · ABC · Nielsen, final · Wikipedia
12,580,000
2025-09-13 · ABC · Nielsen, final · On3
7,600,000
2025-09-13 · ABC · Nielsen, final · On3
4,500,000
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 ABC, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ABC, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
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