Ratings Reference

Utah Utes at Ohio State Buckeyes

Nielsen average audience: 16,630,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2022-01-01 Saturday
Networks
ESPN
Home
Utah
16,630,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-08-29

Published figures

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Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
16,630,000
Ohio State's thrilling win over Utah averaged an 8.2 and 16.63 million Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · superseded
press-attributed · Wikipedia
16,000,000
16.0 Wikipedia, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Revision ledger

Nielsen full telecast average audience · newest first
2022-01-05
+630,000 vs initial figure
Sports Media Watch
2026-08-29
16,000,000
initial figure · superseded
Wikipedia

College Football 2021 season

Postseason · 3rd 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 20:37 UTC

Prior-season windows

7,580,000
2021-01-02 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
6,680,000
2021-01-02 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
2,710,000
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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