Audience archive
Most-Watched College Football Games of 2025
The season’s largest reported television audiences, ranked by viewers after review and game matching. Where the archive has a related game video, it appears with that result.
Top 25 audiences
Reported audience is the primary rank; date and game ID break ties.
| Rank | Game | Audience | Broadcast | Date | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27–9 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 18.4M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Nov 29, 2025 | No related video |
| 2 | 7–14 · Week 1 · regular Game details → | 16.6M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Aug 30, 2025 | |
| 3 | 17–27 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 13.0M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Nov 28, 2025 | |
| 4 | 44–41 · Week 3 · regular Game details → | 12.6M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Sep 13, 2025 | No related video |
| 5 | 27–20 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 11.3M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Nov 29, 2025 | No related video |
| 6 | 24–27 · Week 1 · regular Game details → | 10.8M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Aug 31, 2025 | |
| 7 | 17–31 · Week 1 · regular Game details → | 10.7M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Aug 30, 2025 | No related video |
| 8 | 23–21 · Week 12 · regular Game details → | 10.5M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Nov 15, 2025 | |
| 9 | 17–10 · Week 1 · regular Game details → | 10.4M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Aug 30, 2025 | |
| 10 | 10–35 · Week 12 · regular Game details → | 10.4M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Nov 16, 2025 | |
| 11 | 24–21 · Week 5 · regular Game details → | 10.4M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Sep 27, 2025 | |
| 12 | 35–43 · Week 8 · regular Game details → | 9.79M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Oct 18, 2025 | |
| 13 | 13–24 · Week 2 · regular Game details → | 9.67M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Sep 6, 2025 | No related video |
| 14 | 6–23 · Week 7 · regular Game details → | 8.73M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Oct 11, 2025 | |
| 15 | 16–9 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 8.72M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Nov 28, 2025 | |
| 16 | 30–24 · Week 5 · regular Game details → | 8.50M viewers | NBC Rating — · Share — | Sep 27, 2025 | |
| 17 | 20–37 · Week 8 · regular Game details → | 8.01M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Oct 18, 2025 | No related video |
| 18 | 29–22 · Week 9 · regular Game details → | 7.84M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Oct 25, 2025 | No related video |
| 19 | 24–20 · Week 10 · regular Game details → | 7.79M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Nov 1, 2025 | No related video |
| 20 | 10–20 · Week 3 · regular Game details → | 7.64M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Sep 13, 2025 | No related video |
| 21 | 9–20 · Week 11 · regular Game details → | 7.54M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Nov 9, 2025 | No related video |
| 22 | 14–38 · Week 10 · regular Game details → | 7.19M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Nov 1, 2025 | No related video |
| 23 | 27–24 · Week 7 · regular Game details → | 6.99M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Oct 11, 2025 | No related video |
| 24 | 49–25 · Week 9 · regular Game details → | 6.76M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Oct 25, 2025 | No related video |
| 25 | 20–10 · Week 7 · regular Game details → | 6.69M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Oct 11, 2025 | No related video |
Coverage and methodology
This is a research archive, not a complete Nielsen census. It includes matched records from CFBTrack’s collected sources; early seasons and some networks are partial. Rejected, unresolved, and below-confidence matches are excluded. Duplicate measurements for one outlet are resolved by match confidence, then distinct matched broadcast outlets are combined into the game audience before ranking.