Audience archive
Most-Watched College Football Games of 2009
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 | 13–32 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 18.0M viewers | CBS Rating 11.1 · Share — | Dec 5, 2009 | |
| 2 | 13–12 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 12.7M viewers | ABC Rating 7.6 · Share — | Dec 5, 2009 | |
| 3 | 13–3 · Week 6 · regular Game details → | 10.5M viewers | CBS Rating 6.1 · Share — | Oct 10, 2009 | |
| 4 | 13–16 · Week 7 · regular Game details → | 8.71M viewers | ABC Rating 5.7 · Share — | Oct 17, 2009 | No related video |
| 5 | 34–38 · Week 2 · regular Game details → | 8.39M viewers | ABC Rating 5.2 · Share — | Sep 12, 2009 | No related video |
| 6 | 26–21 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 8.12M viewers | CBS Rating 4.9 · Share — | Nov 27, 2009 | No related video |
| 7 | 20–21 · Week 5 · regular Game details → | 7.83M viewers | ABC Rating 4.8 · Share — | Oct 3, 2009 | No related video |
| 8 | 10–37 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 7.49M viewers | CBS Rating 4.7 · Share — | Nov 28, 2009 | No related video |
| 9 | 35–10 · Week 8 · regular Game details → | 7.24M viewers | ABC Rating 4.5 · Share — | Oct 24, 2009 | No related video |
| 10 | 38–45 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 7.18M viewers | ABC Rating 4.5 · Share — | Nov 28, 2009 | No related video |
| 11 | 34–24 · Week 1 · regular Game details → | 7.08M viewers | ABC Rating 4.2 · Share — | Sep 5, 2009 | No related video |
| 12 | 17–41 · Week 9 · regular Game details → | 6.93M viewers | CBS Rating 4.4 · Share — | Oct 31, 2009 | No related video |
| 13 | 20–23 · Week 7 · regular Game details → | 6.84M viewers | CBS Rating 4.3 · Share — | Oct 17, 2009 | No related video |
| 14 | 20–47 · Week 9 · regular Game details → | 6.83M viewers | ABC Rating 4.2 · Share — | Oct 31, 2009 | |
| 15 | 21–10 · Week 12 · regular Game details → | 6.77M viewers | ABC Rating 4.2 · Share — | Nov 21, 2009 | No related video |
| 16 | 15–24 · Week 10 · regular Game details → | 6.75M viewers | CBS Rating 4.3 · Share — | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| 17 | 45–44 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 6.74M viewers | ABC Rating 4.7 · Share — | Dec 5, 2009 | No related video |
| 18 | 24–27 · Week 11 · regular Game details → | 6.74M viewers | ABC Rating 4.3 · Share — | Nov 14, 2009 | No related video |
| 19 | 24–34 · Week 3 · regular Game details → | 6.67M viewers | ABC Rating 4.1 · Share — | Sep 19, 2009 | No related video |
| 20 | 13–23 · Week 3 · regular Game details → | 6.62M viewers | CBS Rating 4.3 · Share — | Sep 19, 2009 | No related video |
| 21 | 21–10 · Week 4 · regular Game details → | 6.39M viewers | ABC Rating 4 · Share — | Sep 26, 2009 | No related video |
| 22 | 13–31 · Week 6 · regular Game details → | 6.37M viewers | ABC Rating 4.2 · Share — | Oct 10, 2009 | No related video |
| 23 | 24–14 · Week 11 · regular Game details → | 6.35M viewers | CBS Rating 4 · Share — | Nov 14, 2009 | No related video |
| 24 | 7–31 · Week 4 · regular Game details → | 6.11M viewers | ABC Rating 3.9 · Share — | Sep 26, 2009 | No related video |
| 25 | 44–41 · Week 12 · regular Game details → | 6.09M viewers | ABC Rating 3.8 · Share — | Nov 21, 2009 | 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.