Audience archive
Most-Watched College Football Games of 2010
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 | 28–27 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 12.5M viewers | CBS Rating 7.3 · Share — | Nov 26, 2010 | No related video |
| 2 | 56–17 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 10.1M viewers | CBS Rating 6 · Share — | Dec 4, 2010 | |
| 3 | 23–20 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 8.98M viewers | ABC Rating 5.3 · Share — | Dec 4, 2010 | |
| 4 | 6–31 · Week 5 · regular Game details → | 8.60M viewers | CBS Rating 5 · Share — | Oct 2, 2010 | |
| 5 | 31–49 · Week 11 · regular Game details → | 8.26M viewers | CBS Rating 5 · Share — | Nov 13, 2010 | No related video |
| 6 | 47–41 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 8.23M viewers | ABC Rating 4.9 · Share — | Nov 27, 2010 | No related video |
| 7 | 24–20 · Week 4 · regular Game details → | 8.15M viewers | CBS Rating 5.2 · Share — | Sep 25, 2010 | |
| 8 | 21–35 · Week 6 · regular Game details → | 7.66M viewers | CBS Rating 4.8 · Share — | Oct 9, 2010 | No related video |
| 9 | 53–32 · Week 9 · regular Game details → | 7.64M viewers | ABC Rating 4.7 · Share — | Oct 30, 2010 | No related video |
| 10 | 24–14 · Week 3 · regular Game details → | 7.53M viewers | ABC Rating 4.7 · Share — | Sep 18, 2010 | No related video |
| 11 | 17–24 · Week 8 · regular Game details → | 7.34M viewers | CBS Rating 4.5 · Share — | Oct 23, 2010 | |
| 12 | 23–31 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 7.30M viewers | CBS Rating 4.3 · Share — | Nov 27, 2010 | No related video |
| 13 | 21–24 · Week 10 · regular Game details → | 7.21M viewers | CBS Rating 4.4 · Share — | Nov 6, 2010 | |
| 14 | 27–36 · Week 8 · regular Game details → | 7.06M viewers | ABC Rating 4.3 · Share — | Oct 23, 2010 | No related video |
| 15 | 20–28 · Week 5 · regular Game details → | 7.00M viewers | ABC Rating 4.4 · Share — | Oct 2, 2010 | No related video |
| 16 | 7–37 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 6.89M viewers | ABC Rating 4 · Share — | Nov 27, 2010 | No related video |
| 17 | 37–20 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 6.62M viewers | ABC Rating 4.2 · Share — | Dec 4, 2010 | No related video |
| 18 | 20–17 · Week 12 · regular Game details → | 6.56M viewers | ABC Rating 4.2 · Share — | Nov 20, 2010 | No related video |
| 19 | 6–9 · Week 12 · regular Game details → | 6.45M viewers | ABC Rating 4 · Share — | Nov 20, 2010 | No related video |
| 20 | 14–38 · Week 11 · regular Game details → | 6.36M viewers | ABC Rating 4 · Share — | Nov 13, 2010 | No related video |
| 21 | 31–30 · Week 8 · regular Game details → | 6.07M viewers | ABC Rating 3.7 · Share — | Oct 23, 2010 | No related video |
| 22 | 23–70 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 5.87M viewers | ABC Rating 3.5 · Share — | Nov 27, 2010 | No related video |
| 23 | 20–13 · Week 7 · regular Game details → | 5.67M viewers | ABC Rating 3.6 · Share — | Oct 16, 2010 | No related video |
| 24 | 24–37 · Week 4 · regular Game details → | 5.59M viewers | ABC Rating 3.4 · Share — | Sep 25, 2010 | No related video |
| 25 | 34–17 · Week 6 · regular Game details → | 5.50M viewers | ABC Rating 3.5 · Share — | Oct 9, 2010 | 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.