Audience archive
Most-Watched College Football Games of 2011
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 | 9–6 · Week 10 · regular Game details → | 20.0M viewers | CBS Rating 11.5 · Share — | Nov 5, 2011 | |
| 2 | 10–42 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 12.0M viewers | CBS Rating 7.3 · Share — | Dec 3, 2011 | |
| 3 | 17–41 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 10.4M viewers | CBS Rating 6.3 · Share — | Nov 25, 2011 | |
| 4 | 23–13 · Week 3 · regular Game details → | 9.31M viewers | ABC Rating 5.8 · Share — | Sep 17, 2011 | |
| 5 | 53–30 · Week 11 · regular Game details → | 8.73M viewers | ABC Rating 5.4 · Share — | Nov 12, 2011 | |
| 6 | 34–40 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 7.96M viewers | ABC Rating 5.1 · Share — | Nov 26, 2011 | No related video |
| 7 | 27–40 · Week 1 · regular Game details → | 7.75M viewers | ABC Rating 4.6 · Share — | Sep 3, 2011 | No related video |
| 8 | 38–10 · Week 5 · regular Game details → | 7.59M viewers | CBS Rating 4.6 · Share — | Oct 1, 2011 | No related video |
| 9 | 42–14 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 7.51M viewers | CBS Rating 4.5 · Share — | Nov 26, 2011 | No related video |
| 10 | 55–17 · Week 6 · regular Game details → | 6.53M viewers | ABC Rating 4.3 · Share — | Oct 8, 2011 | No related video |
| 11 | 47–21 · Week 4 · regular Game details → | 6.50M viewers | ABC Rating 4.1 · Share — | Sep 24, 2011 | No related video |
| 12 | 14–28 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 6.16M viewers | ABC Rating 3.9 · Share — | Nov 26, 2011 | No related video |
| 13 | 27–11 · Week 2 · regular Game details → | 6.08M viewers | ABC Rating 3.9 · Share — | Sep 10, 2011 | No related video |
| 14 | 10–44 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 5.90M viewers | ABC Rating 3.6 · Share — | Dec 3, 2011 | No related video |
| 15 | 17–48 · Week 5 · regular Game details → | 5.75M viewers | ABC Rating 3.5 · Share — | Oct 1, 2011 | |
| 16 | 27–34 · Week 6 · regular Game details → | 5.64M viewers | ABC Rating 3.6 · Share — | Oct 8, 2011 | No related video |
| 17 | 10–45 · Week 8 · regular Game details → | 5.62M viewers | CBS Rating 3.6 · Share — | Oct 22, 2011 | No related video |
| 18 | 38–26 · Week 7 · regular Game details → | 5.59M viewers | ABC Rating 3.8 · Share — | Oct 15, 2011 | No related video |
| 19 | 21–27 · Week 15 · regular Game details → | 5.50M viewers | CBS Rating 3.7 · Share — | Dec 10, 2011 | No related video |
| 20 | 24–20 · Week 9 · regular Game details → | 5.00M viewers | CBS Rating 3.2 · Share — | Oct 29, 2011 | No related video |
| 21 | 11–41 · Week 6 · regular Game details → | 4.91M viewers | CBS Rating 3.2 · Share — | Oct 8, 2011 | No related video |
| 22 | 16–13 · Week 5 · regular Game details → | 4.81M viewers | CBS Rating 3.2 · Share — | Oct 1, 2011 | No related video |
| 23 | 14–38 · Week 4 · regular Game details → | 4.73M viewers | CBS Rating 2.9 · Share — | Sep 24, 2011 | No related video |
| 24 | 23–33 · Week 3 · regular Game details → | 4.62M viewers | CBS Rating 3 · Share — | Sep 17, 2011 | No related video |
| 25 | 38–7 · Week 7 · regular Game details → | 4.45M viewers | CBS Rating 2.8 · Share — | Oct 15, 2011 | 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.