Audience archive
Most-Watched College Football Games of 2013
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 | 34–31 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 26.1M viewers | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS Rating — · Share — | Jan 7, 2014 | |
| 2 | 20–24 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 18.6M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Jan 1, 2014 | |
| 3 | 45–31 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 16.3M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Jan 3, 2014 | |
| 4 | 42–59 · Week 15 · regular Game details → | 14.3M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Dec 7, 2013 | |
| 5 | 24–34 · Week 15 · regular Game details → | 13.9M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Dec 8, 2013 | No related video |
| 6 | 28–34 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 13.8M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Nov 30, 2013 | |
| 7 | 49–42 · Week 3 · regular Game details → | 13.6M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Sep 14, 2013 | |
| 8 | 17–38 · Week 11 · regular Game details → | 11.9M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Nov 10, 2013 | No related video |
| 9 | 40–35 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 11.4M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Jan 4, 2014 | |
| 10 | 52–42 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 11.3M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Jan 2, 2014 | |
| 11 | 24–34 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 9.59M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Jan 1, 2014 | |
| 12 | 42–41 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 9.50M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Nov 30, 2013 | No related video |
| 13 | 48–52 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 8.69M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Jan 1, 2014 | No related video |
| 14 | 30–41 · Week 2 · regular Game details → | 8.65M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Sep 8, 2013 | |
| 15 | 14–41 · Week 10 · regular Game details → | 8.35M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Nov 3, 2013 | |
| 16 | 35–38 · Week 1 · regular Game details → | 8.14M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Sep 1, 2013 | No related video |
| 17 | 30–7 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 7.55M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Dec 30, 2013 | No related video |
| 18 | 10–34 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 7.51M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Nov 23, 2013 | No related video |
| 19 | 41–44 · Week 5 · regular Game details → | 7.39M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Sep 28, 2013 | |
| 20 | 40–30 · Week 6 · regular Game details → | 7.36M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Oct 6, 2013 | No related video |
| 21 | 33–24 · Week 15 · regular Game details → | 7.28M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Dec 7, 2013 | No related video |
| 22 | 30–41 · Week 2 · regular Game details → | 7.05M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Sep 7, 2013 | No related video |
| 23 | 24–31 · Week 5 · regular Game details → | 6.75M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Sep 29, 2013 | No related video |
| 24 | 45–41 · Week 8 · regular Game details → | 6.73M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Oct 19, 2013 | No related video |
| 25 | 17–49 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 6.62M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Nov 24, 2013 |
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.