Audience archive
Most-Watched College Football Games of 2015
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 | 45–40 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 26.2M viewers | ESPN Megacast Rating — · Share — | Jan 12, 2016 | |
| 2 | 0–38 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 18.6M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Jan 1, 2016 | |
| 3 | 17–37 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 15.6M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Dec 31, 2015 | |
| 4 | 45–16 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 13.6M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Jan 1, 2016 | |
| 5 | 15–29 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 12.8M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Dec 5, 2015 | |
| 6 | 16–30 · Week 10 · regular Game details → | 11.1M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Nov 8, 2015 | |
| 7 | 17–14 · Week 12 · regular Game details → | 11.1M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Nov 21, 2015 | |
| 8 | 42–13 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 10.8M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Nov 28, 2015 | No related video |
| 9 | 42–24 · Week 1 · regular Game details → | 10.6M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Sep 8, 2015 | No related video |
| 10 | 16–13 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 9.82M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Dec 6, 2015 | |
| 11 | 28–44 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 9.76M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Jan 1, 2016 | |
| 12 | 29–13 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 9.30M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Nov 28, 2015 | No related video |
| 13 | 20–48 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 8.94M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Jan 2, 2016 | No related video |
| 14 | 41–7 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 8.76M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Jan 1, 2016 | |
| 15 | 17–35 · Week 1 · regular Game details → | 7.97M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Sep 6, 2015 | No related video |
| 16 | 37–45 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 7.92M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Dec 6, 2015 | |
| 17 | 28–31 · Week 2 · regular Game details → | 7.90M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Sep 13, 2015 | |
| 18 | 22–24 · Week 5 · regular Game details → | 7.65M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Oct 4, 2015 | No related video |
| 19 | 43–37 · Week 3 · regular Game details → | 7.61M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Sep 20, 2015 | No related video |
| 20 | 13–23 · Week 10 · regular Game details → | 7.56M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Nov 7, 2015 | No related video |
| 21 | 41–47 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 7.41M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Jan 2, 2016 | No related video |
| 22 | 27–23 · Week 7 · regular Game details → | 7.40M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Oct 17, 2015 | No related video |
| 23 | 36–38 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 7.32M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Nov 29, 2015 | |
| 24 | 34–27 · Week 5 · regular Game details → | 7.30M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Oct 3, 2015 | No related video |
| 25 | 17–21 · Week 15 · regular Game details → | 7.13M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Dec 12, 2015 | 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.