Audience archive
Most-Watched College Football Games of 2019
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 | 25–42 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 25.6M viewers | ESPN Megacast Rating — · Share — | Jan 14, 2020 | |
| 2 | 29–23 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 21.1M viewers | ESPN Megacast Rating — · Share — | Dec 29, 2019 | |
| 3 | 28–63 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 17.2M viewers | ESPN Megacast Rating — · Share — | Dec 28, 2019 | |
| 4 | 46–41 · Week 11 · regular Game details → | 16.6M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Nov 9, 2019 | |
| 5 | 28–27 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 16.3M viewers | ESPNESPN2 Rating — · Share — | Jan 1, 2020 | |
| 6 | 16–35 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 14.0M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Jan 1, 2020 | |
| 7 | 10–37 · Week 15 · regular Game details → | 13.7M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Dec 7, 2019 | |
| 8 | 34–21 · Week 15 · regular Game details → | 13.6M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Dec 8, 2019 | |
| 9 | 56–27 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 12.4M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Nov 30, 2019 | |
| 10 | 45–48 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 11.4M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Nov 30, 2019 | |
| 11 | 26–14 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 10.2M viewers | ESPNESPN2 Rating — · Share — | Jan 2, 2020 | |
| 12 | 17–28 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 9.43M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Nov 23, 2019 | |
| 13 | 17–23 · Week 4 · regular Game details → | 9.29M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Sep 22, 2019 | |
| 14 | 23–30 · Week 15 · regular Game details → | 8.70M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Dec 7, 2019 | |
| 15 | 45–38 · Week 2 · regular Game details → | 8.63M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Sep 7, 2019 | No related video |
| 16 | 7–31 · Week 15 · regular Game details → | 7.72M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Dec 14, 2019 | No related video |
| 17 | 34–27 · Week 7 · regular Game details → | 7.25M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Oct 12, 2019 | No related video |
| 18 | 20–23 · Week 9 · regular Game details → | 7.18M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Oct 26, 2019 | |
| 19 | 24–17 · Week 10 · regular Game details → | 6.98M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Nov 2, 2019 | |
| 20 | 21–27 · Week 1 · regular Game details → | 6.86M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Aug 31, 2019 | No related video |
| 21 | 34–31 · Week 12 · regular Game details → | 6.79M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Nov 17, 2019 | No related video |
| 22 | 21–14 · Week 12 · regular Game details → | 6.77M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Nov 16, 2019 | No related video |
| 23 | 14–45 · Week 9 · regular Game details → | 6.75M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Oct 26, 2019 | No related video |
| 24 | 26–31 · Week 11 · regular Game details → | 6.74M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Nov 9, 2019 | No related video |
| 25 | 10–34 · Week 6 · regular Game details → | 6.68M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Oct 5, 2019 | 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.