Audience archive
Most-Watched College Football Games of 2022
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 | 41–42 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 22.4M viewers | ESPN/ESPN Megacast Rating — · Share — | Jan 1, 2023 | |
| 2 | 51–45 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 21.7M viewers | ESPN/ESPN Megacast Rating — · Share — | Dec 31, 2022 | |
| 3 | 7–65 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 17.2M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Jan 10, 2023 | |
| 4 | 45–23 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 17.1M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Nov 26, 2022 | |
| 5 | 13–27 · Week 10 · regular Game details → | 13.1M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Nov 5, 2022 | |
| 6 | 49–52 · Week 7 · regular Game details → | 11.6M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Oct 15, 2022 | |
| 7 | 30–50 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 10.9M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Dec 3, 2022 | |
| 8 | 22–43 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 10.7M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Dec 4, 2022 | No related video |
| 9 | 20–19 · Week 2 · regular Game details → | 10.6M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Sep 10, 2022 | |
| 10 | 10–21 · Week 1 · regular Game details → | 10.5M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Sep 3, 2022 | No related video |
| 11 | 35–21 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 10.2M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Jan 2, 2023 | |
| 12 | 31–28 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 9.41M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Dec 3, 2022 | |
| 13 | 45–20 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 9.14M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Dec 31, 2022 | |
| 14 | 30–24 · Week 11 · regular Game details → | 8.71M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Nov 12, 2022 | No related video |
| 15 | 31–14 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 8.59M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Dec 31, 2022 | |
| 16 | 44–31 · Week 9 · regular Game details → | 8.27M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Oct 29, 2022 | No related video |
| 17 | 31–32 · Week 10 · regular Game details → | 7.58M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Nov 5, 2022 | |
| 18 | 23–24 · Week 1 · regular Game details → | 7.55M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Sep 4, 2022 | No related video |
| 19 | 20–24 · Week 6 · regular Game details → | 7.15M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Oct 9, 2022 | No related video |
| 20 | 17–20 · Week 15 · regular Game details → | 6.94M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Dec 10, 2022 | No related video |
| 21 | 38–45 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 6.71M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Nov 26, 2022 | No related video |
| 22 | 27–38 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 6.68M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Nov 27, 2022 | No related video |
| 23 | 43–30 · Week 12 · regular Game details → | 6.60M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Nov 19, 2022 | No related video |
| 24 | 17–41 · Week 7 · regular Game details → | 6.45M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Oct 15, 2022 | |
| 25 | 3–49 · Week 1 · regular Game details → | 6.20M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Sep 3, 2022 | 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.