Audience archive
Most-Watched College Football Games of 2023
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 | 20–27 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 27.8M viewers | ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU Rating — · Share — | Jan 1, 2024 | |
| 2 | 13–34 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 25.1M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Jan 9, 2024 | |
| 3 | 24–30 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 19.1M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Nov 25, 2023 | |
| 4 | 31–37 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 18.8M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Jan 2, 2024 | |
| 5 | 24–27 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 17.5M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Dec 2, 2023 | |
| 6 | 63–3 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 10.4M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Dec 30, 2023 | |
| 7 | 6–42 · Week 4 · regular Game details → | 10.0M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Sep 23, 2023 | No related video |
| 8 | 26–0 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 10.0M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Dec 3, 2023 | |
| 9 | 17–14 · Week 4 · regular Game details → | 9.98M viewers | NBC Rating — · Share — | Sep 23, 2023 | |
| 10 | 12–20 · Week 8 · regular Game details → | 9.96M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Oct 21, 2023 | |
| 11 | 14–3 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 9.72M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Dec 30, 2023 | |
| 12 | 35–43 · Week 3 · regular Game details → | 9.30M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Sep 17, 2023 | No related video |
| 13 | 31–34 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 9.25M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Dec 2, 2023 | No related video |
| 14 | 24–45 · Week 1 · regular Game details → | 9.17M viewers | Unknown Rating — · Share — | Sep 3, 2023 | No related video |
| 15 | 24–15 · Week 11 · regular Game details → | 9.16M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Nov 11, 2023 | |
| 16 | 27–24 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 9.09M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Nov 25, 2023 | No related video |
| 17 | 28–42 · Week 10 · regular Game details → | 8.82M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Nov 4, 2023 | No related video |
| 18 | 34–24 · Week 2 · regular Game details → | 8.76M viewers | Unknown Rating — · Share — | Sep 9, 2023 | No related video |
| 19 | 14–36 · Week 2 · regular Game details → | 8.73M viewers | Unknown Rating — · Share — | Sep 9, 2023 | No related video |
| 20 | 20–34 · Week 8 · regular Game details → | 8.01M viewers | CSS Rating — · Share — | Oct 21, 2023 | No related video |
| 21 | 21–49 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 7.89M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Dec 2, 2023 | |
| 22 | 34–30 · Week 6 · regular Game details → | 7.87M viewers | NP Rating — · Share — | Oct 7, 2023 | |
| 23 | 38–25 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 7.77M viewers | ESPN Rating — · Share — | Dec 30, 2023 | |
| 24 | 45–42 · Week 1 · regular Game details → | 7.26M viewers | Unknown Rating — · Share — | Sep 2, 2023 | No related video |
| 25 | 48–41 · Week 5 · regular Game details → | 7.24M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Sep 30, 2023 | 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.