Audience archive
Most-Watched College Football Games of 2024
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 | 41–21 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 21.1M viewers | ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU Rating — · Share — | Jan 1, 2025 | |
| 2 | 39–31 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 17.3M viewers | ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU Rating — · Share — | Jan 1, 2025 | |
| 3 | 22–19 · Week 15 · regular Game details → | 16.6M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Dec 7, 2024 | |
| 4 | 23–10 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 15.8M viewers | ESPN/ESPNU Rating — · Share — | Jan 2, 2025 | |
| 5 | 17–42 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 14.7M viewers | ABC/ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU Rating — · Share — | Dec 22, 2024 | |
| 6 | 31–14 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 13.9M viewers | ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU Rating — · Share — | Jan 1, 2025 | |
| 7 | 17–27 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 13.4M viewers | ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 Rating — · Share — | Dec 21, 2024 | |
| 8 | 30–15 · Week 8 · regular Game details → | 13.2M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Oct 19, 2024 | |
| 9 | 13–10 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 12.3M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Nov 30, 2024 | |
| 10 | 34–41 · Week 5 · regular Game details → | 12.0M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Sep 28, 2024 | |
| 11 | 37–45 · Week 15 · regular Game details → | 10.5M viewers | CBS Rating — · Share — | Dec 8, 2024 | |
| 12 | 17–24 · Week 8 · regular Game details → | 10.2M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Oct 19, 2024 | |
| 13 | 17–31 · Week 12 · regular Game details → | 9.96M viewers | CW Rating — · Share — | Nov 17, 2024 | No related video |
| 14 | 20–13 · Week 10 · regular Game details → | 9.77M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Nov 2, 2024 | |
| 15 | 31–32 · Week 7 · regular Game details → | 9.60M viewers | NBC Rating — · Share — | Oct 12, 2024 | |
| 16 | 17–7 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 9.45M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Dec 1, 2024 | No related video |
| 17 | 15–38 · Week 13 · regular Game details → | 9.32M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Nov 23, 2024 | |
| 18 | 31–12 · Week 2 · regular Game details → | 9.19M viewers | FOX Rating — · Share — | Sep 7, 2024 | |
| 19 | 24–38 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 8.90M viewers | TNT/TBS/truTV Rating — · Share — | Dec 21, 2024 | |
| 20 | 27–20 · Week 1 · regular Game details → | 8.62M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Sep 1, 2024 | |
| 21 | 42–44 · Week 14 · regular Game details → | 8.47M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Nov 30, 2024 | No related video |
| 22 | 36–14 · Week 1 · postseason Game details → | 8.00M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Dec 29, 2024 | No related video |
| 23 | 23–13 · Week 1 · regular Game details → | 7.92M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Aug 31, 2024 | No related video |
| 24 | 42–13 · Week 11 · regular Game details → | 7.90M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Nov 10, 2024 | No related video |
| 25 | 34–3 · Week 7 · regular Game details → | 7.63M viewers | ABC Rating — · Share — | Oct 12, 2024 | 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.