Biggest tracked game
18.0M
2009 Florida at Alabama on CBS
Audience Intelligence
College Football TV Ratings & Viewership Lab
Compare rated college football audiences by game, team, conference, network, and era using Sports Media Watch rows matched to CFBTrack games.
Rated Sample
9 games
2008 – 2021 with 7 rows still flagged for review.
Average Audience
10.9M
Median game is 8.92M across 9 seasons.
Audience Context
Rated-game rows are separated from schedule coverage so audience comparisons stay tied to measured broadcasts.
Most Watched
18.0M
Florida at Alabama on CBS.
Top Team Draw
Unavailable
Team draw rankings will appear once the rated sample is available.
Rated Games
9
Sports Media Watch audience rows matched to CFBTrack games.
Median Audience
8.92M
Average audience is 10.9M in the active scope.
10M+ Games
133
Eight-figure TV audiences in the rated-game sample.
Coverage Range
2008 – 2021
Audience rows are tracked separately from schedule-only media coverage.
Audience research
TV ratings and viewership lab
Use Sports Media Watch audience rows to compare games, teams, conferences, and network draw.
Early seasons include partial Sports Media Watch packages and selected articles, so year-over-year comparisons should account for coverage depth.
Filtered to Alabama vs Florida. Rankings and games below use the active matchup filter.Clear matchup
All rated games5,328 gamesCFP era4,636 gamesRegular season4,848 gamesPostseason480 games10M+ club133 gamesNetwork TV1,565 games
Rated games
9
2008-2021 with 7 rows in review.
Average viewers
10.9M
Median audience is 8.92M.
Most watched
18.0M
Florida at Alabama
Million-plus games
9
0.0% of rated rows are postseason.
Team and network comparisons use matched rated-game rows from the active scope; regular-season filters use the dataset's regular season_type and team brand-lift baselines exclude direct head-to-head games.
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Top team draw
Alabama
10.9M average across 9 rated games
Best repeat matchup
24.6M
Alabama vs Clemson, 4 tracked games
Regular-season king
18.0M
2009 Florida at Alabama on CBS
10M+ club
4
Games reached at least eight-figure audiences
Top conference draw
Southeastern Conference
10.9M average by team appearance
Top outlet
CBS
10.9M average across 9 games
Audience timeline
Coverage depth and audience pull by season
The bars show average audience while the row count keeps partial early-season samples visible.
2008
15.1M · 1 games
2009
18.0M · 1 games
2010
8.60M · 1 games
2011
7.59M · 1 games
2014
7.95M · 1 games
2015
12.8M · 1 games
2016
11.1M · 1 games
2020
8.92M · 1 games
2021
7.86M · 1 games
TV draw rankings
Programs that move the number
Average audience by team appearance, with rated-game counts beside every rank so small samples stay visible.
| Rank | Team | Avg | Games | 10M+ | Share |
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Network ranks
Top team draws by broadcast network
Average audience by team appearance on ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC, with rated-game counts shown next to each leader.
CBS
- #1 Alabama10.9M9 games
- #2 Florida10.9M9 games