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

4 games

2013 – 2020 with 7 rows still flagged for review.

Average Audience

17.7M

Median game is 19.2M across 4 seasons.

Audience Context

Rated-game rows are separated from schedule coverage so audience comparisons stay tied to measured broadcasts.

Most Watched

21.1M

Clemson at Ohio State on ESPN Megacast.

Top Team Draw

Unavailable

Team draw rankings will appear once the rated sample is available.

Rated Games

4

Sports Media Watch audience rows matched to CFBTrack games.

Median Audience

19.2M

Average audience is 17.7M in the active scope.

10M+ Games

133

Eight-figure TV audiences in the rated-game sample.

Coverage Range

2013 – 2020

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.

Filtered to Clemson vs Ohio State. Rankings and games below use the active matchup filter.Clear matchup

Rated games

4

2013-2020 with 7 rows in review.

Average viewers

17.7M

Median audience is 19.2M.

Most watched

21.1M

Clemson at Ohio State

Million-plus games

4

100.0% 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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Biggest tracked game

21.1M

2019 Clemson at Ohio State on ESPN Megacast

Top team draw

Clemson

17.7M average across 4 rated games

Best repeat matchup

24.6M

Alabama vs Clemson, 4 tracked games

10M+ club

4

Games reached at least eight-figure audiences

Top conference draw

Atlantic Coast Conference

17.7M average by team appearance

Top outlet

ESPN Megacast

21.1M average across 1 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.

2013
11.4M · 1 games
2016
19.2M · 1 games
2019
21.1M · 1 games
2020
19.1M · 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.

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Quick Answers

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