Biggest tracked game
19.1M
2023 Ohio State at Michigan on FOX
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
16 games
2009 – 2025 with 7 rows still flagged for review.
Average Audience
12.2M
Median game is 11.6M across 16 seasons.
Audience Context
Rated-game rows are separated from schedule coverage so audience comparisons stay tied to measured broadcasts.
Most Watched
19.1M
Ohio State at Michigan on FOX.
Top Team Draw
Unavailable
Team draw rankings will appear once the rated sample is available.
Rated Games
16
Sports Media Watch audience rows matched to CFBTrack games.
Median Audience
11.6M
Average audience is 12.2M in the active scope.
10M+ Games
133
Eight-figure TV audiences in the rated-game sample.
Coverage Range
2009 – 2025
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 Michigan vs Ohio State. 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
16
2009-2025 with 7 rows in review.
Average viewers
12.2M
Median audience is 11.6M.
Most watched
19.1M
Ohio State at Michigan
Million-plus games
16
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
Michigan
12.2M average across 16 rated games
Best repeat matchup
24.6M
Alabama vs Clemson, 4 tracked games
Regular-season king
19.1M
2023 Ohio State at Michigan on FOX
10M+ club
10
Games reached at least eight-figure audiences
Top conference draw
Big Ten Conference
12.2M average by team appearance
Top outlet
FOX
14.9M average across 8 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.
2009
6.77M · 1 games
2010
6.89M · 1 games
2011
7.96M · 1 games
2012
9.50M · 1 games
2013
9.50M · 1 games
2014
8.23M · 1 games
2015
10.8M · 1 games
2016
16.8M · 1 games
2017
10.5M · 1 games
2018
13.3M · 1 games
2019
12.4M · 1 games
2021
15.9M · 1 games
2022
17.1M · 1 games
2023
19.1M · 1 games
2024
12.3M · 1 games
2025
18.4M · 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.
ABC
- #1 Michigan9.56M8 games
- #2 Ohio State9.56M8 games
FOX
- #1 Michigan14.9M8 games
- #2 Ohio State14.9M8 games