Biggest tracked game
20.0M
2011 LSU 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
1,565 games
2008 – 2025 with 7 rows still flagged for review.
Average Audience
4.44M
Median game is 3.70M across 18 seasons.
Audience Context
Rated-game rows are separated from schedule coverage so audience comparisons stay tied to measured broadcasts.
Most Watched
20.0M
LSU at Alabama on CBS.
Top Team Draw
Unavailable
Team draw rankings will appear once the rated sample is available.
Rated Games
1,565
Sports Media Watch audience rows matched to CFBTrack games.
Median Audience
3.70M
Average audience is 4.44M in the active scope.
10M+ Games
133
Eight-figure TV audiences in the rated-game sample.
Coverage Range
2008 – 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.
Network TV1,565 gamesAll rated games5,328 gamesCFP era4,636 gamesRegular season4,848 gamesPostseason480 games10M+ club133 games
Rated games
1,565
2008-2025 with 7 rows in review.
Average viewers
4.44M
Median audience is 3.70M.
Most watched
20.0M
LSU at Alabama
Million-plus games
1,547
4.8% 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.
Share hooks
Stats built for arguments
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Top team draw
Alabama
8.54M average across 108 rated games
Best repeat matchup
13.4M
Georgia vs Texas, 3 tracked games
Regular-season king
20.0M
2011 LSU at Alabama on CBS
10M+ club
80
Games reached at least eight-figure audiences
Top conference draw
Southeastern Conference
6.41M average by team appearance
Top outlet
ABC
4.73M average across 714 games
Conference audience
Conference-by-conference TV draw
Conference credit uses team appearances by season membership, so inter-conference games count once for each participant.
| Top game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeastern Conference | 658 | 6.41M | LSU at Alabama | 103 · 51.5% |
| Western Athletic Conference | 1 | 5.59M | Oregon State at Boise State | 0 · 0.0% |
| Pacific-10 Conference | 7 | 5.54M | Oregon at USC | 0 · 0.0% |
| Big Ten Conference | 763 | 4.83M | Ohio State at Michigan | 64 · 32.0% |
| Big East Conference | 16 | 4.83M | Cincinnati at Pittsburgh | 0 · 0.0% |
| NCAA Division I FBS independent schools | 192 | 4.17M | Notre Dame at USC | 9 · 4.5% |
| Atlantic Coast Conference | 346 | 4.06M | Notre Dame at Florida State | 10 · 5.0% |
| Big 12 Conference | 513 | 3.56M | Texas at Nebraska | 11 · 5.5% |
| Pac-12 Conference | 391 | 3.29M | Notre Dame at USC | 3 · 1.5% |
| American Athletic Conference | 99 | 2.93M | Army at Navy | 0 · 0.0% |
| Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference | 1 | 2.69M | James Madison at North Dakota State | 0 · 0.0% |
| Mid-American Conference | 15 | 2.66M | Northern Illinois at Ohio State | 0 · 0.0% |
| Sun Belt Conference | 9 | 2.39M | Marshall at Ohio State | 0 · 0.0% |
| Conference USA | 13 | 2.37M | Southern Miss at Houston | 0 · 0.0% |
| Pac-12 | 9 | 2.10M | Arizona State at Fresno State | 0 · 0.0% |
| Mid-American | 1 | 1.96M | Massachusetts at Notre Dame | 0 · 0.0% |
| Mountain West | 7 | 1.91M | San José State at Texas | 0 · 0.0% |
| American Athletic | 2 | 1.90M | Louisiana at UTSA | 0 · 0.0% |
Conference comparison
Conference leaders by research scope
Quick era and inventory slices for comparing which conferences rise when the sample changes.
All rated games
- Pacific-10 Conference5.66M
- Southeastern Conference4.53M
- Big Ten Conference3.26M
- NCAA Division I FBS independent schools3.07M
CFP era
- Southeastern Conference4.43M
- Big Ten Conference3.14M
- NCAA Division I FBS independent schools3.00M
- Atlantic Coast Conference2.38M
Regular season
- Pacific-10 Conference5.66M
- Southeastern Conference4.17M
- Big Ten Conference2.93M
- NCAA Division I FBS independent schools2.87M
Postseason
- Southeastern Conference8.48M
- Big Ten Conference8.04M
- Big 12 Conference6.33M
- Pac-12 Conference6.06M
Network TV
- Southeastern Conference6.41M
- Western Athletic Conference5.59M
- Pacific-10 Conference5.54M
- Big Ten Conference4.83M