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.
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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
Rated games
Most-watched game table
Sort by viewers, rating, season, or outlet to inspect the top broadcast audience rows.
| Game | Share | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSU at Alabama | 2011 · W10 | CBS | 20.0M | 11.5 | |
| Ohio State at Michigan | 2023 · W13 | FOX | 19.1M | N/A | |
| Ohio State at Michigan | 2025 · W14 | FOX | 18.4M | N/A | |
| Florida at Alabama | 2009 · W14 | CBS | 18.0M | 11.1 | |
| Georgia at Alabama | 2023 · W14 | CBS | 17.5M | N/A | |
| Alabama at Georgia | 2018 · W14 | CBS | 17.5M | N/A | |
| Michigan at Ohio State | 2022 · W13 | FOX | 17.1M | N/A | |
| Michigan at Ohio State | 2016 · W13 | ABC | 16.8M | N/A | |
| LSU at Alabama | 2019 · W11 | CBS | 16.6M | N/A | |
| Georgia at Texas | 2024 · W15 | ABC | 16.6M | N/A | |
| Texas at Ohio State | 2025 · W1 | FOX | 16.6M | N/A | |
| Alabama at Georgia | 2012 · W14 | CBS | 16.2M | N/A | |
| Notre Dame at USC | 2012 · W13 | ABC | 16.1M | N/A | |
| Ohio State at Michigan | 2021 · W13 | FOX | 15.9M | N/A | |
| Georgia at Alabama | 2021 · W14 | CBS | 15.3M | N/A | |
| Alabama at Florida | 2008 · W15 | CBS | 15.1M | 9.3 | |
| Tennessee at Ohio State | 2024 · W1 | ABC/ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU | 14.7M | N/A | |
| Missouri at Auburn | 2013 · W15 | CBS | 14.3M | N/A | |
| Michigan at Alabama | 2019 · W1 | ABC | 14.0M | N/A | |
| Ohio State at Michigan State | 2013 · W15 | FOX | 13.9M | N/A | |
| Alabama at Auburn | 2013 · W14 | CBS | 13.8M | N/A | |
| Georgia at LSU | 2019 · W15 | CBS | 13.7M | N/A | |
| Alabama at Auburn | 2017 · W13 | CBS | 13.7M | N/A | |
| Alabama at Texas A&M | 2013 · W3 | CBS | 13.6M | N/A | |
| Ohio State at Wisconsin | 2019 · W15 | FOX | 13.6M | N/A |
Rated games
Most-watched regular-season games
A cleaner table for regular-season TV arguments, where postseason inventory does not dominate the top rows.
| Game | Share | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSU at Alabama | 2011 · W10 | CBS | 20.0M | 11.5 | |
| Ohio State at Michigan | 2023 · W13 | FOX | 19.1M | N/A | |
| Ohio State at Michigan | 2025 · W14 | FOX | 18.4M | N/A | |
| Florida at Alabama | 2009 · W14 | CBS | 18.0M | 11.1 | |
| Georgia at Alabama | 2023 · W14 | CBS | 17.5M | N/A | |
| Alabama at Georgia | 2018 · W14 | CBS | 17.5M | N/A | |
| Michigan at Ohio State | 2022 · W13 | FOX | 17.1M | N/A | |
| Michigan at Ohio State | 2016 · W13 | ABC | 16.8M | N/A | |
| LSU at Alabama | 2019 · W11 | CBS | 16.6M | N/A | |
| Georgia at Texas | 2024 · W15 | ABC | 16.6M | N/A |
Rivalry TV index
Repeat matchups that travel
Matchups with at least three tracked games, ranked by average audience.
#1
Georgia vs Texas
3 games · top game Georgia at Texas at 16.6M
13.4M
Average
#2
Alabama vs Georgia
8 games · top game Georgia at Alabama at 17.5M
13.2M
Average
#3
Michigan vs Ohio State
16 games · top game Ohio State at Michigan at 19.1M
12.2M
Average
#4
Alabama vs Florida
9 games · top game Florida at Alabama at 18.0M
10.9M
Average
#5
Alabama vs LSU
15 games · top game LSU at Alabama at 20.0M
10.1M
Average
#6
Alabama vs Auburn
15 games · top game Alabama at Auburn at 13.8M
9.48M
Average
#7
Georgia vs LSU
6 games · top game Georgia at LSU at 13.7M
9.18M
Average
#8
Clemson vs Georgia
3 games · top game Georgia at Clemson at 8.86M
8.19M
Average
#9
Ohio State vs Penn State
16 games · top game Penn State at Ohio State at 9.97M
7.51M
Average
#10
Alabama vs Texas A&M
11 games · top game Alabama at Texas A&M at 13.6M
7.35M
Average