Biggest tracked game
34.1M
2014 Oregon at Ohio State on ESPN 'Megacast'
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
480 games
2008 – 2024 with 7 rows still flagged for review.
Average Audience
4.82M
Median game is 2.71M across 13 seasons.
Audience Context
Rated-game rows are separated from schedule coverage so audience comparisons stay tied to measured broadcasts.
Most Watched
34.1M
Oregon at Ohio State on ESPN 'Megacast'.
Top Team Draw
Unavailable
Team draw rankings will appear once the rated sample is available.
Rated Games
480
Sports Media Watch audience rows matched to CFBTrack games.
Median Audience
2.71M
Average audience is 4.82M in the active scope.
10M+ Games
133
Eight-figure TV audiences in the rated-game sample.
Coverage Range
2008 – 2024
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.
Postseason480 gamesAll rated games5,328 gamesCFP era4,636 gamesRegular season4,848 games10M+ club133 gamesNetwork TV1,565 games
Rated games
480
2008-2024 with 7 rows in review.
Average viewers
4.82M
Median audience is 2.71M.
Most watched
34.1M
Oregon at Ohio State
Million-plus games
440
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.
Share hooks
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Top team draw
Alabama
20.9M average across 17 rated games
Best repeat matchup
24.6M
Alabama vs Clemson, 4 tracked games
10M+ club
54
Games reached at least eight-figure audiences
Top conference draw
Southeastern Conference
8.48M average by team appearance
Top outlet
ESPN
3.96M average across 334 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
4.40M · 1 games
2013
5.66M · 35 games
2014
5.96M · 39 games
2015
5.27M · 39 games
2016
4.49M · 45 games
2017
5.33M · 39 games
2018
4.75M · 41 games
2019
4.85M · 40 games
2020
4.92M · 26 games
2021
4.60M · 40 games
2022
4.05M · 45 games
2023
3.77M · 52 games
2024
4.82M · 38 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 Ohio State14.7M1 games
- #2 Alabama14.0M1 games
- #3 Michigan11.4M2 games
- #4 Tennessee10.7M2 games
- #5 Wisconsin9.59M1 games
CBS
- #1 Miami4.70M1 games
- #2 Washington State3.78M2 games
- #3 Virginia Tech3.68M1 games
- #4 Duke3.56M1 games
- #5 Notre Dame3.26M1 games
FOX
- #1 Missouri6.54M1 games
- #2 Oklahoma State6.54M1 games
- #3 North Carolina3.97M1 games
- #4 Oregon3.88M2 games
- #5 Michigan State3.79M1 games