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
5,328 games
2008 – 2025 with 7 rows still flagged for review.
Average Audience
2.35M
Median game is 1.37M across 18 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
Alabama
8.29M average across 178 rated appearances.
Rated Games
5,328
Sports Media Watch audience rows matched to CFBTrack games.
Median Audience
1.37M
Average audience is 2.35M 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.
All rated games5,328 gamesCFP era4,636 gamesRegular season4,848 gamesPostseason480 games10M+ club133 gamesNetwork TV1,565 games
Rated games
5,328
2008-2025 with 7 rows in review.
Average viewers
2.35M
Median audience is 1.37M.
Most watched
34.1M
Oregon at Ohio State
Million-plus games
3,102
9.0% 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
Alabama
8.29M average across 178 rated games
Best repeat matchup
24.6M
Alabama vs Clemson, 4 tracked games
Regular-season king
20.0M
2011 LSU at Alabama on CBS
10M+ club
133
Games reached at least eight-figure audiences
Top conference draw
Pacific-10 Conference
5.66M average by team appearance
Top outlet
ESPN
2.45M average across 1426 games
Team draw compare
Compare program TV audiences
Default comparison uses the top audience draws; team pages can deep-link their own program into this view.
Sacramento State
Mid-American · 2 rated games
Average
104,500
Top game
140,000
1M+
0
Best matchup: Montana State at Sacramento State (140,000)