
(One asterisk this week - ABC’s Georgia Tech-Clemson was affected by weather delays and concluded on cable.) Two more college football games topped the seven million viewer mark in week three, bringing the full-season total to five.

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Notre Dame-Wisconsin topped the charts in the first week of the college football season wherein no game cracked the six million viewer mark. No college football game cracked the five million viewer mark in week five, a first this season. * Alabama-Texas A&M is compared to last year’s primetime game on CBS, Georgia-Alabama. Texas A&M’s upset of Alabama was the most-watched game of week six - and the second-most watched of the season - followed by the top-five clash of Penn State and Iowa. Kentucky-Georgia topped the charts in week seven of the season, averaging significantly more viewers than any other game during the week. ESPN/ABC aired the four most-watched games of the weekend. Tennessee-Alabama scored the largest cable audience of the season in week eight, averaging 4.68 million viewers on ESPN. Michigan-Michigan State delivered college football’s top audience of the season with over nine million viewers on FOX. As for some of the massive gains versus last year, keep in mind that the comparable Saturday of last year is when the presidential election was called. Ohio State-Nebraska topped the charts in week ten of the season, while Alabama-LSU delivered cable’s largest audience of the season with 5 million viewers on ESPN. The Big Ten topped the college football chart for the third-straight week as nearly six million viewers watched ABC’s Michigan-Penn State game. The SEC on CBS topped week twelve of the season, with ABC’s tripleheader taking the next three spots. Thanksgiving weekend featured the two largest audiences of the season, with the Iron Bowl ranking second at more than 10 million.

Ohio State-Michigan delivered the top college football regular season audience in more than two years, topping an 8.0 rating and 15 million viewers on FOX. The SEC Championship topped conference championship weekend, ranking second for the season with more than 15 million viewers.
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Numbers obtained from network PR, ShowBuzz Daily, Sports Business Daily, Spoiler TV and Programming Insider. Will be updated as the season progresses. College football TV ratings for the 2021 season.
