The following lists final national ratings from the weekend's network sporting events. All times are ET. Numbers are from the networks (THE DAILY).
| EVENT | DATE | NET | TIME | RAT/SHR |
| NCAA Football: Regional | 10/24 | ABC | 3:30-7:00pm | 3.7/10 |
| U.S. Pro Figure Skating Classic | 10/24 | ABC | 8:00-9:00pm | 4.7/9 |
| NASCAR: Pepsi 400 (replay) | 10/24 | CBS | 1:00-3:00pm | 1.0/3 |
| "College Football Today" | 10/24 | CBS | 3:00-3:30pm | 1.3/4 |
| NCAA Football: MIA-WVA/ALA-TEN | 10/24 | CBS | 3:30-7:00pm | 3.0/8 |
| NCAA Football: Army-Notre Dame | 10/24 | NBC | 2:30-6:00pm | 2.4/7 |
| MLS Cup '98: Fire-United | 10/25 | ABC | 4:00-6:00pm | 1.0/2 |
| "NFL Today" | 10/25 | CBS | noon-1:00pm | 2.7/8 |
| "NFL on CBS" (Regional) | 10/25 | CBS | 1:00-4:15pm | 7.2/18 |
| "NFL on CBS" (National) | 10/25 | CBS | 4:15-7:45pm | 13.2/26 |
| "Fox NFL Sunday" | 10/25 | Fox | noon-1:00pm | 3.8/11 |
| "NFL on Fox" (Regional) | 10/25 | Fox | 1:00-7:00pm | 10.5/26 |
RATINGS NOTES: Fox's single game was up 27% from the 8.3/22 for the same week last year. Fox's NFL coverage is averaging a 9.7/23, down 1% from the 9.8/24 it earned through nine weeks in '97....CBS's NFL coverage is averaging a 9.0/21 through nine weeks, down 1% from the 9.1/22 NBC was averaging a year ago....ABC's coverage of MLS Cup '98 was down 28% from the 1.4/3 it received in '97 (THE DAILY). On L.I., Steve Zipay writes that NFL ratings "are rebounding," but the "huge increase in TV rights has yet to be justified" (NEWSDAY, 10/30)....Fox Sports Net scored its highest rating ever for a live sporting event, as the October 10 UCLA-AZ game earned a 1.9, the equivalent of more than 1.2 million homes. The L.A. and Phoenix markets each drew a 4.3 rating (FSN)....The 49ers-Rams drew a 15.7 in St. Louis last Sunday, marking the lowest local rating since the Rams moved in '95 (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 10/28).
