ABC's Oklahoma-Florida State telecast on Saturday night led all college football games over the weekend with a 6.1 overnight Nielsen rating. The same window last year featured regional coverage that earned a 4.9 overnight. The net also earned a 2.9 overnight for regional coverage in the 3:30pm ET window, up 11.5% from last year. ESPN earned a 2.7 overnight for Ohio State-Miami, also on Saturday night. That overnight is flat compared to Clemson-Auburn in the same window last year. CBS began its coverage of SEC football with Tennessee-Florida earning a 3.0 overnight, down 14.3% from the same matchup last year. Fox aired the first-ever EPL match on U.S. broadcast TV on Sunday afternoon, with the tape-delayed Chelsea-Manchester United match earning a 1.2 overnight rating. The game drew a 0.4 overnight live on Fox Soccer. NBC earned a 1.0 overnight yesterday for Justin Rose's two-shot win at the PGA Tour BMW Championship, down 37.5% from Dustin Johnson's win last year and down 60% from Tiger Woods' win in '09.
Listed below are overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. |
| NCAA Football: Auburn-Clemson | 9/17 | ABC | 12:00-3:30pm | 3.2 |
| NCAA Football: (regional) | 9/17 | ABC | 3:30-7:00pm | 2.9 |
| NCAA Football: Oklahoma-Florida State | 9/17 | ABC | 8:00-11:30pm | 6.1 |
| Lucas Oil Off Road Pro2 & Pro4 (taped) | 9/17 | CBS | 2:00-3:00pm | 0.3 |
| "CBS College Football 2011" | 9/17 | CBS | 2:30-3:00pm | 0.3 |
| "College Football Today" | 9/17 | CBS | 3:00-3:30pm | 0.7 |
| NCAA Football: Tennessee-Florida | 9/17 | CBS | 3:30-7:00pm | 3.0 |
| MLB: (regional) | 9/17 | Fox | 4:00-7:00pm | 1.7 |
| PGA Tour: BMW Championship: Third Round | 9/17 | NBC | 12:00-3:30pm | 0.8 |
| NCAA Football: Michigan State-Notre Dame | 9/17 | NBC | 3:30-7:00pm | 2.7 |
| "The NFL Today" | 9/18 | CBS | 12:00-1:00pm | 2.5 |
| "NFL on CBS": (regional) | 9/18 | CBS | 1:00-4:15pm | 10.0 |
| "NFL on CBS": Chargers-Patriots (74%) | 9/18 | CBS | 4:15-7:30pm | 15.1 |
| "Fox NFL Sunday" | 9/18 | Fox | 12:00-1:00pm | 3.6 |
| "NFL on Fox": (single) | 9/18 | Fox | 1:00-4:05pm | 13.6 |
| EPL: Chelsea-Manchester United (taped) | 9/18 | Fox | 4:30-6:30pm | 1.2 |
| Golf: "Big Break 101" (taped) | 9/18 | NBC | 1:30-2:00pm | 0.3 |
| PGA Tour: BMW Championship: Final Round | 9/18 | NBC | 2:00-6:00pm | 1.0 |
| "Football Night in America" | 9/18 | NBC | 7:30-8:15pm | 7.0 |
| "Sunday Night Football": Eagles-Falcons | 9/18 | NBC | 8:30-11:30pm | 15.7 |
