CBS’ Alabama-Florida matchup led all weekend college football telecasts with a 4.7 overnight Nielsen rating. However, the network’s lone regular-season SEC primetime telecast was down 7.8% from a 5.1 overnight for the same matchup in primetime last year. Up against Alabama-Florida, ABC earned a 3.2 overnight for Wisconsin’s blowout win in Nebraska’s first regular-season Big Ten matchup ever. ABC’s regionalized 3:30pm ET window actually fared better with a 3.5 overnight, but that window was down significantly from a 4.8 overnight for regional action in the same window last year. Arkansas’ OT win over Texas A&M marked ESPN’s best college football audience with a 2.3 overnight. Fox aired its second EPL match on Sunday, with Arsenal-Tottenham Hostpur earning a 1.1 overnight following the net’s big NFL singleheader rating. The net’s first EPL match -- Chelsea-Manchester United -- earned a 1.2 overnight on Sept. 18.
The chart below lists overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. |
| "College Football Countdown" | 10/1 | ABC | 3:00-3:30pm | 0.8 |
| NCAA Football: (regional) | 10/1 | ABC | 3:30-7:00pm | 3.5 |
| NCAA Football: Nebraska-Wisconsin | 10/1 | ABC | 8:00-11:30pm | 3.2 |
| NCAA Football: Air Force-Navy | 10/1 | CBS | 12:00-3:30pm | 1.4 |
| NCAA Football: Auburn-South Carolina | 10/1 | CBS | 3:30-7:00pm | 3.2 |
| NCAA Football: Alabama-Florida | 10/1 | CBS | 8:00-11:30pm | 4.7 |
| American Le Mans Series: Road Atlanta | 10/2 | ABC | 4:00-6:00pm | 0.4 |
| "The NFL Today" | 10/2 | CBS | 12:00-1:00pm | 2.6 |
| "NFL on CBS": (regional) | 10/2 | CBS | 1:00-4:15pm | 9.3 |
| "NFL on CBS": Broncos-Packers (59%) | 10/2 | CBS | 4:15-7:00pm | 13.6 |
| "Fox NFL Sunday" | 10/2 | Fox | 12:00-1:00pm | 3.6 |
| "NFL on Fox": (single) | 10/2 | Fox | 1:00-4:05pm | 14.9 |
| EPL: Arsenal-Tottenham Hotspur (taped) | 10/2 | Fox | 4:30-6:30pm | 1.1 |
| Rugby World Cup: New Zealand-Canada (taped) | 10/2 | NBC | 3:00-6:00pm | 0.6 |
| "Football Night in America" | 10/2 | NBC | 7:30-8:15pm | 5.6 |
| "Sunday Night Football": Jets-Ravens | 10/2 | NBC | 8:30-11:30pm | 12.7 |
