Oklahoma's blowout of Texas on ABC Saturday afternoon led all college football overnight Nielsen ratings over the weekend (4.5). The net also earned a 3.7 overnight for its "Saturday Night Football" featuring Ohio State-Nebraska. SEC football on CBS continued its '11 ratings slide, with the 3.3 overnight for Florida-LSU down 37% from a 5.2 for Alabama-South Carolina last year. NBC also saw an overnight ratings decline for Notre Dame football over the weekend (1.2 vs. 1.4). The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series from Kansas Speedway averaged a 2.3 overnight rating yesterday afternoon, flat compared the fourth Chase race last year, which was held at Auto Club Speedway.
Listed below are overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. |
| NCAA Football: Oklahoma-Texas | 10/8 | ABC | 12:00-3:30pm | 4.5 |
| NCAA Football: (regional) | 10/8 | ABC | 3:30-7:00pm | 3.1 |
| NCAA Football: Ohio State-Nebraska | 10/8 | ABC | 8:00-11:30pm | 3.7 |
| Epic Poker: Six-Max Main Event (taped) | 10/8 | CBS | 1:00-2:00pm | 0.5 |
| Lucas Oil Pro Pulling (taped) | 10/8 | CBS | 2:00-3:00pm | 0.4 |
| "College Football Today" | 10/8 | CBS | 3:00-3:30pm | 0.9 |
| NCAA Football: Florida-LSU | 10/8 | CBS | 3:30-7:00pm | 3.3 |
| ALCS: Tigers-Rangers: Game One* | 10/8 | Fox | 8:00pm-1:00am | 3.9 |
| NCAA Football: Notre Dame-Purdue | 10/8 | NBC | 3:30-7:00pm | 1.2 |
| "The NFL Today" | 10/9 | CBS | 12:00-1:00pm | 2.6 |
| "NFL on CBS": (regional) | 10/9 | CBS | 1:00-4:15pm | 9.1 |
| "NFL on CBS": Jets-Patriots (81%) | 10/9 | CBS | 4:15-7:30pm | 15.6 |
| "Fox NFL Sunday" | 10/9 | Fox | 12:00-1:00pm | 3.1 |
| "NFL on Fox": (single) | 10/9 | Fox | 1:00-4:05pm | 10.7 |
| Diamond League Track & Field (taped) | 10/9 | NBC | 4:00-5:00pm | 0.6 |
| World of Adventure Sports (taped) | 10/9 | NBC | 5:00-6:00pm | 0.5 |
| "Football Night in America" | 10/9 | NBC | 7:30-8:15pm | 5.9 |
| "Sunday Night Football": Packers-Falcons | 10/9 | NBC | 8:30-11:30pm | 14.0 |
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NOTES: Game featured two rain delays. Telecast aired from 8:00-9:45pm, 10:15-11:00pm and 11:45pm-1:00am.
