The chart below lists final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts. All ratings lists are U.S. ratings (THE DAILY).
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. |
"NFL on Fox": Giants-Patriots (55%);
Packers-Chargers (36%) | 11/6 | Fox | 4:15-7:30pm | 16.7 |
| "Sunday Night Football": Ravens-Steelers | 11/6 | NBC | 8:31-11:48pm | 13.3 |
| College Football: LSU-Alabama | 11/5 | CBS | 8:00-11:30pm | 11.5 |
| "NFL on CBS": (single) | 11/6 | CBS | 1:00-4:05pm | 9.8 |
| "The OT" | 11/6 | Fox | 7:38-8:00pm | 9.1 |
| "NFL on Fox": (regional) | 11/6 | Fox | 1:00-4:15pm | 8.6 |
| "Football Night in America" | 11/6 | NBC | 7:30-8:15pm | 5.5 |
| College Football: (regional) | 11/5 | ABC | 3:30-7:16pm | 4.2 |
| "Fox NFL Sunday" | 11/6 | Fox | 12:00-1:00pm | 3.9 |
| "The NFL Today" | 11/6 | CBS | 12:00-1:00pm | 2.5 |
| College Football: (regional) | 11/5 | ABC | 8:07-11:41pm | 1.8 |
| College Football: Army-Air Force | 11/5 | CBS | 3:30-6:45pm | 1.1 |
| Breeders' Cup World Championship | 11/5 | ABC | 2:00-3:30pm | 0.9 |
Figure Skating: "Rain: A Tribute to
The Beatles" (taped) | 11/6 | NBC | 4:00-6:00pm | 0.8 |
| "College Football Today" | 11/5 | CBS | 3:00-3:30pm | 0.7 |
| ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (taped) | 11/5 | NBC | 3:00-5:00pm | 0.7 |
| NFL Turning Point" (taped) | 11/5 | NBC | 5:00-6:00pm | 0.6 |
| "College Football 2011" | 11/5 | CBS | 2:30-3:00pm | 0.5 |
| ING N.Y. Marathon (taped) | 11/6 | NBC | 2:00-4:00pm | 0.5 |
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. |
| "Monday Night Football": Chargers-Chiefs | 10/31 | ESPN | 8:30pm-12:23am | 7.9 |
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: AAA Texas 500 | 11/6 | ESPN | 3:00-6:42pm | 2.9 |
| College Football: Michigan-Iowa | 11/5 | ESPN | 12:02-3:14pm | 2.7 |
| "Monday Night Countdown" | 10/31 | ESPN | 7:00-8:30pm | 2.0 |
| College Football: FSU-Boston College | 11/3 | ESPN | 8:00-11:07pm | 1.7 |
| College Football: USC-Colorado | 11/4 | ESPN | 8:56pm-12:25am | 1.7 |
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" | 11/6 | ESPN | 10:00am-1:00pm | 1.6 |
| College Football: South Carolina-Arkansas | 11/5 | ESPN | 7:19-10:49pm | 1.5 |
| "College GameDay" | 11/5 | ESPN | 10:00am-12:02pm | 1.5 |
| "NASCAR Countdown" | 11/6 | ESPN | 2:00-3:00pm | 1.4 |
