CBS drew the top college football overnight rating in Week 12 with Alabama’s win over Mississippi State in the 3:30pm ET window on Saturday. The game drew a 6.6 overnight, marking the second-best CFB rating of the season to date, behind only the 8.5 rating earned by ABC for Notre Dame-Florida State on Oct. 18. The 6.6 overnight beat out the 5.3 rating earned by Alabama-LSU last week on CBS in primetime. Meanwhile, ABC also drew a strong rating on Saturday night for FSU-Miami. The game drew a 6.1 overnight in primetime. ABC also drew a 4.3 overnight for Ohio State-Minnesota in the 12:00pm window. On ESPN, the top Week 12 CFB game was Auburn-Georgia on Saturday night with a 2.6 overnight.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| NFL: Eagles-Packers (84%) |
11/16
|
Fox
|
4:25-7:30pm
|
17.1
|
| "Sunday Night Football": Patriots-Colts |
11/16
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:15pm
|
13.6
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
11/16
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
11.7
|
| NFL: (regional) |
11/16
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
10.1
|
| College Football: Mississippi State-Alabama |
11/15
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:15pm
|
6.6
|
| College Football: Florida State-Miami |
11/15
|
ABC
|
8:00-11:45pm
|
6.1
|
| "Football Night in America" |
11/16
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
5.4
|
| College Football: Ohio State-Minnesota |
11/15
|
ABC
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
4.3
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
11/16
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.5
|
| "The NFL Today" |
11/16
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.8
|
| College Football: Nebraska-Minnesota |
11/15
|
ABC
|
3:30-7:15pm
|
2.3
|
| College Football: Northwestern-Notre Dame |
11/15
|
NBC
|
3:30-8:00pm
|
2.0
|
| "Courage in Sports" |
11/16
|
CBS
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
1.5
|
| "College Football Today" |
11/15
|
CBS
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
1.0
|
| College Football: Texas-Oklahoma State |
11/15
|
Fox
|
7:30-11:00pm
|
1.0
|
| College Football: Washington-Arizona |
11/15
|
Fox
|
3:30-7:15pm
|
0.9
|
| ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Russia |
11/16
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.9
|
| "Fox College Saturday" |
11/15
|
Fox
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.5
|
| Ironman World Championship |
11/15
|
NBC
|
1:30-3:00pm
|
0.5
|
| "Notre Dame Football Pre-Game" |
11/15
|
NBC
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.5
|
| Lucas Oil Off Road Racing |
11/15
|
CBS
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "College Football's Open Season: Vanderbilt" |
11/15
|
CBS
|
2:00-2:30pm
|
0.4
|
| "College Football's Open Season: Arkansas" |
11/15
|
CBS
|
2:30-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "World of X Games: ASP Surfing" |
11/16
|
ABC
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "The Grantland Basketball Hour" |
11/16
|
ABC
|
4:00-5:00pm
|
0.3
|
| Global Rallycross: Las Vegas |
11/16
|
NBC
|
1:30-3:00pm
|
0.3
|
| Spartan Race: Vermont |
11/16
|
NBC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.3
|
