Michigan State's last-second win over Michigan led Week 7 college football overnight ratings. The game drew a 5.1 overnight on ESPN in the 3:30pm ET window, peaking with a 7.2 rating between 7:15-7:30pm. The 5.1 figure is the highest rating for a college football game on ESPN ever in the month of October (records date to '00). Meanwhile, ESPN's telecast of Florida-LSU on Saturday in primetime drew a 4.0 overnight, the second highest-rated game of the weekend across all networks. CBS earned a 3.6 overnight for Alabama's win Saturday over Texas A&M in the 3:30pm window, up 29% from a 2.8 from the same matchup last year.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| NFL: Chargers-Packers (81%), Ravens-49ers (17%) |
10/18
|
CBS
|
4:25-7:30pm
|
15.5
|
| Sunday Night Football: Patriots-Colts |
10/18
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:45pm
|
14.6
|
| NFL: (regional) |
10/18
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:00pm
|
12.4
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
10/18
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:00pm
|
11.3
|
| "Football Night in America" |
10/18
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
4.5
|
| College football: Alabama-Texas A&M |
10/17
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
3.6
|
| College football: Penn State-Ohio State |
10/17
|
ABC
|
8:30-11:30pm
|
3.5
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
10/18
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.2
|
| College football: USC-Notre Dame |
10/17
|
NBC
|
7:30-11:15pm
|
2.9
|
| "The NFL Today" |
10/18
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.9
|
| College football: (regional) |
10/17
|
ABC
|
12:00-3:45pm
|
2.3
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Hollywood Casino 400 (Kansas) |
10/18
|
NBC
|
2:45-5:30pm
|
2.2
|
| "NASCAR Countdown to Green" |
10/18
|
NBC
|
1:30-2:45pm
|
1.3
|
| College football: Oklahoma-Kansas State |
10/17
|
ABC
|
3:45-6:45pm
|
1.3
|
| "Fox NFL Kickoff" |
10/18
|
Fox
|
11:00am-12:00pm
|
1.0
|
| "Monster Energy Supercross" |
10/18
|
Fox
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
1.0
|
| "College Football Today" |
10/17
|
CBS
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.9
|
| Premier Boxing Champions |
10/17
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.8
|
| EPL: Watford-Arsenal |
10/17
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.6
|
| "PGA Tour: Year in Review" |
10/18
|
NBC
|
12:30-1:30pm
|
0.4
|
| Lucas Oil Drag Boat Racing Series |
10/17
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "World of X Games: Pipe Dream" |
10/18
|
ABC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "STIHL Timbersports Series" |
10/18
|
ABC
|
4:00-5:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "Red Bull Series: Romaniacs" |
10/17
|
NBC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.3
|
