Fox earned a 2.9 overnight rating on Saturday for Baylor's 45-35 win over previously undefeated Oklahoma State, marking the net's highest-rated college game of the season. Saturday night's game also marked the third highest-rated college matchup of the day across all networks, trailing a 7.0 for Michigan State-Ohio State on ABC and a 4.1 for Michigan-Penn State on ABC. Meanwhile, CBS drew a 1.9 overnight for Ole Miss' blowout of LSU in the 3:30pm ET window on Saturday, flat from a 1.9 for the comparable Arkansas-Ole Miss matchup last year. Finally, NBCSN earned a 1.3 overnight for Notre Dame's win over Boston College on Saturday night at Fenway Park, marking the net's second highest-rated college football game ever, trailing a 1.36 overnight for Oregon-Cal in '10.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME
(ET)
|
RATING
|
| College football: Michigan-Penn State |
11/21
|
ABC
|
12:00-
3:30pm ET
|
4.1
|
| College football: Michigan State-Ohio State |
11/21
|
ABC
|
3:30-
7:00pm ET
|
7.0
|
| College football: TCU-Oklahoma |
11/21
|
ABC
|
8:00pm-
12:15am ET
|
2.7
|
| "We Need To Talk" |
11/21
|
CBS
|
2:00-
3:00pm ET
|
0.4
|
| "College Football Today" |
11/21
|
CBS
|
3:00-
3:30pm ET
|
0.5
|
| College football: LSU-Ole Miss |
11/21
|
CBS
|
3:30-
7:00pm ET
|
1.9
|
| EPL: Manchester City-Liverpool |
11/21
|
NBC
|
12:30-
2:30pm ET
|
0.8
|
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Ford EcoBoost 300
(Homestead) |
11/21
|
NBC
|
3:00-
5:30pm ET
|
1.2
|
| "College Football Pregame" |
11/21
|
Fox
|
3:00-
3:30pm ET
|
0.5
|
| College football: UCLA-Utah |
11/21
|
Fox
|
3:30-
7:00pm ET
|
0.8
|
| College football: Baylor-Oklahoma State |
11/21
|
Fox
|
7:30-
11:00pm ET
|
2.9
|
| "World of X Games: Real Snow Backcountry" |
11/22
|
ABC
|
1:00-
2:00pm ET
|
0.4
|
| LPGA: CME Group Tour Championship |
11/22
|
ABC
|
2:00-
4:00pm ET
|
0.4
|
| "The NFL Today" |
11/22
|
CBS
|
12:00-
1:00pm ET
|
2.6
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
11/22
|
CBS
|
1:00-
4:00pm ET
|
11.0
|
| "CBS Sports Spectacular: Chef's Classic" |
11/22
|
CBS
|
5:00-
6:00pm ET
|
1.3
|
| "Fox NFL Kickoff" |
11/22
|
Fox
|
11:00am-
12:00pm ET
|
1.2
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
11/22
|
Fox
|
12:00-
1:00pm
|
3.8
|
| NFL: (regional) |
11/22
|
Fox
|
1:00-
4:00pm ET
|
9.7
|
| NFL: Packers-Vikings (89%) |
11/22
|
Fox
|
4:25-
7:30pm ET
|
17.2
|
| ISU Figure Skating |
11/22
|
NBC
|
12:00-
1:30pm ET
|
0.9
|
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Ford EcoBoost 400
(Homestead)* |
11/22
|
NBC
|
5:00-
8:00pm ET
|
4.2
|
| "Sunday Night Football": Bengals-Cardinals |
11/22
|
NBC
|
8:30-
11:30pm ET
|
11.7
|
*Start was delayed by 90 minutes due to rain
