ESPN/ABC had the four highest-rated college football games over the weekend, led by Michigan's OT win over Indiana in the noon ET window. That game earned a 2.9 overnight rating on ABC, marking the highest-rated CFB game of the week across cable and broadcast, and also tying the highest-rated CFB game of the season in that window. ABC also earned a 2.5 overnight for Miami's last-minute win over Georgia Tech in the 3:30pm window, while ESPN drew a 2.4 in that timeslot for Oklahoma-Texas, the second- and third-highest-rated games of the weekend. CBS drew a 2.2 overnight on Saturday afternoon for LSU's comeback win over Auburn. The game in that window last year (Alabama-Tennessee) drew a 4.1 overnight.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broacast TV.
TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
College football: Michigan-Indiana |
10/14
|
ABC
|
12:00-4:00pm
|
2.9
|
College football: Georgia Tech-Miami |
10/14
|
ABC
|
4:00-7:15pm
|
2.5
|
College football: Utah-USC |
10/14
|
ABC
|
8:00-11:45pm
|
2.3
|
"College Football Drive to Atlanta" |
10/14
|
CBS
|
2:30-3:00pm
|
0.5
|
"College Football Today" |
10/14
|
CBS
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.8
|
College football: Auburn-LSU |
10/14
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
2.2
|
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series:
Fred's 250 (Talladega) |
10/14
|
Fox
|
1:00-3:30pm
|
0.8
|
"Fox MLB Pregame" |
10/14
|
Fox
|
3:30-4:00pm
|
1.0
|
MLB: ALCS Game 2: Yankees-Astros |
10/14
|
Fox
|
4:00-7:15pm
|
4.7
|
Premier Boxing Champions |
10/14
|
Fox
|
7:30-10:00pm
|
1.2
|
EPL: Arsenal-Watford |
10/14
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.7
|
"World of X Games: UTV World Championships" |
10/15
|
ABC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.3
|
Stihl Timbersports Series (taped) |
10/15
|
ABC
|
4:00-5:00pm
|
0.5
|
"The NFL Today" |
10/15
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.3
|
NFL: (regional) |
10/15
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:00pm
|
8.5
|
NFL: Steelers-Chiefs (86%) |
10/15
|
CBS
|
4:25-7:30pm
|
14.0
|
"Fox NFL Kickoff" |
10/15
|
Fox
|
11:00am-12:00pm
|
1.4
|
"Fox NFL Sunday" |
10/15
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.1
|
NFL: (singleheader) |
10/15
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:00pm
|
9.9
|
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
Alabama 500 (Talladega) |
10/15
|
NBC
|
2:30-6:45pm
|
2.8
|
"Football Night in America" |
10/15
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
5.4
|
"Sunday Night Football": Giants-Broncos |
10/15
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:15pm
|
10.9
|