The following lists ratings from last weekend's network events. All times are EST. NBC's Sunday coverage of the Office Depot Father-Son Golf was aired at different times in different markets, depending on the market's NFL coverage. The numbers are gathered from the networks (THE DAILY).
| EVENT | DATE | NET | TIME | RAT/SHR |
| NCAA football: CO State-N.Mexico | 12/6 | ABC | 1:00-4:30pm | 3.7/10 |
| NCAA football: Nebraska-TX A&M | 12/6 | ABC | 4:30-8:00pm | 6.1/13 |
| NCAA football: Tennessee-Auburn | 12/6 | ABC | 8:00-11:30pm | 7.6/13 |
| College Football Today | 12/6 | CBS | Noon-12:20pm | 2.7/9 |
| NCAA football: Army-Navy | 12/6 | CBS | 12:20-3:10pm | 3.8/11 |
| Army-Navy Post-Game | 12/6 | CBS | 3:10-3:30pm | 2.9/8 |
| NCAA Basketball: UK-IU | 12/6 | CBS | 3:30-6:00pm | 3.4/9 |
| Office Depot Father-Son Golf | 12/6 | NBC | 4:00-6:00pm | 2.0/5 |
| NCAA Basketball: Kansas-Maryland | 12/7 | ABC | 1:30-4:00pm | 1.2/3 |
| PGA Tour: JCPenney Classic Final | 12/7 | ABC | 4:00-6:00pm | 1.4/3 |
| "Fox NFL Sunday" pregame | 12/7 | FOX | 12:00-1:00pm | 4.7/13 |
| "NFL on Fox" Game One | 12/7 | FOX | 1:00-4:00pm | 7.9/18 |
| "NFL on Fox" Game Two | 12/7 | FOX | 4:00-7:00pm 1 | 6.3/32 |
| "NFL on NBC" pregame | 12/7 | NBC | 12:00-1:00pm | 4.2/11 |
| "NFL on NBC" (regional) | 12/7 | NBC | 1:00-7:00pm 1 | 3.0/30 |
| Office Depot Father-Son Golf | 12/7 | NBC | 1-3pm/4-6pm | 3.0/6 |
NOTES: CBS finished its regular-season college football coverage with a final rating of 3.5/9, up 9% from '96's 3.2/6 (CBS Sports)....USA TODAY's Rudy Martzke reports ABC's college football ratings finished down 13% to 4.7 and NBC's Notre Dame games were off 12% to 3.0 (USA TODAY, 12/12).
