ABC led all college football telecasts over the weekend with a 3.6 overnight Nielsen rating for the Ohio State-Michigan game in the 3:30pm ET window. CBS’ 3:30pm Tennessee-Georgia and Fox’ Texas-Oklahoma State in primetime both got a 2.8 overnight, while ABC’s Wisconsin-Nebraska in primetime got a 2.6 overnight. ESPN’s Ole Miss-Alabama game in the late primetime window was cable TV’s best CFB game of the weekend with a 1.9 overnight, beating out the Florida State-South Florida matchup on ESPN earlier in the night.
The chart below lists overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
| NCAA Football: Ohio State-Michigan State |
9/29
|
ABC
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
3.6
|
| NCAA Football: Wisconsin-Nebraska |
9/29
|
ABC
|
8:00-11:30pm
|
2.6
|
| "College Football Confidential: Arkansas" |
9/29
|
CBS
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "MLB 2012: Down the Stretch" |
9/29
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "College Football Today" |
9/29
|
CBS
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.8
|
| NCAA Football: Tennessee-Georgia |
9/29
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:30pm
|
2.8
|
| MLB: (regional) |
9/29
|
Fox
|
4:00-7:00pm
|
1.1
|
| NCAA Football: Texas-Oklahoma State |
9/29
|
Fox
|
7:45-11:30pm
|
2.8
|
| Golf: Ryder Cup |
9/29
|
NBC
|
9:00am-7:45pm
|
3.2
|
| "The NFL Today" |
9/30
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.4
|
| "NFL on CBS": (single) |
9/30
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
10.4
|
| PBR 15/15 Bucking Battle |
9/30
|
CBS
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
1.2
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
9/30
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.2
|
| "NFL on Fox": (regional) |
9/30
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
9.8
|
| "NFL on Fox": Saints-Packers (87%) |
9/30
|
Fox
|
4:15-7:30pm
|
14.9
|
| Golf: Ryder Cup |
9/30
|
NBC
|
12:00-6:30pm
|
4.1
|
| "Football Night in America" |
9/30
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
5.1
|
| "Sunday Night Football": Giants-Eagles |
9/30
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:30pm
|
15.6
|
