Weekend sports overnights were led by coverage of the NFL and college football. ESPN earned a 2.5 overnight for its coverage of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 yesterday, down 11% from a 2.8 for the same race last year. NBC also aired its first-ever MLS playoff game on Sunday afternoon, earning a 0.3 for the first leg of the Sporting KC-Dynamo Eastern Conference Semifinal.
The chart below lists overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. |
| NCAA Football: (regional) | 11/3 | ABC | 12:00-3:30pm | 2.0 |
| NCAA Football: (regional) | 11/3 | ABC | 3:30-7:15pm | 2.6 |
| NCAA Football: Oklahoma State-Kansas State | 11/3 | ABC | 8:00-11:15pm | 1.9 |
| "College Football Today" | 11/3 | CBS | 3:00-3:30pm | 0.7 |
| NCAA Football: Ole Miss-Georgia | 11/3 | CBS | 3:30-7:00pm | 2.0 |
| NCAA Football: Alabama-LSU | 11/3 | CBS | 8:00-11:30pm | 7.0 |
| NCAA Football: TCU-West Virginia | 11/3 | Fox | 3:00-7:00pm | 1.0 |
| NCAA Football: Oregon-USC | 11/3 | Fox | 7:45-10:30pm | 3.5 |
| NCAA Football: Pitt-Notre Dame | 11/3 | NBC | 3:30-7:00pm | 4.3 |
| Breeders' Cup Classic | 11/3 | NBC | 8:00-9:00pm | 2.2 |
| "The NFL Today" | 11/4 | CBS | 12:00-1:00pm | 2.9 |
| "NFL on CBS": (regional) | 11/4 | CBS | 1:00-4:15pm | 11.6 |
| "NFL on CBS": Steelers-Giants (96%) | 11/4 | CBS | 4:15-7:30pm | 15.9 |
| "Fox NFL Sunday" | 11/4 | Fox | 12:00-1:00pm | 3.6 |
| "NFL on Fox": (single) | 11/4 | Fox | 1:00-4:05pm | n/a |
| MLS Conference Semis: Sporting KC-Dynamo | 11/4 | NBC | 3:30-6:00pm | 0.3 |
| "Football Night in America" | 11/4 | NBC | 7:30-8:15pm | 6.5 |
| "Sunday Night Football": Cowboys-Falcons | 11/4 | NBC | 8:30-11:30pm | 14.5 |
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NOTE: All overnights exclude the N.Y. and Philadelphia markets due to the effects from Hurricane Sandy.
