The first primetime Michigan State-Michigan matchup led all of college football in Week 6, drawing a 3.9 overnight rating on ABC's "Saturday Night Football." That figure is up from a 3.2 for Florida State-Miami last year. Through six weeks, five of ABC's Saturday primetime games have seen year-over-year gains. ESPN and CBS tied for the second-best CFB figure of Week 6. ESPN drew a 2.7 overnight for Alabama-Texas A&M on Saturday night, while CBS drew the same number for LSU-Florida in the 3:30pm ET window.
DAY & NIGHT: NASCAR this year deliberately moved the Monster Energy Cup Series Bank of America 500 to a Sunday afternoon slot for the first time since '02. NBC yesterday drew a 1.8 overnight for the race, up from a 1.2 last year, when rain forced the race to a Sunday afternoon slot. Last year's race also was simulcast on NBCSN.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| College football: Penn State-Northwestern |
10/7
|
ABC
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
2.0
|
| College football: Notre Dame-North Carolina |
10/7
|
ABC
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
1.7
|
| College football: Michigan State-Michigan |
10/7
|
ABC
|
7:30-11:30pm
|
3.9
|
| Lucas Oil Off Road Racing (taped) |
10/7
|
CBS
|
1:30-2:30pm
|
0.5
|
| "College Football: The Drive to Atlanta" |
10/7
|
CBS
|
2:30-3:00pm
|
0.6
|
| "College Football Today" |
10/7
|
CBS
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.7
|
| College football: LSU-Florida |
10/7
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
2.6
|
| "Fox College Saturday" |
10/7
|
Fox
|
11:30am-12:00pm
|
0.7
|
| College football: Iowa State-Oklahoma |
10/7
|
Fox
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
2.0
|
| College football: Maryland-Ohio State |
10/7
|
Fox
|
4:15-7:45pm
|
2.1
|
| College football: Washington State-Oregon |
10/7
|
Fox
|
8:15-11:45pm
|
1.4
|
"World Gymnastics Championships:
All-Around Recap" |
10/7
|
NBC
|
2:00-5:00pm
|
0.8
|
Breeders' Cup Challenge Series:
Fall Stars Weekend (Keeneland) |
10/7
|
NBC
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.8
|
| "World of X Games: Trail of Missions" |
10/8
|
ABC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.4
|
| Stihl Timberspots Series (taped) |
10/8
|
ABC
|
4:00-5:00pm
|
0.5
|
| "The NFL Today" |
10/8
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.2
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
10/8
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
9.0
|
| PBR: DeWalt Guaranteed Tough Invitational |
10/8
|
CBS
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
1.3
|
| "Fox NFL Kickoff" |
10/8
|
Fox
|
11:00am-12:00pm
|
1.3
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
10/8
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:03pm
|
3.3
|
| NFL: (regional) |
10/8
|
Fox
|
1:03-4:25pm
|
8.8
|
| NFL national game: Packers-Cowboys (98%) |
10/8
|
Fox
|
4:25-7:45pm
|
15.0
|
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
Bank of America 500 (Charlotte) |
10/8
|
NBC
|
1:15-4:45pm
|
1.8
|
| "Football Night in America" |
10/8
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
4.3
|
| "SNF": Chiefs-Texans |
10/8
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:15pm
|
10.6
|
