Ohio State's loss to Purdue on Saturday night led all college football games in Week 8, with ABC drawing a 4.2 overnight rating. Fox had the second-best game of the weekend with Michigan-Michigan State in the 12:00pm ET window, drawing a 3.5. The game experienced a lengthy weather delay. Alabama's blowout win over Tennessee on CBS delivered a 2.7 overnight in the 3:30pm window.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| College football: Oklahoma-TCU |
10/20
|
ABC
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
2.0
|
| College football: Penn State-Indiana |
10/20
|
ABC
|
3:30-7:30pm
|
2.2
|
| College football: Ohio State-Purdue |
10/20
|
ABC
|
7:30-11:30pm
|
4.2
|
| College football: Alabama-Tennessee |
10/20
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
2.7
|
| College football: Michigan-Michigan State |
10/20
|
Fox
|
12:00-5:00pm
|
3.5
|
| College football: Colorado-Washington |
10/20
|
Fox
|
5:00-6:45pm
|
2.3
|
| College football: Oregon-Washington State |
10/20
|
Fox
|
7:30-11:00pm
|
1.7
|
| EPL: Huddersfield-Liverpool |
10/20
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.7
|
| NASCAR Xfinity Series: Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas) |
10/20
|
NBC
|
3:15-5:45pm
|
1.0
|
| "World of X Games" |
10/21
|
ABC
|
12:30-1:30pm
|
0.5
|
| F1: U.S. Grand Prix (Circuit of the Americas) |
10/21
|
ABC
|
1:30-4:30pm
|
0.7
|
| "The NFL Today" |
10/21
|
CBS
|
9:00-9:30am
|
n/a
|
| NFL: Titans-Chargers (London) |
10/21
|
CBS
|
9:30am-12:30pm
|
4.4
|
| "The NFL Today" |
10/21
|
CBS
|
12:30-1:00pm
|
5.3
|
| NFL: (regional) |
10/21
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
14.4
|
| NFL: Redskins-Cowboys (80%) |
10/21
|
CBS
|
4:25-7:30pm
|
9.5
|
| "Fox NFL Kickoff" |
10/21
|
Fox
|
11:00am-12:00pm
|
0.8
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
10/21
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.8
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
10/21
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
10.4
|
| Figure Skating: Skate America |
10/21
|
NBC
|
12:30-1:30pm
|
0.6
|
Monster Eneergy NASCAR Cup Series:
Hollywood Casino 400 (Kansas) |
10/21
|
NBC
|
2:45-5:30pm
|
1.8
|
| "Football Night in America" |
10/21
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
5.3
|
| "SNF": Bengals-Chiefs |
10/21
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:30pm
|
11.0
|
