CBS led all college football telecasts in Week 9 with a 4.5 overnight rating for Georgia’s 36-17 win over Florida in the 3:30pm ET window, marking the highest-rated afternoon game of the season on any net. The game rating also was up 105% from a 2.2 last year for the same matchup, which Georgia won 42-7 after leading 21-0 in the first quarter. The game peaked at a 5.3 from 6:00-6:30pm. Two years ago, Georgia-Florida earned a 2.7 on CBS. In primetime, CBS drew a 1.7 overnight for Notre Dame's win over Navy, which was played in San Diego. Two years ago, the game aired in the 11:30am window and drew a 1.8. In '14, with a Georgia-Florida lead-in, the game drew a 2.4 on CBS. Meanwhile, Saturday’s Iowa-Penn State game in the 3:30pm window on ESPN drew a 1.8 overnight, up 157% from a 0.7 last year in the same time slot for Michigan State-Northwestern. In primetime on ESPN, Texas A&M-Mississippi State also saw an increase with a 1.3 overnight, up from a 0.8 for the same matchup last year. ABC drew a 2.4 overnight in primetime for Oklahoma State’s upset win over Texas, flat from ’17. ABC's noon game, featuring Clemson-Florida State, drew a 2.5 overnight, also flat from last year.
PEDAL TO THE METAL: NBCSN earned a 1.3 overnight yesterday afternoon for Joey Logano’s last-lap pass and win over Martin Truex Jr. in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race from Martinsville Speedway, down from a 1.6 last year. Two years ago, the race drew a 1.5 overnight.
The chart below lists overnight ratings for select sports telecasts on broadcast TV over the weekend.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| World Series: Red Sox-Dodgers: Game 3 |
10/26
|
Fox
|
8:00-11:30pm
|
9.5
|
| College football: Clemson-Florida State |
10/27
|
ABC
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
2.5
|
| College football: (regional) |
10/27
|
ABC
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
1.7
|
| College football: Texas-Oklahoma State |
10/27
|
ABC
|
7:30-11:15pm
|
2.4
|
| College football: Georgia-Florida |
10/27
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
4.5
|
| College football: Notre Dame-Navy |
10/27
|
CBS
|
7:30-11:15pm
|
1.7
|
| College football: Wisconsin-Northwestern |
10/27
|
Fox
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
1.7
|
| College football: Kansas State-Oklahoma |
10/27
|
Fox
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
1.6
|
| World Series: Red Sox-Dodgers: Game 4 |
10/27
|
Fox
|
8:00-11:30pm
|
9.8
|
| EPL: Leicester City-West Ham |
10/27
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.8
|
| Figure Skating: Skate America (taped) |
10/27
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.9
|
| "World of X Games" |
10/28
|
ABC
|
1:30-2:30pm
|
0.5
|
| F1: Mexico Grand Prix |
10/28
|
ABC
|
2:30-5:00pm
|
0.6
|
| "The NFL Today" |
10/28
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.5
|
| NFL: (singelheader) |
10/28
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
10.3
|
| "Golf's Best Drivers of 2018" |
10/28
|
CBS
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
1.3
|
| "Fox NFL Kickoff" |
10/28
|
Fox
|
11:00am-12:00pm
|
1.5
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
10/28
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.4
|
| NFL: (regional) |
10/28
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
8.1
|
| NFL: Packers-Rams (94%) |
10/28
|
Fox
|
4:25-7:00pm
|
15.0
|
| World Series: Red Sox-Dodgers: Game 5 |
10/28
|
Fox
|
8:00-11:00pm
|
12.3
|
| EPL: Manchester United-Everton |
10/28
|
NBC
|
12:00-2:00pm
|
0.7
|
| Figure Skating: Skate Canada (taped) |
10/28
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.8
|
| "Football Night in America" |
10/28
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
3.5
|
| "SNF": Saints-Vikings |
10/28
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:30pm
|
9.7
|
