In college football, brands matter way more than team quality
Nearly three million more viewers watched Ohio State blowout Penn State than watched a tight top-15 matchup between Vanderbilt and Texas in the same window.
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ABC sweeps viewership race (again) during CFB Week 9
The network has now won 23 of 27 Saturday windows so far this season.
SEC boasts 7 of 10 most-watched teams in college football so far
The Big Ten and ACC have one each, with Notre Dame rounding out the list.
It’s time to get rid of tickers during college football games
Indiana-Oregon’s disappointing ratings explains everything about college football’s TV landscape
ABC continues CFB ratings dominance in Week 5
Alabama's win over Georgia averaged 10.4 million viewers.
CFB Week 4 viewership led by Florida-Miami on ABC
Miami's win averaged 6.5 million viewers on ABC.
Georgia-Tennessee is most-watched game of CFB Week 3
12.6 million viewers tuned into ABC for the game, albeit with all of the Nielsen-related caveats.
Michigan-Oklahoma leads the way for CFB Week 2 viewership
The game averaged 9.7 million viewers on ABC.
ESPN/ABC smash Week 1 CFB viewership records as Nielsen updates prove pivotal
ABC notched three audiences above 10 million viewers last weekend.
ESPN announcers call out ‘fake injuries’ in Tennessee-Syracuse game
"If you're serious about getting this out of the game, then you have to call that."
Bowl game audiences are breaking decades-old records for ESPN
Bowl season seems to be resonating now more than ever, despite an expanded playoff and the transfer portal.
The Pop-Tarts Bowl saw a resurrected mascot, mascot combine drills, and Cole Cubelic in a costume
The Pop-Tarts Bowl interrupted its tribute video to last year's mascot with that mascot's resurrection.
ABC calls Michael Irvin “Michael Irving’ on Pop-Tarts Bowl graphic
No, that wasn't "Michael Irving."
Doug Lesmerises blasts ‘wounded’ Kirk Herbstreit’s Ohio State comments: ‘He turns everything on fans’
"Just chill, Herbie. Just chill on this stuff. Because this is your audience too. Who do you think's paying your fricking salary to fly all over the country and cover four different games?"
Titans’ QB Will Levis roasted after bashing ESPN Fortnite branding for CFP
Will Levis criticized ESPN's "Fortnite OG Kickoff" branding, but then took criticism himself.
SEC Championship secures most-watched college football game so far this season
Georgia's win averaged 16.6 million viewers on ABC.
The 2024 Awful Announcing college football announcer rankings
ABC secures most-watched college football window of the year, beating Fox’s ‘Big Noon’
ABC averaged 7.39 million viewers for its primetime games, up a staggering 106 percent from its primetime window in 2023.
Grade the top 25 college football announcing teams for 2024
Our poll to grade the top 25 2024 college football announcing booths will be open through Wednesday, Dec. 4.
ABC and ESPN sweep all four CFB windows on Saturday
ABC currently owns 12 of the top 15 college football audiences of the year.
Awful Announcing’s 2024 college football scorebug rankings
Fox’s ‘Big Noon’ notches top college football audience of the week
Ohio State's close win over Nebraska averaged 5.96 million viewers.
Your 2024 Week 10 college football announcing schedule
Many eyes will be on Happy Valley for Ohio State-Penn State, but there are lots of other interesting matchups here.
