Games this week with over 1M viewers:
- Texas @ Bama: 8.76M
- Nebraska @ Colorado: 8.73M
- TAMU @ Miami: 4.02M
- ¡El Assico! in Ames: 3.38M
- UNLV @ Michigan: 2.97M
- ND @ NC State: 2.93M
- Oregon @ Texas Tech: 2.55M
- Wiscy @ Wazzu: 2.28M
- Auburn @ Cal: 2.23M
- Stanford @ USC: 1.75M
- Ole Miss @ Tulane: 1.44M
- Illinois @ Kansas: 1.36M
- Utah @ Baylor: 1.31M
- Youngstown State @ tOSU: 1.22M
- UCLA @ SDSU: 1.08M
Am I crazy, or does 8.76M for Texas/Alabama seem low? I was expecting at least 10+M for a hugely hyped, prime time game between two of the biggest fan bases on the sport. Was it because it was on ESPN and not a broadcast network?
Yeah, those numbers are huge for cable. No regular season game last year on ESPN got over 5M besides Bama-LSU which drew 7.58M. Last year’s Bama-Texas game was on Fox and got over 10M.