FSU vs LSU Draws 9.1 Million Viewers

 

According to ESPN:

ESPN’s Labor Day Sunday Showdown Between No. 5 LSU and No. 8 FSU Registers 9.1 Million Viewers on ABC

Most-watched Sunday opener since 2016 (Notre Dame/Texas) & 2nd best on record

ESPN says Florida State-LSU game peaked w/10.3 million viewers, 2nd most watched Sunday Labor Day game. Me says Florida State has already notified Big Ten about these numbers

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) September 4, 2023

Those numbers are without Spectrum customers too! Imagine the ratings if everyone had access.

And to think it’d be higher but Spectrum dropped ESPN in Florida this weekend. They knew what they were doing. Can’t wait to watch FSU in the B1G on FOX

Lucky it was on ABC and not ESPN. Disney's blocking of spectrum would have lowered viewership significantly

By the way, only five regular season games had more viewers last season.

LSU vs FSU (9.1M) would have been the 6th highest rated game last season. Should be in a similar range this season by end of season.

1. Michigan at Ohio State — 17.14M
2. Tennessee at Georgia — 13.06M
3. Alabama at Tennessee — 11.56M
4. Alabama at Texas — 10.60M
5. Notre Dame…

— Big Ten information. College football fan (@Genetics56) September 5, 2023

Noles in the spotlight 🍢
Greatness is what we do! pic.twitter.com/g43Fq3qaeJ

— ACC Football (@ACCFootball) September 5, 2023

All eyes on the Noles!

Last night’s win averaged 9.1 Million viewers and peaked at 10.3 Million

🍢 Most-watched Sunday opener since 2016
🍢 2nd-best Sunday opener on record#NoleFamily | #KeepCLIMBing pic.twitter.com/Ktr16nXfNW

— FSU Football (@FSUFootball) September 4, 2023

North Carolina vs South Carolina only had 2.92 million viewers

West Virginia vs Penn state had 3.03 million viewers

Texas Tech vs Wyoming had 1 million viewers

— Big Ten information. College football fan (@Genetics56) September 4, 2023

3.7M for West Virginia vs Penn State when you add in digital, etc, according to the NBC press release. https://t.co/YnEJTX8V4V

— Big Ten information. College football fan (@Genetics56) September 4, 2023

https://csnbbs.com/thread-976618.html

2022 ACC Championships game only got 3.47 M Viewers that feature 2 of the bigger ACC brands in Clemson vs North Carolina.

And in the meantime, we can compare it to the 2022 regular season's Top Ten:

1. Michigan at Ohio State — 17.14M
2. Tennessee at Georgia — 13.06M
3. Alabama at Tennessee — 11.56M
4. Alabama at Texas — 10.60M
5. Notre Dame vs. Ohio State — 10.53M
6. Alabama at Mississippi — 8.71M
7. Ohio State at Penn State — 8.27M
8. Alabama at LSU — 7.58M
9. Florida State vs. LSU — 7.55M
10. Texas A&M at Alabama — 7.15M

It would have been handily in the Top 6 against all of 2022 even with the Disney/Spectrum debacle!

https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach...eca4f6acbd

That game would have been the #6 highest rated game of the entire 2022 CFB regular season, and the highest rated game that didn't involve tOSU, Alabama or Georgia. There's no way to spin this, it was a great game and the ratings were awesome.

https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2022-co...ings-page/

CONF CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES

2022:
Georgia-LSU 10.89 million
Michigan-Purdue 10.70
TCU-KSU 9.41
Utah-USC 5.97
Clemson-UNC 3.47
Tulane-UCF 2.70

2021:
Georgia-Alabama 15.28
Michigan-Iowa 11.66
Oklahoma St.-Baylor 8.02
Utah-Oregon 4.25
Cincinnati-Houston 3.42
Pitt-Wake Forest 2.66

Last year,
Florida State vs. LSU in New Orleans: 7.55M
Florida vs. Florida State: 6.71M

Those were the only 2 games all season featuring any ACC team that broke the $5m barrier, including their CCG.