Week 2 CFB TV Ratings (no (ESPNEWS, CBSSN, ACCN and SECN) and streaming services (ESPN+ and Peacock) )

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/1nd32bi/michiganoklahoma_was_the_highestrated_game_of/

Highest-rated games of Week 2:

Reading is fundamental: "Viewership information for cable networks not measured by Nielsen (ESPNEWS, CBSSN, ACCN and SECN) and streaming services (ESPN+ and Peacock) are not included in this table."

1. Michigan-Oklahoma (ABC): 9.700M

2. Ole Miss-Kentucky (ABC): 4.800M

3. Iowa-Iowa State (FOX): 4.278M

4. San Jose State-Texas (ABC): 3.700M

5. Delaware-Colorado (FOX): 2.685M

6. Oklahoma State-Oregon (CBS): 2.320M

7. Illinois-Duke (ESPN): 2.007M

8. Grambling-Ohio State (BTN): 1.831M

9. Kansas-Missouri (ESPN2): 1.812M

10. Boston College-Michigan State (NBC): 1.643M

https://tvmediablog.substack.com/p/2025-college-football-week-2-viewership

Here are the highest rated games on ESPN2 for each week last season:

Week 14: Florida vs Florida St - 1.37m
Week 13: Temple vs UTSA - 512k
Week 12: Baylor vs West Virginia - 513k
Week 11: N Illinois vs W Michigan - 442k
Week 10: USF vs FAU - 562k
Week 9: Louisville vs Boston College - 879k
Week 8: WKU vs Sam Houston - 403k
Week 7: Coastal Carolina vs James Madison - 390k
Week 6: Pittsburgh vs North Carolina - 645k
Week 5: North Carolina vs Duke - 521k
Week 4: Kansas vs West Virginia - 1.15m
Week 3: West Virginia vs Pittsburgh - 1.15m
Week 2: California vs Auburn - 1.12m

CFB Tv Ratings thus Far-Pricing

Some commentary, Week one was probably the best ACC week EVER, it was really huge.

As I've commented constantly, the NBC and CBS B10 contracts SUCK. The B10 horrifically needs brands. This is the main reason why I've flipped 180 to the SEC if the B10 can't get FSU ND AND CLEMSON. They just don't have the brands outside the top 5 to carry tv ratings EVERY week. Ohio St playing the b10 noon game EVERY week for 6 consecutive weeks last year was not a fluke.

ESPN ratings have SKYROCKETED this year. Week 1 and week 2 games will become a staple because you can play the brands before they have a losing season, if they are bad. I predicted several years ago that bowls would become kickoff games at some point rather than post season games.

FSU Athletic Facility Costs

 

1st team since UCLA in 1972 with 2 wins or fewer in prior season to be ranked in AP Top-10 by September in following season

 

https://247sports.com/college/florida-state/board/36/contents/wild-fsu-stat-per-cbssports-research-253766535/?page=1

Florida St: 1st team since UCLA in 1972 with 2 wins or fewer in prior season to be ranked in AP Top-10 by September in following season
2 Wins or Fewer in Prior Season to Ranked in AP Top-10 by September

Last 2 Instances

Seasons
Florida St 2024-25
UCLA 1971-72

Housing, dining and parking: How FSU will transform its northwest campus, starting in 2026

 

Housing, dining and parking: How FSU will transform its northwest campus, starting in 2026

Next year, the Florida State University community can expect to see what will be a massive transformation on the northwest side of campus. 

Here’s why: FSU will start constructing new residence halls, a new dining hall and more. 

While plans for a 1,200-bed residence hall at FSU is currently in the design phase, the university is looking to start construction on the future housing facility as well as an attached dining hall sometime next year

But that’s not all – as the university gears up to start constructing the new facilities in 2026, it will start building a parking garage on campus this fall. The future developments will all be located at the northwest corner of Call Street and Chieftan Way. 

In addition, two to three residence halls with a combined total of about 1,300 beds will replace FSU’s Rogers, McCollum and Salley halls, which will all be closed in 2028 following the completion of the 1,200-bed residence hall as the new facilities start being constructed afterward. 

“This project will modernize the northwest part of campus into a community that aligns with FSU’s other residence halls,” Shannon Staten, FSU’s Executive Director of University Housing and Childcare Center, said in a statement sent to the Tallahassee Democrat Aug. 2. “It increases on-campus housing from 6,707 to 8,200 beds.”  

According to the university’s master plan, the area is underutilized as it contains an abundance of surface parking. 

The residents of Rogers, McCollum and Salley Halls will move into the new 1,200-bed building as the three older housing facilities will be demolished to make room for Phase II buildings that will consist of about 1,300 beds total. 

FSU seeks subcontractors for new film school

FSU seeks subcontractors for new film school 

In January, the university finalized the purchase of the former Regal Governor's Square movie theater after the facility permanently closed the previous month.

It will be used to showcase films produced by students, faculty members and alumni.

The 43,242 square-foot theater has 12 auditoriums, and the first step would be to operate it as a theater.

FSU officials previously said plans are underway to relocate the college’s Center for Cinematic Innovation, known as Torchlight Studios, from Midway in Gadsden County to the new site.

Eastbound and down: Burt Reynolds Hall at FSU demolished for more parking

 

Eastbound and down: Burt Reynolds Hall at FSU demolished for more parking

The area will be turned into a flat gravel lot considered for parking.

While namesake Burt Reynolds was not a financial contributor to the building, Seminole Boosters, Inc. wanted to pay tribute to the former FSU football player and Hollywood icon.

Reynolds, who died in 2018, attended the ribbon cutting and dedication in 1987, along with wife Loni Anderson and fellow actors Dom DeLuise, Bernie Casey and Ricardo Montalban.

Seminole Boosters, Inc., previously owned the 60-unit complex on Hayden Road for 36 years, selling it to the FSU Research Foundation in 2020.

The last 7 times we’ve started 2-0 we’ve won 10+ games

 

The last 7 times we’ve started 2-0 we’ve won 10+ games

The last 7 times FSU has started 2-0 they went on to win 10+ games.

22 of 40 times starting 2-0, FSU won 10+

FSU tied modern history going 10/10 for TDs on our first ten drives

 

FSU tied modern history going 10/10 for TDs on our first ten drives

All research indicates we tied modern history going 10/10 for TDs on our first ten drives (of the 9/6/2025 FSU/East Texas A&M game). Arkansas did this once.

Florida State University No. 1 Best Greek Life College in America and No. 7 College with the Best Student Life in America!

 

In the recently released 2026 rankings, Niche named Florida State University No. 1 Best Greek Life College in America and No. 7 College with the Best Student Life in America!

In addition, Florida State University's Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL) community, with more than… pic.twitter.com/B9AXotzmc3

— Florida State University (@FloridaState) September 5, 2025

Florida State is the only major consensus national champion program whose football program itself was launched after World War II (1947).

 

One of my favorite pieces of information:

Florida State is the only major consensus national champion program whose football program itself was launched after World War II (1947).

AND WE'VE WON THREE! pic.twitter.com/69FksKbarD

— Florida Missouri Man (@FloridaMissour1) September 6, 2025

No time to stand still: SEC needs Florida State, Clemson to close gap with Big Ten

 No time to stand still: SEC needs Florida State, Clemson to close gap with Big Ten

Let me take you back to 2024, and an offseason of discontent in the ACC. 

Florida State and Clemson so desperately wanted out of the cash-strapped conference, they were willing to pay nearly half a billion dollars to do it — if they could just find any takers. 

Hello, Greg Sankey? Clemson and Florida State on Line 1. It's your move, again. 

What FSU did to SEC heavyweight Alabama last weekend, and what Clemson nearly did to LSU, should make clear what was obvious all along. To Sankey, the most powerful man in college sports and SEC commissioner, and anyone else in earshot.

Florida State and Clemson are SEC schools. They look the part, they play the part. Everything they do screams SEC big boy football.

So if your Sankey, you pick up the phone when the Clemson and Florida State presidents call again (because at some point, they will), and reply with one simple yet resounding plan of action. The Tigers and Seminoles pay all exit fees and leave no monetary or legal strings attached to the ACC, and they're welcome in the SEC.

Because the narrative that FSU and Clemson don’t bring “value” to the SEC has always been a strawman argument.

No one – I mean, no one – believes a team that has played in seven of the 11 College Football Playoffs (and won two by beating, you know, Alabama) doesn’t bring value to the SEC. No one believes Florida State, one of the top television properties in college sports (even during a 2-10 season), doesn’t add value to the SEC.

If ESPN paid pro rata for Texas and Oklahoma to join the SEC, they'll certainly pay the same for Clemson and Florida State.

Look, the 16 SEC presidents know the Seminoles and Tigers would be mega athletic and financial additions to the conference, on the level of Texas and Oklahoma. And truth be told, the SEC needs them in the football-driven world of college sports.

The bully on the block hasn’t won a national title since 2023, and was knocked to its knees in Tallahassee and Columbus, and nearly in Clemson, to begin this season.

I know this is difficult for the good folks at the SEC offices in Birmingham, Alabama, to hear, but the Big Ten has put space between itself and the SEC. On the field, and as a revenue-generating entity.

Sankey has never been one to stand still, and is always looking to make the SEC better and stronger. His first big expansion move (Texas and Oklahoma) was a no-brainer, and came crawling to his door.

Florida State and Clemson will do the same. It’s only a matter of taking the call and providing the parameters. 

https://csnbbs.com/thread-1014947-page-5.html

Since 1980-45 years
FSU 3 MNCs, 17 top 5s, 21 top 10s, 34 ranked
Clemson 3 MNCs, 7 top 5s, 11 top 10s, 29 ranked

National titles since 1980
7 Alabama
5 Miami
3 FSU, Clemson, Florida, Ohio St., Georgia

Sicem TV rating analysis 2013-2021
FSU #9 5.589 million
Clemson #10 5.419
SEC average 4.780
SEC median 4.405
Big Ten average 3.723
Big Ten median 3.652

Its kind of a no brainer for the conferences and for ESPN and Fox to want FSU and Clemson to be with the brands in the SEC or Big Ten.

TV Ratings Week 1 2025 - FSU-Bama - the most watched Week 1, 3:30 game in the history of televised college football.

 

https://t.co/hTzQf5iDTC

On Saturday, Alabama-Florida State led the way with 10.7 million viewers — the most-watched Week 1 game in the mid-afternoon window on record, peaking with a monster 12.9 million viewers.

FSU-Bama - the most watched Week 1, 3:30 game in the history of televised college football.https://t.co/hTzQf5iDTC.

— Skip Foster (@skipfoster) September 3, 2025

Logo still holds weight https://t.co/LOFvgQjKKn pic.twitter.com/RX8pt0VAPH

— Jon Loesche (@jloesche88) September 4, 2025

https://csnbbs.com/thread-1014898.html

These viewership measurements are based on Nielsen’s new Big Data + Panel methodology, combining Nielsen’s panel measurement with data from cable, satellite set-top boxes and smart TVs across 45 million households and 75 million devices.

Notre Dame and Miami drew 10.8 million viewers
Alabama and Florida State attracted 10.7 million viewers
LSU and Clemson attracted 10.4 million viewers
TCU and North Carolina scored 6.1 million viewers (still waiting on new Big Data + Panel methodology)
Virginia Tech and South Carolina saw 5.4 million viewers
Georgia Tech at Colorado scored 3.7 million viewers
Syracuse and Tennessee drew 2.6 million viewers

Games 10 Million or More Viewers, 2015-2025

Updated September 5, 2025

Regular Season:
Day of Week Date Time Network Visitor Conference Home Conference Viewers
1 Saturday 11/25/2023 noon FOX Ohio State Big Ten Michigan Big Ten 19.07
2 Saturday 11/26/2022 noon FOX Michigan Big Ten Ohio State Big Ten 17.14
3 Saturday 11/26/2016 noon ABC Michigan Big Ten Ohio State Big Ten 16.841
4 Saturday 11/2/2019 3:30pm CBS LSU SEC Alabama SEC 16.64
5 Saturday 8/30/2025 noon FOX Texas SEC Ohio State Big Ten 16.62
6 Saturday 11/27/2021 noon FOX Ohio State Big Ten Michigan Big Ten 15.893
7 Saturday 11/25/2017 3:30pm CBS Alabama SEC Auburn SEC 13.657
8 Saturday 11/24/2018 noon FOX Michigan Big Ten Ohio State Big Ten 13.2
9 Saturday 10/19/2024 7:30pm ABC Georgia SEC Texas SEC 13.19
10 Saturday 11/5/2022 3:30pm CBS Tennessee SEC Georgia SEC 13.06
11 Saturday 11/30/2019 noon FOX Ohio State Big Ten Michigan Big Ten 12.42
12 Saturday 9/2/2017 8pm ABC Alabama SEC Florida State ACC 12.335
13 Saturday 11/30/2024 noon FOX Michigan Big Ten Ohio State Big Ten 12.3
14 Saturday 9/28/2024 7:30pm ABC Georgia SEC Alabama SEC 11.99
15 Saturday 10/15/2022 3:30pm CBS Alabama SEC Tennessee SEC 11.56
16 Saturday 11/3/2018 8pm CBS Alabama SEC LSU SEC 11.543
17 Saturday 11/30/2019 3:30pm CBS Alabama SEC Auburn SEC 11.43
18 Saturday 11/7/2015 8pm CBS LSU SEC Alabama SEC 11.06
19 Saturday 11/21/2015 3:30pm ABC MSU Big Ten Ohio State Big Ten 11.05
20 Sunday 9/4/2016 7:30pm ABC Notre Dame Independent Texas B12 10.95
21 Saturday 11/28/2015 noon ABC Ohio State Big Ten Michigan Big Ten 10.83
22 Sunday 8/31/2025 7:30pm ABC Notre Dame Independent Miami ACC 10.80
23 Saturday 8/30/2025 3:30pm ABC Alabama SEC Florida State ACC 10.70
24 Saturday 9/10/2022 noon FOX Alabama SEC Texas B12 10.6
25 Monday 9/7/2015 8pm ESPN Ohio State Big Ten Virginia Tech ACC 10.59
26 Saturday 9/3/2022 7:30pm ABC Notre Dame Independent Ohio State Big Ten 10.53
27 Saturday 11/25/2017 noon FOX Ohio State Big Ten Michigan Big Ten 10.507
28 Saturday 8/30/2025 7:30pm ABC LSU SEC Clemson ACC 10.40
29 Saturday 11/5/2016 8pm CBS Alabama SEC LSU SEC 10.385
30 Saturday 11/27/2021 3:30pm CBS Alabama SEC Auburn SEC 10.369
31 Saturday 10/19/2024 3:30pm ABC Alabama SEC Tennessee SEC 10.23
32 Saturday 11/7/2020 7:30pm NBC Clemson ACC Notre Dame Independent 10.07
33 Saturday 9/23/2023 3:30pm ABC Colorado Pac 12 Oregon Pac 12 10.03

Conference Championships:
1 Saturday 12/2/2023 4pm CBS Georgia SEC Alabama SEC 17.52
2 Saturday 12/1/2018 4pm CBS Georgia SEC Alabama SEC 17.499
3 Saturday 12/7/2024 4pm ABC Georgia SEC Texas SEC 16.6
4 Saturday 12/4/2021 4pm CBS Georgia SEC Alabama SEC 15.277
5 Saturday 12/7/2019 4pm CBS Georgia SEC LSU SEC 13.7
6 Saturday 12/7/2019 8pm FOX Wisconsin Big Ten Ohio State Big Ten 13.55
7 Saturday 12/2/2017 4pm CBS Auburn SEC Georgia SEC 13.466
8 Saturday 12/2/2017 8pm FOX Wisconsin Big Ten Ohio State Big Ten 12.918
9 Saturday 12/5/2015 4pm CBS Florida SEC Alabama SEC 12.76
10 Saturday 12/4/2021 8pm FOX Iowa Big Ten Michigan Big Ten 11.658
11 Saturday 12/3/2016 4pm CBS Florida SEC Alabama SEC 11.09
12 Saturday 12/3/2022 4pm CBS LSU SEC Georgia SEC 10.89
13 Saturday 12/3/2022 8pm FOX Purdue Big Ten Michigan Big Ten 10.7
14 Saturday 12/7/2024 8pm CBS Penn State Big Ten Oregon Big Ten 10.5
15 Saturday 12/1/2018 noon ABC Texas B12 Oklahoma B12 10.155
16 Saturday 12/2/2023 8pm FOX Iowa Big Ten Michigan Big Ten 10.02

Top 25 uniforms in college football

 

The top 25 uniforms in college football per USA Today… pic.twitter.com/jSaTxk0zmG

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