National TV Trends for CFB

 

ACC college football total TV viewership through week 7 with network frequency: https://t.co/tCfPErVmyF

— Danny Neckel (@DNeckel19) October 21, 2026

College football average TV viewership after Week 6: https://t.co/QUZfjHdBoV

— Danny Neckel (@DNeckel19) October 15, 2026

Top ten network time slots for college football average 📺 viewership so far this year: https://t.co/yNklv0wojK

— Danny Neckel (@DNeckel19) October 16, 2026

College football average 📺viewership by network so far this year: https://t.co/AhcSj0FA6i

— Danny Neckel (@DNeckel19) October 16, 2026

Snapshot of college football TV viewership after Week 5: https://t.co/UGPGn51Hsq

— Danny Neckel (@DNeckel19) October 7, 2026

Top 12 college football total 📺 viewership leaders after Week 5: Ohio St: 27.9M Alabama: 26.0M Texas: 26.0M Ole Miss: 24.2M LSU: 22.7M Michigan: 22.4M Texas A&M: 16.3M Clemson: 15.4M Notre Dame: 15.3M Florida: 15.2M Tennessee: 14.9M Florida St: 13.9M

— Danny Neckel (@DNeckel19) October 7, 2026

Week 5 of @ESPNCFB delivered 3 of the 4 most-watched games across all nets 📈 🏈 @AlabamaFTBL-@HailStateFB: 5.1M viewers 🏈 @CanesFootball-@ClemsonFB: 4.6M 🏈 @GatorsFB-@MizzouFootball: 4.4M 🏈 @AuburnFootball-@Vol_Football & @NDFootball-@UNCFootball: 3M each https://t.co/9iBAE2u0ki

— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) October 6, 2026

The Big Ten is winning National Championships and making more TV money than the SEC. But there is a growing problem...

The widening gap in TV ratings and the quality of the TV product itself, compared to the SEC, has many hitting the panic button.https://t.co/QybDxLb8wF pic.twitter.com/Mt38lrpFsk

— Ben Koo (@bkoo) October 1, 2026

Current college football total 📺 viewership leaders after Week 4:

Texas: 26.0M
Ole Miss: 24.1M
LSU: 22.4M
Ohio St: 22.0M
Alabama: 21.0M
Michigan: 18.3M
Texas A&M: 15.2M
Florida St: 13.2M
Kentucky: 13.0M
Notre Dame: 12.3M

— Danny Neckel (@DNeckel19) October 1, 2026

NEW: College Football television ratings are down 11% from the first month of the 2025 season, per FOS📉

But a source with knowledge of Disney’s viewership data tells @AndyStaples that SEC minutes watched are up 41% year-over-year.

Story: https://t.co/l50VluAJde pic.twitter.com/B3QZNrn5GK

— On3 (@On3) October 2, 2026