All things FSU

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

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."

Michigan-Oklahoma (ABC): 9.700M
Ole Miss-Kentucky (ABC): 4.800M
Iowa-Iowa State (FOX): 4.278M
San Jose State-Texas (ABC): 3.700M
Delaware-Colorado (FOX): 2.685M
Oklahoma State-Oregon (CBS): 2.320M
Illinois-Duke (ESPN): 2.007M
Grambling-Ohio State (BTN): 1.831M
Kansas-Missouri (ESPN2): 1.812M
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

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

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

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.

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

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+