Michigan-Ohio State's total live audience (TV + digital) viewership has surpassed 17 million viewers, which now includes 194,000 more television viewers in Nielsen's final report compared to Sunday's fast nationals report. The additional viewership only further cements the Big Ten matchup as the most-watched game of the season across all networks.
The Wolverines-Buckeyes (noon ET on ABC) final total live audience is 17,120,000 viewers, which includes an ESPN COLLEGE FOOTBALL regular season record-breaking streaming average audience (279,000 viewers). ABC's TV audience (16,841,000 viewers) surpassed the network's Notre Dame-Texas game from opening weekend (Sept. 4 at 7:30 p.m.) as the most-watched game across all networks. Season-to-date, ABC has televised four of the five most-watched COLLEGE FOOTBALL games across all networks:Most-Viewed COLLEGE FOOTBALL Games This Season on TV
Rank | TV Viewership | Game | Date | Network |
1 | 16,841,000 | Michigan at Ohio State | Nov. 26, 2016 | ABC |
2 | 10,945,000 | Notre Dame at Texas | Sept. 4, 2016 | ABC |
3 | 10,385,000 | Alabama at LSU | Nov. 5, 2016 | CBS |
4 | 9,294,000 | Louisville at Clemson | Oct. 1, 2016 | ABC |
5 | 8,964,000 | Ohio State at Wisconsin | Oct. 15, 2016 | ABC |
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