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Our good friend @awhom111 has provided us with the ratings for the first week of the season:

11/4 Ole Miss-USC ESPN 271,000
11/4 Louisville-UCLA ESPN2 167,000
11/4 South Carolina-Michigan TNT 163,000
11/4 South Carolina-Michigan TruTV 32,000
11/10 Duke-Maryland FS2 13,000
11/10 Duke-Maryland FS1 57,000
11/10 North Carolina State-South Carolina ESPN2 135,000
11/10 North Carolina State-South Carolina ESPN 243,000
11/10 Gonzaga-Stanford ESPN2 44,000
11/10 Virginia Tech-Iowa ESPN2 209,000
11/10 Notre Dame-Purdue FS1 76,000
11/10 Marquette-Illinois BTN 8,000
11/10 Baylor-Oregon BTN 27,000

As in previous years, I will keep up with and rank those games with TV audiences that exceed 200,000 as the season progresses. The rankings thus far are:

2/16/2025 Texas at LSU ESPN/ABC 2.3 million
2/16/2025 UConn at SCar ESPN/ABC 2.2 million
2/9 South Carolina-Texas ESPN 1,020,000
1/26 UCLA-Maryland NBC 1,000,000+

12/12/2024 UConn @ Notre Dame ESPN 847,000
1/24 LSU-South Carolina ESPN 841,000
2/6 UConn-Tennessee ESPN 831,000
2/9 Tennessee-LSU ESPN 825,000

12/7 Tennessee-Iowa FOX 560,000
12/5 Texas-Notre Dame ESPN 504,000
1/23 Tennessee-Texas ESPN 521,000
2/8 Ohio State-USC FOX 520,000
11/23 Notre Dame-USC NBC 519,000

12/7 Louisville-UConn FOX 466,000
12/5 Duke-South Carolina ESPN 431,000
11/15 UConn-UNC ESPN2 403,000

2/6 Stanford-Notre Dame ESPN 392,000
11/10 NC State-South Carolina ESPN2 135,000
11/10 NC state vs South Carolina ESPN 243,000
1/5 Notre Dame-UNC ESPN 333,000
1/5 Oklahoma-Tennessee ESPN 319,000

2/3 Duke-North Carolina State ESPN2 297,000
1/5 Maryland-Iowa BTN 287,000
11/4 Ole Miss-USC ESPN 271,000
11/24 South Carolina-UCLA FS1 234,000
2/6 Iowa-Minnesota BTN 234,000
1/26 Texas-Ole Miss ESPN 227,000
12/8 South Carolina-TCU ESPN2 217,000
11/20 South Carolina-Clemson ESPN2 202,000
11/28 South Carolina-Iowa State FOX ????????????????????????????????????
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Last year: TV Viewership 2024 Regular Season
 
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I’m excited for the big time, “storyline” matchups to start and boy are we in for a treat on the 23rd.

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Week Two Eyeballs as reported by @awhom111

11/13 Toledo-Iowa BTN 136,000
11/14 Creighton-Kansas State ESPN2 134,000
11/14 Utah-Northwestern BTN 26,000
11/15 UConn-UNC ESPN2 403,000
11/17 Stanford-Indiana FS1 75,000
11/17 North Carolina State-TCU ESPN 106,000
11/17 Texas-DePaul FS2 2,000
11/17 Texas-DePaul FS1 32,000
11/17 Arkansas-UCLA BTN 22,000
 
11/17 Draft Lottery ESPN 137,000
11/20 South Carolina-Clemson ESPN2 202,000
11/20 Kansas-Iowa BTN 175,000
11/23 Notre Dame-USC NBC 519,000 (includes numbers not measured the same way as the other numbers)
11/24 South Carolina-UCLA FS1 234,000
11/24 Washington State-Iowa BTN 149,000
 
11/25 UNC-Indiana ESPN2 97,000
11/25 Villanova-Baylor ESPNU 23,000
11/26 Cal-Michigan State truTV 13,000
11/26 Vanderbilt-Arizona truTV 18,000
11/27 Cal-Arizona truTV 26,000
11/27 Michigan State-Vanderbilt truTV 43,000
11/27 Seton Hall-USC truTV 51,000
11/28 South Carolina-Iowa State FOX ?
11/29 Marquette-Rutgers BTN 20,000
11/29 USC-Saint Louis truTV 50,000
12/1 Creighton-Tulsa ESPN2 114,000

Thanksgiving week and CFB rivalry weekend didn't draw many eyeballs. SCar vs Iowa State on Turkey Day on Fax should have generated decent numbers but they have not yet been disclosed.

Thank you as always to @whom111
 
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2/2 St. John's-Penn State BTN 20,000
12/3 Cal Baptist-USC BTN 19,000
12/4 Oklahoma-Louisville ESPN2 105,000
12/4 Syracuse-Texas A&M ESPNU 16,000
12/5 Kentucky-UNC ESPN2 178,000
12/5 Texas-Notre Dame ESPN 504,000
12/5 Ole Miss-North Carolina State ESPN2 96,000
12/5 Duke-South Carolina ESPN 431,000
12/5 Stanford-LSU ESPN2 169,000
12/5 Alabama-Cal ESPNU 14,000
12/6 WNBA Expansion Draft ESPN 488,000
12/7 USC-Oregon BTN 54,000
12/7 Tennessee-Iowa FOX 560,000
12/7 Bridge Show FOX 462,000
12/7 Louisville-UConn FOX 466,000
12/8 Minnesota-Nebraska BTN 33,000
12/8 Illinois-Ohio State BTN 51,000
12/8 South Carolina-TCU ESPN2 217,000
 
visitingcock said:
2/2 St. John's-Penn State BTN 20,000
12/3 Cal Baptist-USC BTN 19,000
12/4 Oklahoma-Louisville ESPN2 105,000
12/4 Syracuse-Texas A&M ESPNU 16,000
12/5 Kentucky-UNC ESPN2 178,000
12/5 Texas-Notre Dame ESPN 504,000
12/5 Ole Miss-North Carolina State ESPN2 96,000
12/5 Duke-South Carolina ESPN 431,000
12/5 Stanford-LSU ESPN2 169,000
12/5 Alabama-Cal ESPNU 14,000
12/6 WNBA Expansion Draft ESPN 488,000
12/7 USC-Oregon BTN 54,000
12/7 Tennessee-Iowa FOX 560,000
12/7 Bridge Show FOX 462,000
12/7 Louisville-UConn FOX 466,000
12/8 Minnesota-Nebraska BTN 33,000
12/8 Illinois-Ohio State BTN 51,000
12/8 South Carolina-TCU ESPN2 217,000
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Interesting to see the bridge show coverage ratings being included.
 
visitingcock said:
I don't even know what that is was. @whom feeds me the info
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I assumed it was the post game/pre game coverage between those two games. Indicates to me that the audience didn't immediately drop off after the Tennessee - Iowa game while waiting for Louisville - UConn
 
cancontent said:
I assumed it was the post game/pre game coverage between those two games. Indicates to me that the audience didn't immediately drop off after the Tennessee - Iowa game while waiting for Louisville - UConn
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Viewership wasn't helped with the UConn/Louisville game starting after 9:30 PM.
 
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cancontent said:


Wow. And against CFB games too.
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I have a feeling that many people who enjoy skipping commercials took the same approach as me. I started the UConn game and watched up until halftime where I switched to watch the playoffs, which was already an hour into the game, so I could fast forward over commercials and boring spots. Then at halftime of that game I switched back to the UConn game and finished it. I basically got to skip and commercials, timeouts and halftime analysis in the most efficient manner possible for both games.

Contrary to popular belief, it's because of this that I am a believer that it is good for women's sports to be played alongside other big games because it provides an alternative game to watch during commercials and may bring more new eyeballs to the sport. I believe this same effect will happen on Superbowl Sunday when South Carolina plays at Texas.
 
These numbers are great! 3.7 million to start thought it was going to be a blowout, but 2.2 million stuck around for the comeback.

I guess they all tuned in to see Rayah Marshall vs Ice Brady in the post and to see how many minutes the freshmen would play.:rolleyes:
 
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These numbers are great! 3.7 million to start thought it was going to be a blowout, but 2.4 million stuck around for the comeback.
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Unless I misunderstand how tv viewership averages work, with 3.76 million viewers in the first quarter-hour of play, and average game viewership of 2,227,000 for USC-UConn, the stick-around viewership group was materially lower than 2,227,000. Great eyeball numbers in any event.
 
cancontent said:
Interesting to see the bridge show coverage ratings being included.
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Interesting to compare to other....."sports"

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A few updates. Sorry I got behind. There is a missing week. Also, the source that @awhom111 uses is not as reliable as in the past. Sorry, but here's what I've got.

till nothing from the lost week, but here is the most recent week:
12/28 Creighton-St. John's FOX ?
12/28 Wisconsin-Indiana BTN 46,000
12/28 Penn State-Minnesota BTN 23,000
12/28 Oregon State-Gonzaga ESPN2 96,000
12/29 South Florida-Rice ESPN2 53,000
12/29 Michigan-USC BTN 61,000

12/31 Washington-Illinois BTN 24,000
12/31 Oregon-Northwestern BTN 38,000
1/1 Nebraska-USC BTN 76,000
1/1 Michigan-UCLA BTN 74,000
1/1 Seton Hall-Villanova FS1 93,000
1/2 Texas-Oklahoma ESPN2 165,000
1/4 UCLA-Indiana FOX ?
1/4 Wisconsin-Oregon BTN 36,000
1/4 Butler-Marquette FS1 58,000
1/4 Liberty-Middle Tennessee State ESPNU 9,000
1/5 Notre Dame-UNC ESPN 333,000
1/5 Stanford-Clemson CW ?
1/5 Oklahoma-Tennessee ESPN 319,000
1/5 Maryland-Iowa BTN 287,000
1/5 Utah-Iowa State ESPN2 114,000
1/5 USC-Rutgers BTN 51,000

Numbers were low over the holidays
 
1/20 Baylor-UCLA FOX ?
1/20 Texas-Maryland FOX ?
1/20 Wisconsin-Nebraska BTN 27,000
1/23 Maryland-Ohio State BTN 81,000
1/23 UCLA-Rutgers FS1 80,000
1/23 Illinois-Northwestern BTN 29,000
1/23 Tennessee-Texas ESPN 521,000
1/24 LSU-South Carolina ESPN 841,000
1/25 Michigan State-Michigan BTN 95,000
1/25 Utah-BYU ESPNU 34,000
1/25 UConn-Creighton FOX ?
1/26 UCLA-Maryland NBC 1,000,000+
1/26 Louisville-Virginia CW ?
1/26 Texas-Ole Miss ESPN 227,000
1/26 Baylor-TCU ESPN2 73,000

* UCLA-Maryland includes viewers that NBC got from other ratings services so that is not directly comparable to the other numbers, although it is still probably comfortably ahead of LSU-South Carolina.
 
Good viewership last week!

2/3 Duke-North Carolina State ESPN2 297,000
2/4 Colorado State-New Mexico FS1 30,000
2/6 Rutgers-Indiana BTN 50,000
2/6 UConn-Tennessee ESPN 831,000
2/6 Stanford-Notre Dame ESPN 392,000
2/6 Iowa-Minnesota BTN 234,000
2/6 Maryland-Oregon FS1 90,000
2/8 Xavier-Seton Hall FS1 41,000
2/8 Ohio State-USC FOX 520,000
2/9 Stanford-Louisville ESPN2 149,000
2/9 South Carolina-Texas ESPN 1,020,000
2/9 Tulane-North Texas ESPNU 4,000
2/9 North Carolina State-FSU CW ?
2/9 Michigan-Michigan State FS1 59,000
2/9 Tennessee-LSU ESPN 825,000
 
On Wednesday, ESPN PR announced that the matchup between the Gamecocks and the Huskies was the third-most viewed women's college basketball game of all time across ESPN platforms, with an average of 1.8 million viewers and a peak of 2.2 million.

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South Carolina game vs UConn 3rd-rated women's college basketball game on ESPN all-time

ESPN PR revealed South Carolina-UConn was the third most-viewed women's college basketball game of all time across ESPN platforms.
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2/10 Kentucky-Ole Miss ESPN2 179,000
2/10 Iowa-Nebraska BTN 269,000
2/13 Nebraska-Maryland BTN 80,000
2/13 Texas-Kentucky ESPN2 250,000
2/15 Southern Indiana-Lindenwood ESPNU 22,000
2/15 Purdue-Indiana BTN 96,000
2/15 Georgetown-Creighton FS1 58,000
2/16 Harvard-Columbia ESPNU 15,000
2/16 North Carolina State-UNC ESPN 303,000
2/16 Florida State-Miami CW ?
2/16 Nebraska-Illinois BTN 138,000
2/16 USC-Washington BTN 117,000
2/16 Michigan State-UCLA BTN 118,000

2/17 Iowa-Ohio State FOX ?
2/17 Kansas State-West Virginia FOX ?
2/17 Duke-Notre Dame ESPN 645,000
2/17 Michigan-Maryland BTN 39,000
2/17 Northwestern-Rutgers BTN 30,000
2/20 Le Moyne-Fairleigh Dickinson ESPNU 13,000
2/20 Louisville-Duke ESPN2 137,000
2/20 Maryland-Northwestern BTN 25,000
2/20 Illinois-UCLA BTN 62,000
2/22 Kent State-Ball State ESPNU 16,000
2/22 Penn State-Michigan BTN 31,000
2/22 Iowa State-Baylor FOX ?
2/23 Notre Dame-North Carolina State ESPN 887,000
2/23 West Virginia-TCU ESPN2 85,000
2/23 Villanova-Providence FS1 14,000
2/23 Purdue-Ohio State BTN 87,000
2/23 UNC-Louisville ESPN 439,000
2/23 Syracuse-Duke CW ?
2/23 Indiana-Michigan State BTN 112,000
2/23 LSU-Kentucky ESPN 573,000
2/23 Florida State-Georgia Tech CW ?
2/23 George Mason-St. Joseph's ESPNU 21,000
2/23 Illinois-USC FS1 84,000


2/24 Baylor-Kansas State ESPN2 183,000
2/27 Purdue-Penn State BTN 29,000
2/27 UNC-Duke ESPN 398,000
2/27 South Carolina-Ole Miss ESPN 406,000
3/1 Providence-Georgetown FS1 56,000
3/1 USC-UCLA FOX 660,000
3/2 Louisville-Notre Dame ESPN 584,000
3/2 Michigan-Illinois BTN 28,000
3/2 Kentucky-South Carolina ESPN 685,000
3/2 Virginia-UNC CW ?
3/2 Marquette-UConn FS1 220,000
3/2 Kansas State-Iowa State ESPN2 187,000
3/2 Georgia Tech-Stanford CW ?
3/2 Ohio State-Maryland FS1 215,000
3/2 TCU-Baylor FS1 263,000
3/2 Villanova-Creighton FS1 220,000






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3/2 Marquette-UConn FS1 220,000
3/2 Kansas State-Iowa State ESPN2 187,000
3/2 Georgia Tech-Stanford CW ?
3/2 Ohio State-Maryland FS1 215,000
3/2 TCU-Baylor FS1 263,000
3/2 Villanova-Creighton FS1 220,000






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So Nova-Creighton basically did the same as Marquette-UConn and tOSU-Maryland on the same network, same day. I find that a little odd, a little heartening.
 
Bigboote said:
So Nova-Creighton basically did the same as Marquette-UConn and tOSU-Maryland on the same network, same day. I find that a little odd, a little heartening.
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And I think having the Nova-Creighton game being played at 8:30PM on a Sunday and getting those numbers is really good for the conference.
 
ESPN kind of screwed B12 by tipping off 30m after B10 title game started. I feel like we could've gotten a lot more eyeballs if we delayed tip an hour or more.
 
12au said:
ESPN kind of screwed B12 by tipping off 30m after B10 title game started. I feel like we could've gotten a lot more eyeballs if we delayed tip an hour or more.
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ESPN want these games back to back. That's what they do with Sundays during basketball season. They don't care about going up against the BIG10.

However, slotting the B12 game between the ACC and SEC games would have made more sense. Would have been interesting to see the SEC Championship numbers if that game tipped off at 5 pm.
 
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