Overview

• Alabama’s 24–21 win over Georgia averaged 10.4 million viewers on ABC, the most-watched game of Week 5.
• NBC’s Oregon–Penn State double-overtime telecast drew 8.5 million across television and Peacock, marking a strong primetime result.
• ABC also led other windows with 6.7 million for LSU–Ole Miss and 4.3 million for Notre Dame–Arkansas, topping Fox’s Big Noon matchup at 4.12 million.
• CBS averaged 5.23 million for Ohio State–Washington, a sizable year-over-year improvement versus the comparable slot last season.
• Season-to-date, Texas–Ohio State remains No. 1 at 16.62 million, and Nielsen’s new Big Data plus expanded out-of-home counts complicate historical comparisons even as analysts report roughly 19% year-over-year growth.