Overview

• ABC delivered Week 7’s three biggest audiences with Texas–Oklahoma at 8.7 million viewers, Alabama–Missouri at 7.0 million, and Georgia–Auburn at 6.7 million, according to ESPN.
• Through seven weeks, ABC is averaging 6.9 million viewers, up 28% year over year, while ESPN networks are averaging 2.4 million viewers, up 26% for their best start since 2009.
• CBS’s Indiana–Oregon averaged 5.59 million viewers and peaked at 8.361 million, marking the network’s most-watched Week 7 game since 2022, per Nielsen Big Data + Panel.
• ESPN’s College GameDay from Eugene averaged 2.7 million viewers with 3.4 million in the final hour, setting a record for the show’s most-watched West Coast episode.
• Kirk Herbstreit’s live on-air departure from College GameDay to reach the Red River Rivalry drew criticism after intermittent audio glitches during the segment.