Interesting article on week 5:
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2021/10...iewership/
"...Ranking second for the weekend, Michigan-Wisconsin drew a 2.5 and 4.31 million in the FOX “Big Noon Saturday” window — up 56% in ratings and 60% in viewership from TCU-Texas last year (1.6, 2.70M) and up 32% and 53% respectively from 2019 (Texas Tech-Oklahoma: 1.9, 2.81M). The Wolverines’ win outdrew ESPN’s competing Arkansas-Georgia game, the site of College Gameday (2.2, 3.85M). The FOX “Big Noon” game has won its timeslot in all five weeks this season.
FOX also drew a 1.5 and 2.62 million for Oklahoma-Kansas State later in the day, up 14% and 29% respectively from 2019 (USC-Washington: 1.3, 2.03M).
The network is now averaging 4.03 million season-to-date, up 32% from 2019 (3.04M) and its best start to a season on record.
ESPN/ABC took the third and fourth-place spots. ABC’s Indiana-Penn State primetime game averaged a 2.3 and 4.00 million, up 8% from last year (Oklahoma-Iowa State: 2.1, 3.71M) but down 35% from 2019 (Ohio State-Nebraska: 3.5, 6.14M).
ESPN’s previously-mentioned Arkansas-Georgia game delivered a cable season-high 2.2 (+44%) and 3.85 million (+52%), its largest audience for a Noon ET game since 2016. ESPN ended up with the top two cable audiences of the season Saturday, its primetime Auburn-LSU game close behind at a 2.2 and 3.79 million — flat in ratings and down 10% in viewership from Auburn-Georgia last year (2.2, 4.22M).
Returning to broadcast, Cincinnati’s upset of Notre Dame ranked fifth for the weekend with a 2.2 and 3.81 million on NBC. Notre Dame’s second NBC game last season, a primetime matchup against Florida State, had a 1.6 and 2.92 million...."