ACC Games Over 3M
Wk 3 FSU v Alabama 5:13 Sat ABC 7.014M
Wk 1 Clemson v LSU 7:30 Sat ABC 5.755M
Wk 0 NC v TCU 12pm Sat ESPN 4.908M
Wk 1 UofL v Ole Miss 7:30 Sun ABC 4.695M
Wk 5 Clem v Miami 7:49 Sat ABC 4.631M
Wk 1 FSU v SMU 7:30 Mon ESPN 4.07M
Wk 1 GT v Col 8pm Thur ESPN 3.734M
Wk 3 Clem v NC 12:05 Sat ESPN 3.587M
Wk 7 FSU v Miami 7:05 Sat ESPN 3.552M
Wk 0 NC St v Virginia 3:30 Sat ESPN 3.22M

Duke, Wake, SMU, BC, SU should be hosting 2 Friday night games a year and be the visiting team in 1 other for a total of 3 games.

Cal and Stan should never be playing noon EST and should only be hosting 10pm EST games vs the 5 teams mentioned above. The other ACC games should have a start time between 3:00-8:00 EST.

(10-07-2026 04:56 PM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  

(10-07-2026 04:27 AM)cuseroc Wrote:  Lenvillecards

Thank you for keeping up with this data. I don't know how much time it consumes for you but it's much appreciated.

You are most welcome.

Having facts to work with really helps. Great perspective.

Week 8 is finally out: https://tvmediablog.substack.com/p/2026-...viewership

Pitt-UM (1.837) has a decent showing considering the games they went h2h with. Clem-VT (1.51) should have probably did better, I did not think their h2h games of USC-Wisc and Miss-Texas should not have kept them below the 2m mark IMO.

(10-27-2026 06:54 PM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  After a long delay, the numbers are finally in. Here’s the numbers through week 8. Using the highest ratings between the Viewership & the Adobe + Nielsen Viewership numbers. Using the same site from last season. For a reminder, ACCN or SECN games are not rated & will not appear. BTN are rated. These are just Nielsen rated games.

https://tvmediablog.substack.com/p/2026-...viewership

ACC Top 6
1 FSU 19.93M
2 Clemson 16.777M
3 Miami 14.888M
4 NC 13.94M
5 Louisville 9.644M
6 Pittsburgh 9.029M

https://x.com/ESPNPR/status/2117747194933776777

PUT IT IN THE KITTY

Week 9 https://tvmediablog.substack.com/p/2026-...viewership

Miami-UNC 4th overall 4.636. Those 12:00 time slots seem to struggle.

Here are the numbers through week 9. Using the highest ratings between the Viewership & the Adobe + Nielsen Viewership numbers. Using the same site from last season. For a reminder, ACCN or SECN games are not rated & will not appear. BTN are rated. These are just Nielsen rated games.

https://tvmediablog.substack.com/p/2026-...viewership

ACC Top 6
1 FSU 19.93M (6 games 3.32M avg)
2 Miami 19.524M (7 games 2.79M avg)
3 NC 18.576M (6 games 3.096M avg)
4 Clemson 16.777M (5 games 3.355M avg)
5 Louisville 9.644M (4 games 2.411M avg)
6 Pittsburgh 9.285M (8 games 1.16M avg)

Boston College
Wk 1 v Cincinnati 3:30 Sat FOX 1.105M
Wk 2 v Rutgers 7:30 Fri ESPN2 739k
Wk 5 v SMU 12pm Sat CW 336k
Wk 7 v Pittsburgh 12pm Sat ESPN2 332k
Wk 9 v Duke 12pm Sat CW 334k
Total= 2.846M

California
Wk 1 v UCLA 10:30 Sat ESPN 1.089M
Wk 4 v Clemson 10:30 Fri ESPN 1.294M
Wk 7 v Wake Forest 10:30 Sat ESPN2 211k
Wk 8 v SMU 12pm Sat CW 377k
Total= 2.971M

Clemson
Wk 1 v LSU 7:30 Sat ABC 5.755M
Wk 3 v NC 12:05 Sat ESPN 3.587M
Wk 4 v Cal 10:30 Fri ESPN 1.294M
Wk 5 v Miami 7:49 Sat ABC 4.631M
Wk 8 v Virginia Tech 7pm Sat ESPN 1.51M
Total= 16.777M

Duke
Wk 2 v Illinois 3:30 Sat FS1 495k
Wk 3 v Stanford 4pm Sat CW 232k
Wk 6 v Georgia Tech 3:30 Sat ESPN2 403k
Wk 7 N Carolina 3:36 Sat ESPN2 583k
Wk 8 v Virginia 7pm Fri ESPN 1.18M
Wk 9 Boston College 12pm Sat CW 334k
Total= 3.227M

Florida State
Wk 0 v NM State 7pm Sat CW 1.962M
Wk 1 v SMU 7:30 Mon ESPN 4.07M
Wk 3 v Alabama 5:13 Sat ABC 7.014M
Wk 5 v Virginia 3:35 Sat ESPN2 674k
Wk 6 v Louisville 7pm Fri ESPN 2.658M
Wk 7 v Miami 7:05 Sat ESPN 3.552M
Total= 19.93M

Georgia Tech
Wk 1 v Colorado 8pm Thur ESPN 3.734M
Wk 2 v Tennessee 7pm Sat ESPN 1.796M
Wk 4 v Stanford 10:30 Sat ESPN 877k
Wk 6 v Duke 3:30 Sat ESPN2 403k
Wk 9 v Pittsburgh 7:30 Sat ESPN2 256k
Total= 7.066M

Louisville
Wk 1 v Ole Miss 7:30 Sun ABC 4.695M
Wk 3 v SMU 3:30 Sat ESPN2 1.271M
Wk 4 v WF 12pm Sat ESPN 1.02M
Wk 6 v Florida St 7pm Fri ESPN 2.658M
Total= 9.644M

Miami
Wk 1 v Stanford 9pm Fri ESPN 1.978M
Wk 3 v WF 7:30 Fri ESPN 2.345M
Wk 4 v CMU 6:34 Sat CW 545k
Wk 5 v Clemson 7:49 Sat ABC 4.631M
Wk 7 v Florida St 7:05 Sat ESPN 3.552M
Wk 8 v Pittsburgh 12pm Sat ESPN 1.837M
Wk 9 v N Carolina 7:30 Sat ABC 4.636M
Total= 19.524M

North Carolina
Wk 0 v TCU 12pm Sat ESPN 4.908M
Wk 3 v Clemson 12:05 Sat ESPN 3.587M
Wk 5 v Notre Dame 12pm Sat ESPN 2.979M
Wk 6 v Pittsburgh 12pm Sat ESPN 1.883M
Wk 7 v Duke 3:36 Sat ESPN2 583k
Wk 9 v Miami 7:30 Sat ABC 4.636M
Total= 18.576M

NC State
Wk 0 v Virginia 3:30 Sat ESPN 3.22M
Wk 2 v Richmond 7pm Fri ESPNU 162k
Wk 4 v App State 7:30 Sat ESPNU 242k
Wk 6 v Wake Forest 12pm Sat CW 398k
Wk 8 v Stanford 10:30 Fri ESPN 706k
Total= 4.728M

Pittsburgh
Wk 1 v Miami(Oh) 12:30 Sat CW 490k
Wk 2 v UCF 3:30 Sat ESPN2 859k
Wk 3 v Syracuse 7:30 Thur ESPN 1.2M
Wk 5 v Virginia Tech 6:57 Fri ESPN 2.428M
Wk 6 v N Carolina 12pm Sat ESPN 1.883M
Wk 7 v Boston College 12 Sat ESPN2 332k
Wk 8 v Miami 12pm Sat ESPN 1.837M
Wk 9 v Georgia Tech 7:30 Sat ESPN2 256k
Total= 9.285M

SMU
Wk 1 v FSU 7:30 Mon ESPN 4.07M
Wk 3 v Louisville 3:30 Sat ESPN2 1.271M
Wk 5 v Boston College 12pm Sat CW 336k
Wk 7 v Virginia 12pm Sat CW 321k
Wk 8 v California 12pm Sat CW 377k
Wk 9 v Syracuse 12pm Sat ESPN2 423k
Total= 6.798M

Stanford
Wk 1 v Miami 9pm Fri ESPN 1.978M
Wk 3 v Duke 4pm Sat CW 232k
Wk 4 v GT 10:30 Sat ESPN 877k
Wk 6 v Notre Dame 3:30 Sat NBC 1.719M
Wk 8 v NC State 10:30 Fri ESPN 706k
Total= 5.512M

Syracuse
Wk 3 v Pittsburgh 7:30 Thur ESPN 1.2M
Wk 9 v SMU 12pm Sat ESPN2 423k
Total= 1.623M

Virginia
Wk 0 v NC State 3:30 Sat ESPN 3.22M
Wk 5 v FSU 3:35 Sat ESPN2 674k
Wk 7 v SMU 12pm Sat CW 321k
Wk 8 v Duke 7pm Fri ESPN 1.18M
Wk 9 v Wake Forest 3:45 Sat ESPN2 279k
Total= 5.674 m

Virginia Tech
Wk 2 v Old Dominion 12pm Sat CW 373k
Wk 3 v Maryland 7:35 Sat FS1 323k
Wk 5 v Pittsburgh 6:57 Fri ESPN 2.428M
Wk 8 v Clemson 7pm Sat ESPN 1.51M
Total= 4.634M

Wake Forest
Wk 2 v Purdue 12pm Sat FS1 283k
Wk 3 v Miami 7:30 Fri ESPN 2.345M
Wk 4 v Louisville 12pm Sat ESPN 1.02M
Wk 6 v NC State 12pm Sat CW 398k
Wk 7 v California 10:30 Sat ESPN2 211k
Wk 9 v Virginia 3:45 Sat ESPN2 279k
Total= 4.536M


*Let’s include the Irish this year as well.

Notre Dame
Wk 1 v Wisconsin 7:30 Sun NBC 8.104M
Wk 2 v Rice 3:30 Sat NBC+Peacock 1.8M
Wk 3 v Michigan St 7:36 Sat NBC 3.238M
Wk 5 v N Carolina 12pm Sat ESPN 2.979M
Wk 6 v Stanford 3:30 Sat NBC 1.719M
Wk 7 v BYU 7:41 Sat ABC 9.157M
Wk 9 v Navy 12pm Sat ABC 3.987M
Total= 30.984M
(7 games 4.43M avg)

ACC Games Over 3M
Wk 3 FSU v Alabama 5:13 Sat ABC 7.014M
Wk 1 Clemson v LSU 7:30 Sat ABC 5.755M
Wk 0 NC v TCU 12pm Sat ESPN 4.908M
Wk 1 UofL v Ole Miss 7:30 Sun ABC 4.695M
Wk 9 Miami v NC 7:30 Sat ABC 4.636M
Wk 5 Clem v Miami 7:49 Sat ABC 4.631M
Wk 1 FSU v SMU 7:30 Mon ESPN 4.07M
Wk 1 GT v Col 8pm Thur ESPN 3.734M
Wk 3 Clem v NC 12:05 Sat ESPN 3.587M
Wk 7 FSU v Miami 7:05 Sat ESPN 3.552M
Wk 0 NC St v Virginia 3:30 Sat ESPN 3.22M

(11-05-2026 05:13 PM)Garrettabc Wrote:  Week 9 https://tvmediablog.substack.com/p/2026-...viewership

Miami-UNC 4th overall 4.636. Those 12:00 time slots seem to struggle.

opposite ratings behemoths: ohio st & texas ...
and game 7 of wnba finals ...

MORE THAN HOLD ITS OWN

(11-05-2026 10:05 PM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  Here are the numbers through week 9 10. Using the highest ratings between the Viewership & the Adobe + Nielsen Viewership numbers. Using the same site from last season. For a reminder, ACCN or SECN games are not rated & will not appear. BTN are rated. These are just Nielsen rated games.

https://tvmediablog.substack.com/p/2026-...viewership

ACC Top 6
1 FSU 19.93M (6 games 3.32M avg)
2 Miami 19.524M 28.6M (7 games 2.79M avg)
3 NC 18.576M (6 games 3.096M avg)
4 Clemson 16.777M (5 games 3.355M avg)
5 Louisville 9.644M (4 games 2.411M avg)
6 Pittsburgh 9.285M (8 games 1.16M avg)

SUPPLANTED

(10-02-2026 10:24 AM)cuseroc Wrote:  

(10-02-2026 10:05 AM)green Wrote:  

(10-02-2026 09:34 AM)Garrettabc Wrote:  Oh, and I should point out that FSU’s ratings are near the same as ND’s with both teams having 3 rated games. If FSU is not totally bad, this could be an interesting ratings race.

it's not where you start ...
but where you finish ...

SHOOT YOUR WAD

Im sure that by the end of the season Miami will have the top tv ratings in the league.

https://x.com/flasportsbuzz/status/2120290835845595166

double up georgia v ole miss same time slot ...

RATINGS GOLD