B1G had half of college football’s most-watched games this season
The B1G was well represented in college football’s top 10 most-watched games this season.
The conference had 5 of the 10 most-watched games, with the top one being Michigan-Ohio State from this past Saturday.
That game drew 15.9M viewers, which was over 5M more than Alabama-Auburn from that same day. The Iron Bowl drew 10.4M viewers and that was the 2nd most-watched game of the season.
After that, the B1G comes up again with Michigan-Michigan State. That rivalry game drew 9.3M viewers on FOX.
Penn State was then involved with the other 2 B1G games. Its game against Auburn drew 7.6M viewers and its game against Ohio State drew 7.1M viewers.
Here is the full list:
10 most-watched CFB games so far:
OSU-Michigan (FOX): 15.9M
Alabama-Auburn (CBS): 10.4M
Michigan-MSU (FOX): 9.3M
UGA-Clemson (ABC): 8.9M
Alabama-A&M (CBS): 8.3M
Alabama-UF (CBS): 7.9M
ND-FSU (ABC): 7.8M
Oregon-Ohio St (FOX): 7.7M
Auburn-PSU (ABC): 7.6M
PSU-Ohio St (ABC): 7.1M— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) December 1, 2021
The conference was bound to have some great ratings, especially with so many marquee matchups this season.
With Michigan-Iowa lined up this Saturday for the B1G Championship, it shouldn’t surprise anyone if that contest vaults into the top 10.