The Battle at Bristol on Saturday night led all Week 2 college football games on TV. The Tennessee-Virginia Tech matchup on ABC drew a 3.6 overnight rating. That game went up against ESPN's Arkansas-TCU matchup, which went to double OT and drew a 1.4 overnight. ESPN's top cable CFB audience this past weekend was Penn State-Pitt in the 12:00pm ET window, drawing a 1.7 overnight. ABC's Tulsa-Ohio State matchup led all 3:30pm window games, drawing a 2.8 overnight (excludes rain delay from 5:45-6:30pm). CBS in the 3:30pm window drew a 1.6 overnight for Kentucky-Florida, while NBC drew the same rating in the window for Nevada-Notre Dame.
STAN IN THE PLACE WHERE YOU WORK : ESPN yesterday from 4:00-8:30pm ET drew a 1.4 overnight for Stan Wawrinka's win at the U.S. Open agianst Novak Djokovic, down from a 2.4 last year for Djokovic's win over Roger Federer in primetime due to a rain delay (7:00-11:00pm). The 1.4 overnight also is down from CBS' 1.9 rating in '14 for Marin Cilic's win over Kei Nishikori on a Monday. Meanwhile, ESPN on Saturday afternoon drew a 1.3 overnight for Angelique Kerber's win over Karolina Pliskova, down from a 1.5 last year for Flavia Pennetta's win over Roberta Vinci.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
NOTE : * = Weather delay from 5:45-6:30pm ET.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| College football: UCF-Michigan |
9/10
|
ABC
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
2.2
|
| College football: Tulsa-Ohio State* |
9/10
|
ABC
|
3:30-5:45pm;
6:30-8:00pm |
2.8
|
| College football: Virginia Tech-Tennessee (Battle at Bristol) |
9/10
|
ABC
|
8:00pm-12:15am
|
3.6
|
| "College Football Today" |
9/10
|
CBS
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.6
|
| College football: Kentucky-Florida |
9/10
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
1.6
|
| "MLB Pregame" |
9/10
|
Fox
|
12:30-1:00pm
|
0.4
|
| MLB: (regional) |
9/10
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:00pm
|
1.1
|
| "Fox College Saturday" |
9/10
|
Fox
|
7:00-7:30pm
|
0.8
|
| College football: BYU-Utah |
9/10
|
Fox
|
7:30-10:30pm
|
1.2
|
| PGA Tour: BMW Championship: Third Round |
9/10
|
NBC
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
1.0
|
| College football: Nevada-Notre Dame |
9/10
|
NBC
|
3:30-7:15pm
|
1.6
|
| "World of X Games: World Surfing League" |
9/11
|
ABC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.3
|
| "World of X Games: What Lies Beneath" |
9/11
|
ABC
|
4:00-4:30pm
|
0.4
|
| "World of X Games: Revolt TV" |
9/11
|
ABC
|
4:30-5:00pm
|
0.3
|
| "The NFL Today" |
9/11
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.5
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
9/11
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
10.2
|
| PBR: PFIWestern.com Invitational |
9/11
|
CBS
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
1.2
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
9/11
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.8
|
| NFL: (regional) |
9/11
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
10.8
|
| NFL: Giants-Cowboys (90%) |
9/11
|
Fox
|
4:15-7:30pm
|
16.9
|
| "PGA Tour 2016: Player Profile" |
9/11
|
NBC
|
1:00-1:30pm
|
0.3
|
| "Road to the Ryder Cup" |
9/11
|
NBC
|
1:30-2:00pm
|
0.3
|
| PGA Tour: BMW Championship: Final Round |
9/11
|
NBC
|
2:00-6:00pm
|
1.2
|
| "Football Night in America" |
9/11
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
5.1
|
| "Sunday Night Football": Patriots-Cardinals |
9/11
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:30pm
|
14.8
|
