Penn State-Michigan Tops Week 11 College Football Viewership
Although Penn State football lost to No. 6 Michigan on Saturday, it was still a big day in terms of attention surrounding the football program.
ABC’s broadcast of the game was the most-watched matchup across all networks in week 11 of the college football season. According to ESPN, the broadcast averaged 5,942,000 viewers throughout the afternoon.
— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) November 16, 2021
@ABCNetwork aired its most-watched Nov. Sat since '16, avg. 4.7M viewers in Wk 11
∙ #MICHvsPSU | 5.9M viewers, ABC's most-viewed Noon '21 game
∙ #PURvsOSU | 4.7M viewers, most-viewed 3:30p game on ESPN nets since Wk 1
Full Wk 11 @ESPNCFB viewership: https://t.co/8hrizvAHgx pic.twitter.com/ts21DavcgD
Additionally, the matchup was the most-watched noon game of the season on ABC. It was also the fifth-most-watched overall game on ABC this year.
Down the stretch of the game, the broadcast hit its peak viewership at 8.7 million viewers. That shouldn’t be much of a surprise given the tight game.
Saturday’s matchup in Beaver Stadium headlined the best day of college football viewership for ABC since 2016. Platforms associated with ESPN also accounted for 64% of college football’s viewership minutes in week 11.
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