ESPN GameDay, ND at Clemson score big overnight TV ratings

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Week 5 of the college football season saw ABC televise the two-highest rated games of the day -- Saturday Night Football (No. 6 Notre Dame at No. 12 Clemson) which earned a 4.8 overnight, and 3:30 p.m. ET regional action (No. 1 Ohio State at Indiana and Texas Tech at No. 5 Baylor), which earned a 4.5 overnight.

Notre Dame’s trip to Clemson’s Death Valley was the third-highest overnight of the 2015 season across all networks and up 71% compared to 2014 Week 5 Saturday Night Football (Notre Dame at Syracuse). On WatchESPN, the Buckeyes-Hoosiers matchup was the most-streamed game of the day, attracting an additional 82,000 average minute impressions to the TV audience, 422,000 unique viewers and 19,600,000 live minutes viewed. Additionally, on WatchESPN, the regionalized 3:30 p.m. ABC window was up 66% in average minute impressions (97,000), 51% in unique viewers (528,000) and 60% in live minutes viewed (23,200,000) compared to last season’s similar regionalized window.

College GameDay Scores Big Overnight Rating, Sets Record on WatchESPN

College GameDay (from Clemson) earned a 1.6 overnight rating, the show’s highest overnight since Nov 30, 2013, (from Auburn) and up 45% compared to 2014 Week 5 (from South Carolina). Additionally, yesterday’s show was the best ever on WatchESPN across all major metrics: 46,000 average minute impressions, 196,000 unique viewers, and 8,200,000 live minutes viewed.

**NOTE: WatchESPN data is preliminary and subject to change after further processing. Both television and WatchESPN final numbers will be available this week.

ESPN/ABC Sets the Pace

Through the first five weeks of the college football season, ESPN/ABC has televised the five highest-rated games, across all networks:

2015 College Football Highest-Rated Games across All Networks

1.


6.6


Mon, Sept. 7


8 p.m.


Ohio State at Virginia Tech


ESPN


2


5.0


Sat, Sept 12


8 p.m.


Oregon at Michigan State


ABC


3.


4.8


Sat, Oct. 3


8 p.m.


Notre Dame at Clemson


ABC


4.


4.6


Sat, Sept. 19


9:15 p.m.


Ole Miss at Alabama


ESPN


5


4.5


Sat, Oct. 3


3:30 p.m.


Ohio State/Indiana or Texas Tech/Baylor


 ABC

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