FSU at Clemson posts best TV rating since 2012

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The ACC showdown featuring No. 16 Florida State at No. 1 Clemson (3:30 p.m. ET on ABC) earned a 5.5 overnight rating and, on WatchESPN, had an additional 99,000 average minute impressions to the TV audience. The much-anticipated matchup set the pace for ESPN/ABC to televise four of the five highest-rated games in week 10 across all networks and resulted in a top 5 most-streamed regular season college football game, ever, on WatchESPN.

Seminoles-Tigers TV Accolades:

ABC’s best overnight for a 3:30 p.m. regular season college football game in nearly three years -- November 24, 2012 (Florida at Florida State with a 5.6 overnight)

The 2015 season’s third highest overnight, across all networks. Through week 10, ESPN/ABC has televised the highest-rated game and eight of the top 9 highest rated games, across all networks:

 

Rank


Rating*


Date


Time


Game


Network


1.


6.6


Mon, Sept. 7


8 p.m.


Ohio State at Virginia Tech


ESPN


2.


6.3**


Sat, Nov. 7


8 p.m.


LSU at Alabama


CBS


3.


5.5


Sat, Nov. 7


3:30 p.m.


Florida State at Clemson


ABC


4.


5.1


Sat, Oct. 17


3:30 p.m.


Michigan State at Michigan


ESPN


5.


5.0


Sat, Sept 12


8 p.m.


Oregon at Michigan State


ABC


6.


4.8


Sat, Oct. 3


8 p.m.


Notre Dame at Clemson


ABC


7.


4.6


Sat, Sept. 19


9:15 p.m.


Ole Miss at Alabama


ESPN


8.


4.5


Sat, Oct. 3


3:30 p.m.


Regionalized: Ohio State at Indiana or Texas Tech at Baylor


ABC


9.


4.3


Sat, Sept 5


8 p.m.


Wisconsin vs. Alabama


ABC


*based on overnights


      **based on tweet via CBS PR


 

ABC’s 3:30 p.m. window was up 112% from the same window in week 10 of the 2014 season (TCU at West Virginia or Purdue at Nebraska)

Greenville was the No. 1 TV market, earning a 27.4 overnight, the market’s second highest overnight for a regular season game on ABC (Georgia at Clemson on August 31, 2013)

Overall, the top 10 markets were:

 

Rank


Overnight Rating


Market


1.


27.4


Greenville


2.


17.4


Jacksonville


3.


16.0


Birmingham


4.


13.9


West Palm Beach


5.


12.5


Atlanta


6.


11.7


Orlando


7.


11.6


Raleigh-Durham


8.


11.5


Greensboro


9.


11.1


Columbus


10.


10.7


Fort Myers


 

Seminoles-Tigers WatchESPN Accolades:

A top 5 most-streamed regular season college football game ever in terms of average minute impressions (99,000 viewers) and total minutes viewed (22,200,000 minutes)

Overall, most-streamed game of the week on WatchESPN, attracting an additional 99,000 average minute impressions to the TV audience, 406,000 unique viewers and 22,200,000 live minutes viewed -- up 118% in average minute impressions, 64% in unique viewers and 126% in live minutes viewed compared to last season’s week 10 3:30 p.m. window

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

Additional Week 10 TV Highlights:

Minnesota at No. 3 Ohio State (8 p.m.) earned a 3.0 overnight, up 43% from ABC’s Saturday Night Football in week 10 of 2014 (Regional action: Illinois at Ohio State and Oklahoma State at Kansas)

No. 5 Notre Dame at Pittsburgh (Noon on ABC) garnered a 2.8 overnight

Vanderbilt at No. 10 Florida (Noon on ESPN) earned a 2.0 overnight, up 54% from same window in 2014 (Wisconsin vs. Rutgers)

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