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ABC’s SEC double-header on Saturday produced a historic set of ratings.
Alabama-Tennessee and Georgia-Texas both drew over 10 million viewers on Saturday, per ESPN. According to the network, it’s the first time since 1996 that a network has aired 2 games that drew an audience of more than 10,000,000 on a single day.
Georgia/Texas and Alabama/Tennessee drew 12.9M and 10.7M viewers
First time since 1996 a single network aired two 10M+ college football game in a single day
The audiences really held. ABC Saturday audience levels never fell below 10M from 630PM to 11:30PM https://t.co/snN1qRQQ1U
— Flora Kelly (@ESPNFlora) October 21, 2024
This is the first year of Disney’s landmark contract with the SEC, and things seem to be off to a very good start. Both of those Saturday matchups featured top-15 teams that are firmly in the mix for an SEC title game berth. It also likely helped that it was a relatively quiet day in the Big Ten with Ohio State and Big Ten both idle.
In the afternoon window, Alabama-Tennessee drew 10.7 million viewers in what was one of the most entertaining games of the young season so far. Tennessee came back from 7-point halftime deficit to defeat the Crimson Tide 24-17.
In the nightcap, an impressive 12.9 million people tuned in to watch Georgia dismantle Texas. The Bulldogs held a significant halftime lead before the Longhorns fought back to make it a 30-15 deficit in the end. Georgia and Texas now each have 1 SEC loss so far this season.
Spenser is a news editor for Saturday Down South and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands.
