ESPN announces Alabama-South Carolina was Week 9’s most-watched college football game
By Sydney Hunte
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ESPN drew another wide audience during its Week 9 college football coverage on ABC.
Leading the way was Alabama‘s dramatic 29-22 win over South Carolina in Columbia as the Crimson Tide made it 7 wins in a row. Per ESPN’s PR account on X, 7.8 million viewers watched Tide/Gamecocks, with a peak of 10.3 million viewers. That made it the most-watched game of the day regardless of network.
The noon window on ABC featured Ole Miss vs. Oklahoma, a 34-26 Rebels win. That pulled in 6.6 million viewers while peaking at 9.6 million, the most-watched game in that window nationally. Texas A&M‘s 49-25 rout of LSU, which wrapped up ABC’s tripleheader coverage, was watched by 6.8 million people and peaked at 7.9 million.
Meanwhile, Vanderbilt‘s 17-10 win over Mizzou on ESPN saw 3.1 million viewers tune in, peaking at 4.2 million. It was the day’s 5th-watched game regardless of network.
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Vandy looks to take a step closer to a College Football Playoff berth as it visits Texas in the noon ET window. The Cocktail Party game in Jacksonville between Georgia and Florida, the last one in Jacksonville until 2028, is back in its usual 3:30 p.m. ET window. The primetime game, a 7:30 ET kickoff, sees Tennessee host Oklahoma.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
