ABC announces 2nd-highest 'Kickoff Saturday' ratings in network history
ABC hauled in a massive audience for its Week 1 college football tripleheader on Saturday.
According to ESPN, Georgia vs. Clemson, Miami at Florida, and Notre Dame at Texas A&M collectively averaged 7.6 million viewers, the second-most-watched Week 1 matchups in the network’s history.
Georgia’s win over Clemson in the Aflac Kickoff in Atlanta gained 7.9 million viewers, peaking at 9.5 million. It was the highest-ever-rated noon ET kickoff game for ABC.
The Miami-Florida in-state rivalry, the network’s inaugural SEC on ABC game, brought in 6.6 million viewers. That’s the highest-rated game in the late afternoon window since the 2017 season.
Finally, Notre Dame’s victory over Texas A&M had 8.2 million viewers, with a peak of 9.3 million. Not only was it ABC’s highest-rated Saturday night game since 2022, but more people streamed it than any other college football game in ABC’s history.
ABC’s Week 2 schedule will feature Oklahoma State vs. Arkansas in the noon ET slot, while South Carolina at Kentucky is the 3:30 ET game. Tennessee visits NC State for the 7:30 ET matchup.
Saturday, Aug. 31 is now in the history books as ABC's second-most-watched Kickoff Saturday on record 🤩@NDFootball 🆚 @AggieFootball, @ClemsonFB 🆚 @GeorgiaFootball, and @CanesFootball 🆚 @GatorsFB combined to score 7.6M avg viewers Saturday pic.twitter.com/VZepHYuta4
— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) September 1, 2024
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