College Football TV Ratings for the 2000 Regular Season

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College Football TV Ratings for the 2000 Season
(Sorted by date, with VT games in bold)

Rating = percentage of households watching that can receive the broadcast
Share = percentage of households watching who have their TV on at the time
Houses = households; total number of households watching (multiply by 1000)

Date

Time

Network

Game

Rating

Share

Houses

8/26

8:00

ABC

BYU-Florida State (Pigskin)

4.0

8.1

4067

8/27

2:30

ABC

Penn. State - USC (Kickoff)

4.6

11.8

4673

8/27

8:45

ESPN2

VT-Miami '99 (BCA Game VT-GT)

1.7

2.7

1238

8/31

10:00

ESPN2

Arizona St. - SDSU

1.0

2.2

707

8/31

7:57

ESPN-Thu.

Auburn-Wyoming

2.3

3.8

1767

9/2

3:30

ABC

Alabama - UCLA / BYU - UVa

4.7

12.5

4718

9/2

7:30

ESPN

S. Miss - Tennessee

2.8

5.5

2180

9/2

12:00

ESPN

BC - WVU

1.2

3.4

962

9/2

12:00

ESPN2

Toledo - Penn St.

1.5

4.2

1063

9/2

6:00

ESPN2

Colorado - Colorado St.

1.1

2.4

786

9/2

9:18

ESPN2

Arizona - Utah

0.9

1.8

613

9/2

1:00

NBC

Texas A&M - Notre Dame

3.7

10.8

3713

9/7

7:57

ESPN-Thu.

Virginia Tech - East Carolina

2.7

4.4

2137

9/9

8:00

ABC

FSU - GT / Colorado - USC

4.4

8.7

4539

9/9

3:30

ABC

Miami-Wash / Missouri-Clem / Oreg-Wis

2.9

7.1

2923

9/9

12:00

ESPN

Marshall - Michigan St.

2.2

5.7

1714

9/9

7:00

ESPN2

Auburn - Mississippi

1.7

3.3

1259

9/9

4:06

ESPN2

Georgia - South Carolina

1.5

3.3

1073

9/9

12:00

ESPN2

NC State - Indiana

0.8

2.0

566

9/9

10:24

ESPN2

Illinois - San Diego State

0.6

1.3

444

9/9

2:30

NBC

Nebraska - Notre Dame

5.5

14.1

5584

9/14

7:57

ESPN-Thu.

Mississippi St. - BYU

2.1

3.6

1699

9/16

3:30

ABC

Mich-UCLA / Wash-Col / UNC-FSU

3.5

8.9

3591

9/16

3:30

CBS

Florida-Tenn / Penn State - Pittsburgh

4.5

11.4

4589

9/16

7:30

ESPN

LSU - Auburn

2.0

3.7

1623

9/16

12:00

ESPN

California-Illinois

1.3

3.7

1052

9/16

9:46

ESPN2

Southern Miss - Alabama

1.6

3.0

1190

9/16

6:00

ESPN2

Indiana - Kentucky

1.1

2.1

795

9/16

12:00

ESPN2

Maryland - West Virginia

0.8

2.1

548

9/16

1:00

NBC

Purdue - Notre Dame

3.8

11.1

3863

9/21

7:57

ESPN-Thu.

Georgia Tech - NC State

2.3

3.7

1828

9/23

3:30

ABC

ND-Mich St / Neb - Iowa / Clem-UVa

4.8

11.4

4892

9/23

12:00

ABC

Penn. State - Ohio State

2.8

7.6

2909

9/23

3:30

CBS

Kentucky-Florida / Miami-WVU

2.5

5.9

2554

9/23

7:30

ESPN

Michigan - Illinois

2.9

5.0

2281

9/23

12:00

ESPN

Minnesota - Purdue

1.4

3.6

1091

9/23

9:26

ESPN2

Alabama - Arkansas

1.9

3.5

1414

9/23

6:00

ESPN2

Louisville - FSU

1.3

2.5

944

9/23

12:00

ESPN2

Syracuse -East Carolina

0.6

1.5

412

9/28

7:57

ESPN-Thu.

Florida State - Maryland

1.7

2.8

1350

9/30

3:30

ABC

Purdue-Penn St / KSU-Col / GT-UNC / Wash-Oreg

4.3

11.5

4407

9/30

12:00

ABC

Wisc-Mich / Oklahoma St. - Texas

3.3

9.8

3408

9/30

3:30

CBS

Florida-Miss St. / VT-BC

3.0

8.0

3057

9/30

7:30

ESPN

Tennessee - LSU

3.0

5.5

2376

9/30

12:00

ESPN

Illinois - Minnesota

0.9

2.7

741

9/30

8:02

ESPN2

BYU - Syracuse

0.3

0.5

198

10/5

7:57

ESPN-Thu.

Western Michigan - Marshall

1.2

2.0

971

10/7

3:41

ABC

Neb-Iowa St / NCSU-Clem / Arizona - USC

4.3

10.9

4405

10/7

12:00

ABC

Texas - Oklahoma State

3.0

8.3

3055

10/7

12:00

CBS

Florida State - Miami

3.7

10.7

3759

10/7

4:04

CBS

Auburn - Mississippi State

2.5

6.3

2505

10/7

7:00

ESPN

Tennessee - Georgia

2.6

4.8

2068

10/7

8:32

ESPN2

South Carolina - Kentucky

1.2

2.1

902

10/7

4:30

ESPN2

Pittsburgh - Syracuse

0.8

1.7

583

10/7

12:00

ESPN2

Penn State - Minnesota

0.7

2.0

536

10/7

2:30

NBC

Stanford - Notre Dame

2.0

5.3

2047

10/12

7:57

ESPN-Thu.

West Virginia - Virginia Tech

2.3

3.6

1836

10/14

3:30

ABC

KState-OU/Ind-Mich/Ore-USC/NC State-UNC

4.3

11.5

4395

10/14

3:30

CBS

Auburn - Florida

2.5

6.9

2575

10/14

12:00

CBS

Notre Dame - Navy

1.6

5.4

1661

10/14

7:00

ESPN

Mississippi - Alabama

1.7

3.1

1320

10/14

12:00

ESPN

Purdue - Northwestern

1.4

4.1

1088

10/14

12:00

ESPN2

Minnesota - Ohio State

1.3

3.9

962

10/14

6:00

ESPN2

Maryland - Clemson

0.8

1.6

570

10/14

9:32

ESPN2

UNLV - Colorado State

0.6

1.1

414

10/21

3:30

ABC

USC-Stan/MSU-Mich/UVa-FSU/TexasA&M-Iowa St.

3.7

9.6

3804

10/21

3:54

CBS

Alabama - Tennessee

3.2

8.4

3280

10/21

12:00

CBS

Notre Dame - West Virginia

1.8

5.7

1870

10/21

7:00

ESPN

Virginia Tech - Syracuse

2.0

3.7

1621

10/21

12:00

ESPN

Purdue - Wisconsin

1.8

5.2

1438

10/21

5:30

ESPN2

Clemson - UNC

1.2

2.6

906

10/21

9:00

ESPN2

Miss State - LSU

1.1

2.1

829

10/21

12:00

ESPN2

Illinois - Penn State

0.7

1.9

489

10/26

7:57

ESPN-Thu.

Wyoming - BYU

0.9

1.3

687

10/28

12:00

ABC

Nebraska - Oklahoma

6.3

17.1

6405

10/28

3:30

ABC

OSU-Purdue/Kstate-TA&M/GT-Clem/Oreg-Az St.

5.2

12.7

5316

10/28

3:30

CBS

Pittsburgh-Virginia Tech / Georgia-Florida

3.7

9.3

3785

10/28

7:00

ESPN

Florida State - NC State

2.1

3.9

1686

10/28

12:00

ESPN

Illinois - Michigan State

0.9

2.3

689

10/28

7:00

ESPN2

Penn State - Indiana

1.6

3.0

1161

10/28

12:00

ESPN2

Northwestern - Minnesota

0.6

1.7

468

10/28

2:30

NBC

Air Force - Notre Dame

2.3

6.0

2335

11/2

7:57

ESPN-Thu.

BYU - Colorado State

1.5

2.3

1168

11/4

3:30

ABC

Mich-NoWest/Kansas-Neb/NCSU-MD/Ariz-Wash

4.9

11.4

4969

11/4

3:31

CBS

Alabama - LSU/Florida-Vanderbilt

3.6

8.7

3726

11/4

12:00

CBS

Virginia Tech - Miami

3.2

9.3

3240

11/4

7:30

ESPN

Clemson - Florida State

3.4

5.8

2695

11/4

12:00

ESPN

Michigan State - Ohio State

1.8

4.9

1455

11/4

12:00

ESPN2

Minnesota - Wisconsin

0.9

2.5

673

11/4

6:30

ESPN2

North Carolina - Pittsburgh

0.7

1.2

484

11/4

10:01

ESPN2

TCU - San Jose State

0.5

1.1

397

11/9

7:57

ESPN-Thu.

Virginia - Georgia Tech

1.6

2.4

1300

11/11

1:00

ABC

Oklahoma-Texas A&M/Purdue-Michigan State

5.0

12.4

5130

11/11

3:30

CBS

South Carolina - Florida

3.5

8.0

3539

11/11

7:30

ESPN

Georgia - Auburn

2.6

4.5

2095

11/11

4:00

ESPN

Ohio State - Illinois

1.9

4.0

1544

11/11

12:00

ESPN

Penn State - Michigan

1.8

4.5

1435

11/11

12:00

ESPN2

Pittsburgh - Miami

0.9

2.3

672

11/11

9:39

ESPN2

LSU - Mississippi

0.8

1.4

593

11/11

6:03

ESPN2

Colorado State - Air Force

0.8

1.4

557

11/11

3:42

NBC

Boston College - Notre Dame

2.5

5.8

2571

11/16

7:57

ESPN-Thu.

Wyoming - Colorado State

1.5

2.3

1217

11/18

8:00

ABC

Florida-Florida State

8.3

14.4

8442

11/18

3:57

ABC

USC-Clemson/Ore-Ore St/Ok-Tx Tech/Purdue-Ind

6.3

13.8

6467

11/18

12:00

ABC

Michigan - Ohio State

5.5

14.4

5609

11/18

3:30

CBS

Auburn-Alabama/Notre Dame-Rutgers

3.2

7.2

3257

11/18

6:24

ESPN

Miami - Syracuse

1.1

2.0

915

11/18

12:00

ESPN

ECU - West Virginia

1.0

2.4

788

11/18

6:00

ESPN2

Mississippi - Georgia

0.9

1.7

689

11/18

12:00

ESPN2

Illinois - Northwestern

0.5

1.1

350

11/22

6:30

ESPN2

Bowling Green - Toledo

0.5

1.0

391

11/23

7:57

ESPN-Thu.

Miss State - Mississippi

2.2

4.2

1790

11/24

12:00

ABC

Colorado-Nebraska

4.4

12.2

4489

11/24

3:34

ABC

Texas A&M-Texas

4.3

9.8

4370

11/24

2:30

CBS

LSU-Arkansas / WVU-Pittsburgh

2.6

6.4

2700

11/24

6:00

ESPN

BYU-Utah

1.3

2.4

1044

11/25

3:32

ABC

Notre Dame - Southern California

4.5

10.4

4554

11/25

12:00

CBS

Georgia Tech-Georgia

4.1

11.4

4220

11/25

3:35

CBS

Boston College - Miami

2.7

6.3

2759

11/25

7:30

ESPN

Virginia - Virginia Tech

2.9

5.0

2293

11/25

12:04

ESPN

Wake Forest - NC State

1.1

2.7

849

11/25

2:00

NBC

Grambling - Southern (Bayou Classic)

1.7

4.3

1733

12/2

8:05

ABC

Big XII Championship: Oklahoma-Kansas State

8.2

14.8

8366

12/2

4:30

ABC

SEC Championship: Florida-Auburn

5.3

11.4

5394

12/2

1:00

ABC

MAC: Western Michigan-Marshall

2.2

5.9

2208

12/2

12:00

CBS

Army-Navy

3.4

9.4

3430