CBS earns first college football ratings weekend win since 2023
CBS secured its first weekend ratings victory in college football in nearly three years following its broadcast of the matchup between Iowa and Ohio State.
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CBS secured a weekend viewership victory with its broadcast of a Big Ten regular-season matchup between Iowa and Ohio State, Yahoo Sports and Awful Announcing reported. The game averaged 5.966 million viewers, according to figures released by CBS. [1][4]
The ratings victory marks the first college football regular-season weekend win for CBS since 2023. While the audience size is not among the highest recorded for college football broadcasts this season, it proved sufficient to give the network the top weekend spot, Yahoo Sports reported. [1]
The Ohio State Buckeyes are competing in their 137th season overall and their 114th season as a member of the Big Ten Conference. Head coach Ryan Day leads the program in his eighth year, with home games played at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. [5]
In short
- CBS averaged 5.966 million viewers for the Big Ten game between Iowa and Ohio State.
- The broadcast gave CBS its first college football regular-season weekend ratings victory since 2023.
- Ryan Day is in his eighth year as head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Sources
Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.
- [1]Iowa-Ohio State gives CBS first CFB regular-season ratings weekend win since 2023Yahoo Sports Top, 2h ago (the report this story comes from)
- [2]Jacksonville State vs. Kennesaw State prediction, odds, time: Week 6 CFB Wednesday picks by proven modelCBS Sports Headlines, 12h ago
- [3]“Ridiculous,” “What a Waste”: CFB Fans React to FOX’s Massive Announcement for Ohio State vs. Indiana RematchYahoo College Basketball, 8h ago
- [4]Iowa-Ohio State gives CBS first CFB regular-season ratings weekend win since 2023Awful Announcing, 2h ago
Background
- [5]2026 Ohio State Buckeyes football team on Wikipedia
Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 5 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.
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