Ratings Review: Saturday Night College Football

For the most part, this season of College Football, on ABC, was not grabbing the viewers as it once did. Only the big, hyped games did well, while the others languished with mediocre ratings, at best.

Just five games, out of 13, recorded a A18-49 demographic ratings of a 2.0, or better. Seven of the games fell under a 1.5 rating, with two of those under a 1.0. It is not the production for the games that keeps fans from tuning in, its the match ups. The ND vs FSU game was a battle of unbeaten teams, of high profile schools.

For the thirteen games, ABC averaged 6.14 million viewers and a 1.9 rating in Adults 18-49. The games will still continue to be the highest rated option on Saturday nights, but given the lack of competition, that is not really saying a whole lot.

SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (Saturdays at 8 p.m., on ABC)

Date	Viewers*	A18-49	L+3	L+7
08/30/14	6.00	1.9
09/06/14	preempted
09/13/14	3.80	1.3
09/20/14	7.34	2.6
09/27/14	4.05	1.2
10/04/14	4.56	1.4
10/11/14	preempted
10/18/14	12.70	3.9	ND v FSU
10/25/14	4.67	1.4
11/01/14	3.62	0.9
11/08/14	6.83	2.0
11/15/14	8.74	3.0
11/22/14	4.85	1.4
11/29/14	2.50	0.7
12/06/14	10.10	3.1	ACC

* - in millions