Top 15 Cable Sports Events: October 15 - 16, 2016

Major League Baseball tops the sports weekend list, taking the top three spots, with the three LCS games played over the weekend. The Sunday night game 2 of the NLCS was the #1 sports contest, collecting a 2.1 rating in Adults 18-49, along with 7.3 million total viewers. The previous night's NLCS game is #2, with over 5.9 million viewers.

College Football is the main draw of sports fans on the weekend, taking 9 of the top 15 spots. ESPN claimed seven of those games, with FS1 presenting the other two.

Surprisingly, the WNBC Championship game, featuring Minnesota vs LA, ranked11th overall, with over 500,000 viewers. It was pitted against both the Cubs vs Dodgers game and NBC's Sunday Night Football.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Sun	NLCS: LA v CHI Game 2	FS1	8:00 PM	7,291	2.1
2	Sat	NLCS: LA v CHI Game 1	FS1	8:01 PM	5,924	1.6
3	Sat	ALCS: TOR v CLE Game 2	TBS	4:00 PM	2,608	0.6
4	Sat	NCAA Football: O'MISS v ARK	ESPN	7:04 PM	2,540	0.8
5	Sat	NCAA Football: KAN St. v OK	ESPN	12:00 PM	1,775	0.5
6	Sat	NCAA Football: UCLA v WASH St.	ESPN	10:54 PM	1,311	0.4
7	Sat	NCAA Football: WAKE v FL St.	ESPN	3:30 PM	961	0.3
8	Sat	NCAA Football: WV/TEX T	FS1	11:59 AM	834	0.3
9	Sat	NCAA Football: IOWA v PUR	ESPN2	12:00 PM	631	0.2
10	Sun	LIGA MX: PUEB v GUAD	UND	6:52 PM	550	0.3
11	Sun	WNBA Champ: MIN V LA	ESPN	8:30 PM	513	0.1
12	Sat	LIGA MX: USA v TIJ	UND	9:55 PM	464	0.2
13	Sat	NCAA Football:: TUL v HOU	ESPN2	7:20 PM	454	0.1
14	Sat	NCAA Football:	ESPN2	4:02 PM	449	0.1
15	Sat	NCAA Football: KAN v BAY	FS1	3:44 PM	364	0.1

* viewership (,000)