Top 15 Cable Sports Events: November 24 - 27, 2016

The Thanksgiving weekend was filled with sports options, but most viewers flocked to the TV to watch college football. The top seven sports are filled with college games, all on ESPN. The top rated game was Saturday's Big Ten match up of Michigan State vs Penn State. Penn won and is heads to this weekend's Big Ten Championship game, against Wisconsin.

Univision Deportes pushed four LIGA MX soccer games into the top 15, averaging about 900,000 between them. The late Thanksgiving night match drew the most, with 1.1 million viewers.

The only other sport to make the top 15, was FOX Sports 1's coverage of UFC Fight Night, collecting 690,000 viewers.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Sat	College Football: MI ST v PENN ST	ESPN	3:39 PM	3,715	1.0
2	Thu	College Football: LSU v TX AM	ESPN	7:25 PM	2,774	0.8
3	Sat	College Football: SC v CLEM	ESPN	7:30 PM	2,656	0.8
4	Fri	College Football: BAY v TT	ESPN	5:56 PM	1,787	0.5
5	Fri	College Football: ARZ ST v ARZ	ESPN	10:08 PM	1,672	0.5
6	Sat	College Football: KY v LOUIS	ESPN	12:00 PM	1,564	0.5
7	Fri	College Football: NC ST v NC	ESPN	12:00 PM	1,384	0.4
8	Thu	LIGA MX	UND	10:51 PM	1,137	0.5
9	Sun	LIGA MX: GUAD v USA	UND	6:30 PM	994	0.5
10	Fri	College Football: TCU/TEXAS	FS1	3:29 PM	986	0.3
11	Sat	LIGA MX: TIG v UNAM	UND	7:45 PM	875	0.4
12	Thu	LIGA MX: NECAXA v PACH	UND	8:00 PM	802	0.4
13	Fri	College Basketball	ESPN	3:43 PM	789	0.2
14	Sat	UFC Fight Night	FS1	10:00 PM	686	0.3
15	Fri	College Football: TOL v W MI	ESPN2	5:16 PM	665	0.2

* viewership (,000)