With a down-to-the-wire finish and a playoff berth on the line, Notre Dame’s now-annual appearance on FOX hit a ratings milestone.
The Notre Dame/Stanford college football game had a 4.7 overnight rating on FOX Saturday night, the network’s highest overnight ever for a regular season college game (not counting conference championships). The previous high was a 4.0 for Michigan State/Oregon early last season.
Overall, the 4.7 is the second-highest for any college football telecast on FOX since 2010, the last time it aired BCS bowl games. Only the 2013 Michigan State/Ohio State Big Ten Championship Game had a higher rating in the metered markets (8.