For the second time this season, college football on FOX topped Saturday Night Football on ABC.
Saturday’s Baylor/Oklahoma State college football game earned a 2.6 final rating and 4.3 million viewers on FOX, up 136% in ratings and 111% in viewership from Texas/Oklahoma State last year (1.1, 2.0M) and up 44% and 40%, respectively, from Texas Tech/Baylor in 2013 (1.8, 3.1M).
The Bears’ blowout win ranks as the highest rated and most-watched game of the season on FOX (15 telecasts), topping the previous highs of 2.1 and 3.3 million for Utah/USC in week eight.