College football is inching ever closer. Yesterday, SEC Media Days got underway and every year it feels like SEC Media Days is the unofficial start to fall camp and the beginning of the college football season. Yesterday we ran a piece about the TV ratings for every SEC team in 2017 (what better way to kick off a week of SEC people hobnobbing it with the media). In keeping with the TV ratings theme, it’s now time to take a look at the 15 least watched games from the 2017 season. Games will be ranked from highest number of viewers to lowest number of viewers. Please note that games that aired on the SEC Network, the B1G Network, the Pac-12 Network, ESPNNEWS, or CBSSN are not included as they are not tracked by Nielsen and numbers are therefore unavailable.
Just Missed the Cut
UMass @ Temple – ESPNU – 215,000 viewers
Central Michigan @ Western Michigan – ESPN2 – 212,000 viewers
Houston @ Temple – ESPNU – 209,000 viewers
Kansas @ Ohio – ESPNU – 195,000 viewers
Troy @ Boise State – ESPNU – 194,000 viewers
Now on to the actual countdown of College Football’s worst
15 – Cincinnati @ USF
10/14/17
ESPNU
173,000 viewers
14 – South Alabama @ Ole Miss
9/2/17
ESPNU
161,000 viewers
13 – Texas State @ UL-Lafayette
10/12/17
ESPNU
153,000 viewers
12 – Liberty @ Baylor
9/2/17
FS2
137,000 viewers
11 – Western Michigan @ Toledo
11/24/17
ESPNU
132,000 viewers
10 – UCF @ Cincinnati
10/7/17
ESPNU
131,000 viewers
9 – San Jose State @ UNLV
9/30/17
ESPNU
106,000 viewers
8 – Western Michigan @ Buffalo
10/7/17
ESPNU
90,000 viewers
7 – East Carolina @ UConn
9/24/17
ESPNU
84,000 viewers
6 – Western Kentucky @ Vanderbilt
11/4/17
ESPNU
82,000 viewers
5 – Temple @ East Carolina
10/7/17
ESPNU
61,000 viewers
4 – Army @ Rice
10/7/17
beIN Sports
10,000 viewers
3 – UAB @ North Texas
9/23/17
beIN Sports
5,000 viewers
T-1 – Bethune-Cookman @ FAU
9/16/17
beIN Sports
4,000 viewers
T-1 – Charlotte @ FIU
9/30/17
beIN Sports
4,000 viewers
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