We’re in the dog days of summer now and college football is on everyone’s mind. The World Cup is over, baseball is at the All-Star Break and college football is still over two months away. But SEC Media Days kick off in Atlanta this week which gives hope to thousands of fans that the season might just get here faster than expected. With SEC Media Days getting underway, here’s a look at how all of the SEC teams fared in the all-important TV ratings race last season.
Teams will be listed in alphabetical order and games will be listed in chronological order. Please note that games that aired on the SEC Network are not included as that particular channel is not tracked by Nielsen and numbers are therefore unavailable. Also, please note that since all of these teams are in the SEC they play almost everybody else meaning there will be some overlap.
SEC College football tv ratings 2017
Alabama Crimson Tide
9/2/17 – Alabama vs. Florida State* – ABC – 12,335,000
9/9/17 – Alabama vs. Fresno State – ESPN2 – 2,070,000
9/16/17 – Alabama vs. Colorado State – ESPN2 – 1,613,000
9/23/17 – Alabama @ Vanderbilt – CBS – 2,993,000
9/30/17 – Alabama vs. Ole Miss – ESPN – 3,028,000
10/7/17 – Alabama @ Texas A&M – ESPN – 4,774,000
10/14/17 – Alabama vs. Arkansas – ESPN – 3,866,000
10/21/17 – Alabama vs. Tennessee – CBS – 4,446,000
11/4/17 – Alabama vs. LSU – CBS – 6,729,000
11/11/17 – Alabama @ Mississippi State – ESPN – 7,031,000
11/25/17 – Alabama @ Auburn – CBS – 13,657,000
1/1/18 – Alabama vs. Clemson* – ESPN – 21,473,000
1/8/18 – Alabama vs. Georgia* – ESPN – 28,443,000
Total Viewership: 112,458,000
Average Viewership: 8,650,615
Arkansas Razorbacks
9/9/17 – Arkansas vs. TCU – CBS – 2,345,000
9/23/17 – Arkansas vs. Texas A&M* – ESPN – 2,611,000
10/14/17 – Arkansas @ Alabama – ESPN – 3,866,000
11/11/17 – Arkansas @ LSU – ESPN – 2,032,000
11/18/17 – Arkansas vs. Mississippi State – CBS – 1,678,000
11/24/17 – Arkansas vs. Missouri – CBS – 2,502,000
Total Viewership: 15,034,000
Average Viewership: 2,505,667
Auburn Tigers
9/9/17 – Auburn @ Clemson – ESPN – 3,361,000
9/23/17 – Auburn @ Missouri – ESPNU – 503,000
9/30/17 – Auburn vs. Mississippi State – ESPN – 2,383,000
10/14/17 – Auburn @ LSU – CBS – 3,595,000
11/4/17 – Auburn @ Texas A&M – ESPN – 2,631,000
11/11/17 – Auburn vs. Georgia – CBS – 7,407,000
11/25/17 – Auburn vs. Alabama – CBS – 13,657,000
12/2/17 – Auburn vs. Georgia – CBS* – 13,466,000
1/1/18 – Auburn vs. UCF* – ESPN – 8,377,000
Total Viewership: 55,380,000
Average Viewership: 6,153,333
Florida Gators
9/2/17 – Florida vs. Michigan* – ABC – 7,650,000
9/16/17 – Florida vs. Tennessee – CBS – 5,133,000
9/30/17 – Florida vs. Vanderbilt – ESPN – 2,815,000
10/7/17 – Florida vs. LSU – CBS – 4,128,000
10/14/17 – Florida vs. Texas A&M – ESPN2 – 2,112,000
10/28/17 – Florida vs. Georgia* – CBS – 3,380,000
11/4/17 – Florida @ Missouri – ESPN2 – 793,000
11/11/17 – Florida vs. South Carolina – CBS – 2,391,000
11/25/17 – Florida vs. Florida State – ESPN – 2,056,000
Total Viewership: 30,458,000
Average Viewership: 3,384,222
Georgia Bulldogs
9/2/17 – Georgia vs. Appalachian State – ESPN – 1,718,000
9/9/17 – Georgia @ Notre Dame – NBC – 4,088,000
9/23/17 – Georgia vs. Mississippi State – ESPN – 2,798,000
9/30/17 – Georgia @ Tennessee – CBS – 3,950,000
10/7/17 – Georgia @ Vanderbilt – ESPN – 1,958,000
10/28/17 – Georgia vs. Florida* – CBS – 3,380,000
11/4/17 – Georgia vs. South Carolina – CBS – 3,482,000
11/11/17 – Georgia @ Auburn – CBS – 7,407,000
11/18/17 – Georgia vs. Kentucky – CBS – 3,397,000
11/25/17 – Georgia @ Georgia Tech – ABC – 2,764,000
12/2/17 – Georgia vs. Auburn* – CBS – 13,466,000
1/1/18 – Georgia vs. Oklahoma* – ESPN – 26,913,000
1/8/18 – Georgia vs. Alabama* – ESPN – 28,443,000
Total Viewership: 103,764,000
Average Viewership: 7,981,846
Kentucky Wildcats
11/18/17 – Kentucky @ Georgia – CBS – 3,397,000
12/29/17 – Kentucky vs. Northwestern* – ESPN – 4,601,000
Total Viewership: 7,998,000
Average Viewership: 3,999,000
LSU Tigers
9/2/17 – LSU vs. BYU* – ESPN – 1,763,000
9/16/17 – LSU @ Mississippi State – ESPN – 2,498,000
9/23/17 – LSU vs. Syracuse – ESPN2 – 1,060,000
9/30/17 – LSU vs. Troy – ESPNU – 856,000
10/7/17 – LSU @ Florida – CBS – 4,128,000
10/14/17 – LSU vs. Auburn – CBS – 3,595,000
10/21/17 – LSU @ Ole Miss – ESPN – 1,891,000
11/4/17 – LSU @ Alabama – CBS – 6,729,000
11/11/17 – LSU vs. Arkansas – ESPN – 2,032,000
11/18/17 – LSU @ Tennessee – ESPN – 2,946,000
1/1/18 – LSU vs. Notre Dame* – ABC – 8,731,000
Total Viewership: 36,229,000
Average Viewership: 3,293,546
Missouri Tigers
9/9/17 – Missouri vs. South Carolina – ESPN2 – 802,000
9/23/17 – Missouri vs. Auburn – ESPNU – 503,000
11/4/17 – Missouri vs. Florida – ESPN2 – 793,000
11/24/17 – Missouri @ Arkansas – CBS – 2,502,000
12/27/17 – Missouri vs. Texas* – ESPN – 3,425,000
Total Viewership: 8,025,000
Average Viewership: 1,605,000
Mississippi State Bulldogs
9/16/17 – Mississippi State vs. LSU – ESPN – 2,498,000
9/23/17 – Mississippi State @ Georgia – ESPN – 2,798,000
9/30/17 – Mississippi State @ Auburn – ESPN – 2,383,000
10/28/17 – Mississippi State @ Texas A&M – ESPN – 1,640,000
11/11/17 – Mississippi State vs. Alabama – ESPN – 7,031,000
11/18/17 – Mississippi State @ Arkansas – CBS – 1,678,000
11/23/17 – Mississippi State vs. Ole Miss – ESPN – 2,468,000
12/30/17 – Mississippi State vs. Louisville* – ESPN – 4,424,000
Total Viewership: 24,920,000
Average Viewership: 3,115,000
Ole Miss Rebels
9/2/17 – Ole Miss vs. South Alabama – ESPNU – 161,000
9/16/17 – Ole Miss @ Cal – ESPN – 1,195,000
9/30/17 – Ole Miss @ Alabama – ESPN – 3,028,000
10/21/17 – Ole Miss vs. LSU – ESPN – 1,891,000
11/18/17 – Ole Miss vs. Texas A&M – ESPN2 – 1,516,000
11/23/17 – Ole Miss @ Mississippi State – ESPN – 2,468,000
Total Viewership: 10,259,000
Average Viewership: 1,709,833
South Carolina Gamecocks
9/2/17 – South Carolina vs. NC State* – ESPN – 1,558,000
9/9/17 – South Carolina @ Missouri – ESPN2 – 802,000
10/14/17 – South Carolina @ Tennessee – ESPN – 2,532,000
11/4/17 – South Carolina @ Georgia – CBS – 3,482,000
11/11/17 – South Carolina vs. Florida – CBS – 2,391,000
11/25/17 – South Carolina vs. Clemson – ESPN – 4,032,000
1/1/18 – South Carolina vs. Michigan* – ESPN – 5,050,000
Total Viewership: 19,847,000
Average Viewership: 2,835,286
Tennessee Volunteers
9/4/17 – Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech* – ESPN – 5,134,000
9/16/17 – Tennessee @ Florida – CBS – 5,133,000
9/30/17 – Tennessee vs. Georgia – CBS – 3,950,000
10/14/17 – Tennessee vs. South Carolina – ESPN – 2,532,000
10/21/17 – Tennessee @ Alabama – CBS – 4,446,000
11/18/17 – Tennessee vs. LSU – ESPN – 2,946,000
Total Viewership: 24,141,000
Average Viewership: 4,023,500
Texas A&M Aggies
9/3/17 – Texas A&M @ UCLA – FOX – 3,190,000
9/23/17 – Texas A&M vs. Arkansas* – ESPN – 2,611,000
10/7/17 – Texas A&M vs. Alabama – ESPN – 4,774,000
10/14/17 – Texas A&M @ Florida – ESPN2 – 2,112,000
10/28/17 – Texas A&M vs. Mississippi State – ESPN – 1,640,000
11/4/17 – Texas A&M vs. Auburn – ESPN – 2,631,000
11/18/17 – Texas A&M @ Ole Miss – ESPN – 1,516,000
12/29/17 – Texas A&M vs. Wake Forest* – ESPN – 2,957,000
Total Viewership: 21,431,000
Average Viewership: 2,678,875
Vanderbilt Commodores
9/16/17 – Vanderbilt vs. Kansas State – ESPNU – 415,000
9/23/17 – Vanderbilt vs. Alabama – CBS – 2,993,000
9/30/17 – Vanderbilt @ Florida – ESPN – 2,815,000
10/7/17 – Vanderbilt vs. Georgia – ESPN – 1,958,000
11/4/17 – Vanderbilt vs. Western Kentucky – ESPNU – 82,000
Total Viewership: 8,263,000
Average Viewership: 1,652,600
*denotes game played at neutral site
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