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NC State football viewership totals

MattCarterby:Matt Carter•12/01/22•

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CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA - NOVEMBER 25: Head coach Dave Doeren of the North Carolina State Wolfpack celebrates as he leaves the field after a win against the North Carolina Tar Heels at Kenan Memorial Stadium on November 25, 2022 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Wolfpack won 30-27 in overtime. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)

How did NC State football draw on television this season? Overall, the Pack may not have been a headliner, but NC State generally produced solid viewing numbers for the various ESPN-related networks. In terms of the ACC, the Wolfpack was one of the better draws

NC State were televised nationally five times, excluding the ACC Network. One of the five was this past Friday afternoon, when NC State-North Carolina was on ABC. That game drew an estimated 3.61 million viewers, the seventh most-watched game of rivalry weekend.

That total also beat the UCLA-Cal game, which started an hour later on Fox, and had 3.27 million watching. The only ACC game that did better over Thanksgiving was Florida-Florida State, which was right after the NC State-UNC contest on ABC and had an estimated 6.71 million tuning in, second most overall from rivalry weekend.

Below are charts to detail how the other four games for NC State football on national television, which had more traditional time slots, did compared to other games at those time slots. The ratings are provided by SportsMediaWatch.com.

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Noon on ESPN (Sept. 3, NC State at East Carolina)

DateGameViewers
Nov. 12LSU-Arkansas3.57 million
Sept. 17Georgia-South Carolina3.00 million
Oct. 8Tennessee-LSU2.96 million
Oct. 1Kentucky-Ole Miss2.79 million
Nov. 5Florida-Texas A&M2.73 million
Sept. 24Missouri-Auburn2.07 million
Oct. 15Auburn-Ole Miss2.06 million
Nov. 26Georgia-Georgia Tech2.06 million
Sept. 3NC State-East Carolina2.03 million
Nov. 19Wisconsin-Nebraska1.63 million
Sept. 10South Carolina-Arkansas1.52 million
Oct. 29TCU-West Virginia1.51 million
Oct. 22Cincinnati-SMU682K

ABC Primetime (Oct. 1 at Clemson)

DateGameViewers
Sept. 3Notre Dame-Ohio State10.53 million
Nov. 26Notre Dame-Southern Cal6.68 million
Oct. 29Michigan-Michigan State5.58 million
Nov. 12TCU-Texas5.03 million
Oct. 1NC State-Clemson4.98 million
Sept. 24Wisconsin-Ohio State4.59 million
Oct. 22Minnesota-Penn State3.54 million
Oct. 15Clemson-Florida State3.38 million
Nov. 19Oklahoma State-Oklahoma3.06 million
Sept. 10Southern Cal-Stanford2.96 million
Sept. 17Michigan State-Washington2.79 million
Oct. 8Clemson-Boston College1.93 million
Nov. 5Florida State-Miami1.50 million

ESPN Thursday Night (Oct. 27 vs. Virginia Tech)

DateGameViewers
Sept. 1Pittsburgh-West Virginia3.15 million
Nov. 24Mississippi State-Ole Miss2.23 million
Sept. 22West Virginia-Virginia Tech1.60 million
Sept. 29Utah State-BYU1.26 million
Oct. 27NC State-Virginia Tech1.23 million
Oct. 20Virginia-Georgia Tech891K
Nov. 17SMU-Tulane767K
Nov. 3Appalachian State-Coastal Carolina743K
Oct. 13Central Florida-Temple603K
Nov. 10Tulsa-Memphis574K

ESPN2 Primetime (Sept. 17 vs. Texas Tech)

DateGameViewers
Sept. 10Arizona State-Oklahoma State1.02 million
Sept. 17NC State-Texas Tech747K
Nov. 12North Carolina-Wake Forest610K
Oct. 29Baylor-Texas Tech572K
Sept. 24Kentucky-Northern Illinois555K
Nov. 5Auburn-Mississippi State512K
Nov. 26Central Florida-South Florida329K

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