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Newsstand: Breaking down Notre Dame football TV viewership in 2022

IMG_9992by:Tyler Horka•12/08/22•

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Notre Dame landed on a list of the 10 most-watched college football games of 2022. The Fighting Irish’s season-opener vs. Ohio State, which was a consensus top-five matchup at the time, drew 10.5 million viewers on ABC. That ranked seventh throughout the whole season.

Here’s a list of the entire top 10.

  1. Michigan–Ohio State (FOX) 17.1 million
  2. Tennessee–Georgia (CBS) 13.1 million
  3. Alabama-Tennessee (CBS) 11.6 million
  4. LSU-Georgia (SEC Championship) (CBS) 10.9 million
  5. Purdue-Michigan (Big Ten Championship) (FOX) 10.7 million
  6. Alabama-Texas (FOX) 10.6 million
  7. Notre Dame-Ohio State (ABC) 10.5 million
  8. Kansas State–TCU (Big 12 Championship) (ABC) 9.4 million
  9. Alabama-Ole Miss (CBS) 8.7 million
  10. Ohio State-Penn State (FOX) 8.3 million

Here’s a look at how the Irish fared with total viewers during the rest of the regular season schedule according to SportsMediaWatch.com. Numbers for the game versus UNLV streaming exclusively on Peacock were not available.

OpponentDateChannelViewers (Millions)
MarshallSept. 10NBC2.48
CaliforniaSept. 17NBC2.91
North CarolinaSept. 24ABC3.46
BYUOct. 8NBC2.53
StanfordOct. 15NBC2.15
SyracuseOct. 22ABC2.34
ClemsonNov. 5NBC3.22
NavyNov. 12ABC2.07
Boston CollegeNov. 19NBC1.27
USCNov. 26ABC6.68

Notre Dame tweets of the day

So long, Michael Mayer.

Recruiting season roars on.

Like we said: recruiting season roars on.

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Quote of the day

“It has been an honor to wear the Gold helmet and share a locker room with my brothers the last three years. I want to say thank you to all of my coaches, staff and of course my teammates for making my Notre Dame experience unforgettable.”

— Mayer bids farewell to South Bend

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