What: Catch up on the weekend’s ratings through the live sports top 25 ranking! Here is a quick look at what people watched over the past weekend.
Which Sport Won?
Once again, college football was the weekend’s big winner. The college game between Iowa State and Baylor on Saturday, February 25th managed to attract close to 100,000 viewers through its live ESPN broadcast (check out table below).
What Broadcaster Won?
Thanks to ESPN acquiring the rights to broadcast all college regular season games, the broadcaster (including ESPNU and ESPN2) was the most watched over the weekend.
Out of 13.9 million who watched the Top 25 live sports events last weekend, 5.8 million watched ESPN.
Fox Sports 1 came in second with 3.6 million viewers, mainly thanks to the broadcast of NASCAR races, but also a Premier Boxing Champions fight.
What Else?
As a surprise, coming in fifth on this ranking is the Professional Bowlers Association bowling tournament that was held on Sunday. Broadcasted by ESPN, the event drew 791,000 viewers.
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| # | Program | Episode | Network | Start | End | Total Viewers (000) | Viewers Age 18-49 (000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN L | BAYLOR/IOWA STATE | ESPN | 4:12 p.m. | 6:04 p.m. | 996 | 360 |
| 2 | COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN L | WEST VIRGINIA/TCU | ESPN | 2:04 p.m. | 4:12 p.m. | 960 | 370 |
| 3 | NASCAR RACE HUB WKND ED L | DAYTONA | FOX SPORTS 1 | 2:00 p.m. | 3:00 p.m. | 839 | 141 |
| 4 | NASCAR M.E. CUP FIN PRA L | DAYTONA | FOX SPORTS 1 | 12:30 p.m. | 2:00 p.m. | 792 | 162 |
| 5 | PBA BOWLING L | ESPN | 1:00 p.m. | 3:05 p.m. | 791 | 246 | |
| 6 | COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN L | VIRGINIA/NC STATE | ESPN | 12:00 p.m. | 2:04 p.m. | 758 | 276 |
| 7 | NASCAR RACE HUB WKND ED L | DAYTONA | FOX SPORTS 1 | 12:06 p.m. | 12:30 p.m. | 609 | 107 |
| 8 | NHL REGULAR SEASON L | ST. LOUIS/CHICAGO | NBC SPORTS NETWORK | 7:33 p.m. | 10:04 p.m. | 594 | 263 |
| 9 | COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN L | IOWA/MARYLAND | ESPN2 | 6:04 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | 584 | 215 |
| 10 | NBA REGULAR SEASON L | NEW ORLEANS/OKLAHOMA CITY | NBA-TV | 7:00 p.m. | 9:39 p.m. | 579 | 293 |
| 11 | PBA BOWLING L | ESPN | 3:05 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | 571 | 129 | |
| 12 | MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCR L | ATLANTA | FOX SPORTS 1 | 7:30 p.m. | 10:03 p.m. | 547 | 232 |
| 13 | COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN L | PURDUE/MICHIGAN | ESPN2 | 4:26 p.m. | 6:04 p.m. | 546 | 197 |
| 14 | LALIGA SANTANDER MRQ-L | ATLETICO MADRID VS. BARCELONA | BEIN SPORT ESPANOL | 10:05 a.m. | 12:15 p.m. | 519 | 319 |
| 15 | LIGA MX L | JAGUARES / GUADALAJARA | UNIVISION DEPORTES | 5:39 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | 491 | 281 |
| 16 | NASCAR XFINITY QUALIFY L | DAYTONA | FOX SPORTS 1 | 10:30 a.m. | 12:06 p.m. | 463 | 95 |
| 17 | LALIGA SANTANDER MRQ-L | VILLARREAL VS. REAL MADRID | BEIN SPORT ESPANOL | 2:34 p.m. | 4:48 p.m. | 461 | 285 |
| 18 | NBA REGULAR SEASON L | CHARLOTTE/LA CLIPPERS | NBA-TV | 9:39 p.m. | 12:31 a.m. | 435 | 231 |
| 19 | PREMIER LEAGUE L | SWANSEA/CHELSEA | NBC SPORTS NETWORK | 9:55 a.m. | 12:10 p.m. | 422 | 217 |
| 20 | COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN L | GEORGIA TECH/NOTRE DAME | ESPNU | 6:30 p.m. | 8:34 p.m. | 408 | 104 |
| 21 | PREMIER BOXING CHAMPION L | CALEB PLANT/THOMAS AWIMBONO | FOX SPORTS 1 | 10:21 p.m. | 12:20 a.m. | 357 | 106 |
| 22 | PREMIER LEAGUE L | STOKE/TOTTENHAM | NBC SPORTS NETWORK | 8:24 a.m. | 10:31 a.m. | 354 | 187 |
| 23 | LIGA MX L | QUERETARO / UNAM | UNIVISION DEPORTES | 5:50 p.m. | 7:50 p.m. | 305 | 194 |
| 24 | NBA REGULAR SEASON L | PHOENIX/MILWAUKEE | NBA-TV | 3:30 p.m. | 6:00 p.m. | 278 | 123 |
| 25 | COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN L | ALABAMA/TEXAS A&M | ESPN2 | 8:00 p.m. | 10:09 p.m. | 269 | 94 |
Source: SportsTVRatings.com (“All data ©Nielsen, provided by a variety of TV network sources and not directly from Nielsen”)
