Thought these numbers were pretty interesting for several reasons.
1. ESPN is nowhere to be found in the top 5. The reason for this is likely two fold. First, anyone with Charter cable is not currently getting ESPN. And second, they no longer have Big Ten programs like Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State and even Nebraska with their massive followings.
2. The move by the Big Ten to go to an NFL-like TV setup throughout the day on Saturdays, utilizing the major broadcast networks is looking more brilliant by the day. As Fox's pregame show gains in popularity and leads in to bigger and bigger league games, they are going to do massive numbers at noon on Fox, 3:30 on CBS and then 7:30 on NBC. And of course NBC is going to have their own lead-in show which will be on campus in College Park this weekend.
3. Northwestern-Rutgers was top 10 in the ratings!!! That is insane. Combination of being on Sunday and broadcast on CBS, but again, getting your program in front of that many eyeballs is huge. Especially for schools like Rutgers or Maryland. I'm sure in future years we will see some Big 12-Big Ten Thursday or Sunday matchups on Fox or maybe Notre Dame-Big Ten on NBC that will just do ridiculous numbers like FSU-LSU did this past Sunday.
Anyways, here are the numbers...