The top 10 matchup of Oregon and Indiana drew large television audiences for ESPN and CBS.

College GameDay averaged 2.7 million viewers, with 3.4 million in the final hour for its most-watched West Coast episode ever, according to ESPN , which uses Nielsen Big Data + Panel ratings. That’s up 16% from last year’s Week 7 episode from Eugene when Oregon hosted Ohio State.

The rating is behind the pregame show’s Week 1 appearance this season at Ohio State (4 million average, 4.9 million final hour), which was Lee Corso’s final episode, Week 6 at Alabama (2.8 million avg., 3.5 million final hour) and Week 4 at Miami (2.8 million avg., 3.4 million final hour).

The game broadcast averaged 5.59 million viewers with a peak of 8.361 million, according to CBS , which also uses Nielsen Big Dat

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