Everything on ESPN2 was down compared to last season. All four timeslots were down over 50%.
ESPN 2:
Noon: MTSU vs Iowa, 529K viewers, down 54%
3:30 Minnesota vs Purdue, 460K viewers, down 56%
7:00 UConn vs UCF, 322K viewers, down 55%
10:30 Hawaii vs Nevada, 254K viewers, down 66%
7 PM timeslot competition:
ABC, Ohio St. vs Nebraska, 6.14M viewers, down 33%
ESPN, Miss St vs Auburn, 1.99M viewers, up 5%
ESPN2, UConn vs UCF, 322K viewers, down 55%
ESPNU, UNLV vs Wyoming, 137K viewers, down 63%
ESPN 2 primetime slots so far this year:
9/21, Old Dominion vs UVA, 414K viewers, down 66%
9/14, Kent St vs Auburn, 625K viewers, (comp not rated)
9/7, Tulane vs Auburn, 763K viewers, down 11%
2018 ESPN2 primetime slots that we beat:
9/15 ULL vs Miss St. (rating not published, so probably under 290K)
Note: last year's UCF vs ECU game had 486K viewers on ESPN 2 on 10/20.
2018's VT-Duke game drew 723K viewers on ESPN2, even though the Ohio St.-Penn St. game drew over 9.14M viewers on ABC and the Stanford-ND game on NBC drew another 3.44M viewers.
ESPN 2:
Noon: MTSU vs Iowa, 529K viewers, down 54%
3:30 Minnesota vs Purdue, 460K viewers, down 56%
7:00 UConn vs UCF, 322K viewers, down 55%
10:30 Hawaii vs Nevada, 254K viewers, down 66%
7 PM timeslot competition:
ABC, Ohio St. vs Nebraska, 6.14M viewers, down 33%
ESPN, Miss St vs Auburn, 1.99M viewers, up 5%
ESPN2, UConn vs UCF, 322K viewers, down 55%
ESPNU, UNLV vs Wyoming, 137K viewers, down 63%
ESPN 2 primetime slots so far this year:
9/21, Old Dominion vs UVA, 414K viewers, down 66%
9/14, Kent St vs Auburn, 625K viewers, (comp not rated)
9/7, Tulane vs Auburn, 763K viewers, down 11%
2018 ESPN2 primetime slots that we beat:
9/15 ULL vs Miss St. (rating not published, so probably under 290K)
Note: last year's UCF vs ECU game had 486K viewers on ESPN 2 on 10/20.
2018's VT-Duke game drew 723K viewers on ESPN2, even though the Ohio St.-Penn St. game drew over 9.14M viewers on ABC and the Stanford-ND game on NBC drew another 3.44M viewers.
