Laura Rutledge Reacts to ESPN’s College Football Announcement

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Max Escarpio | Last updated Nov 19, 2024 1:49 PM ET

The 2024-25 college football season is closing in on its final weeks, meaning conference play has been heating up across the country.

What many view as the most competitive conference in college football, the SEC, featured some incredible matchups in Week 12 that changed the landscape of the College Football Playoff.

A few of these big-time SEC matchups included Georgia versus Tennessee, LSU versus Florida and Texas versus Arkansas.

Following the hectic Week 12 slate, ESPN's PR department announced that the SEC on ESPN dominated all networks across the board.

ABC has won 75% of the noon, late afternoon and primetime slots through the first 12 weeks of the college football season.

After the ESPN PR team released this information, network reporter Laura Rutledge reacted to the news. She reposted the announcement on her personal Instagram account.

Rutledge was in attendance for the Bulldogs' 31-17 win over the Volunteers. She served as the sideline reporter for the SEC matchup, which was ultimately deemed the top primetime game of the weekend.

The viewership for that matchup peaked at 11.4 million viewers and averaged 10 million viewers.

In the Gators' 27-16 win over the Tigers, the network earned the highest afternoon viewership of any network in Week 12, with 6.0 million average viewers and 7.7 peaked viewers.

ESPN's first matchup on ABC ended in a 20-10 victory for the Longhorns over the Razorbacks. That game averaged 4.6 million viewers and peaked at 5.7 million viewers.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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