Ratings Revealed For USC Trojans’ Showdown With Notre Dame

Saturday night's matchup against Notre Dame wasn't the first time this season that a USC football game drew a top 10 national audience. The Trojans' 34-32 loss to the No. 23 Illinois Fighting Illini drew 4.1 million viewers on FOX in week 5. USC's 45-31 home win over Michigan State in week 4 also drew a top-10 television audience.

Three SEC Marquee Matchups That Had Higher Ratings Than USC-Notre Dame

Three marquee SEC matchups on ABC were the most-watched games of the week 8 college football slate. Arguably the best college football game of the week, between the No. 8 Ole Miss Rebels and the No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs, was the most-watched game of week 8 with 9.79 million viewers.

The No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide's 37-20 primetime home win over the No. 17 Tennessee Volunteers was the second most-watched game of week 8 with 8.01 million viewers. The No. 10 Vanderbilt Commodores' 31-24 win over the No. 20 LSU Tigers finished in third with 5.94 million viewers.

Other Week 9 Big Ten Games That Had High Ratings

Three other Big Ten matchups drew large television audiences in week 8 of the college football season. FOX's Big Noon Kickoff game between the No. 25 Michigan Wolverines and the Washington Huskies in Ann Arbor was the fifth most-watched with 4.32 million viewers.

Just behind Michigan's 24-7 win over Washington for the most-watched game at No. 6 in week 8 was the 3:30 ET matchup between the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes and the Wisconsin Badgers. 4 million viewers tuned in to watch the Buckeyes shut out the Badgers 34-0 in Madison.

Minnesota's Friday night 24-6 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers also delivered with 2.66 million viewers on FOX. The Golden Gophers' win over the Cornhuskers was the 8th most-viewed game of week 8.

USC-Nebraska Primetime Matchup Likely to Draw Large Television Audience

While the Trojans are currently on their second bye week of the season, USC's week 10 matchup against the Nebraska Cornhuskers in Lincoln has the potential to draw another large television audience. NBC is scheduled to broadcast the Nov. 1 game between Nebraska and USC.

The game will be an exciting atmosphere for college football fans to watch. It will be a "Blackout" game at night for Nebraska with the Cornhuskers wearing black alternative uniforms against USC. The game is scheduled for 4:30 PT on Nov. 1.