A majority of the college football world was glued to the TV when US LBM Coaches Poll No. 3 Notre Dame upset previously top-ranked Miami over the weekend.
That large amount of interest in Saturday’s numbers showed in the viewership numbers. According to NBC Sports, the Hurricanes versus the Fighting Irish
was the third-most watched primetime Notre Dame football game since NBC started airing them in 1991.NBC reported that an average of 9.1 million viewers between its main channel and Peacock tuned into the No. 4 vs. No. 1 showdown.
The game had about 12 million viewers in the fourth quarter, which took place just after 11 p.m. on Saturday. Miami-Notre Dame was also the most-watched college football game of the weekend across all networks.
According
to Matt Fortuna of the Sports Business Journal, ESPN’s College GameDay on Saturday – which broadcasted live at Notre Dame – was the fifth-most watched GameDay episode of all-time when it drew 2.9 million viewers.
When College GameDay was at Provo, Utah for BYU versus Notre Dame, that became the third-most watched episode of all-time with 3 million viewers.
Notre Dame victory over No. 1 Miami is third most-watched primetime game in 35 years of Fighting Irish football on NBC
— NBC Sports PR (@NBCSportsPR) November 10, 2026
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