Ohio State-Michigan Most-Watched CFB Game This Year

Fox’s broadcast of Ohio State-Michigan on Nov. 29 averaged 18.4 million viewers, making it the most-watched college football game of the 2025 season on any network and the second-highest regular-season audience in Fox history.

The matchup delivered a 49% increase over last year’s game while peaking at 20.54 million viewers. 

Only the 2023 edition (19.06 million) drew a larger regular-season crowd on the network. It also easily topped Fox’s previous 2025 high-water mark, the season-opening Ohio State-Texas game (16.66 million).

The surge came as No. 1 Ohio State snapped a four-year losing streak to rival Michigan with a convincing 27–9 victory, further cementing the defending national champions’ status atop the rankings heading into championship weekend.

The Buckeyes will face Indiana Saturday night in the Big Ten title game, with a win likely locking up the No. 1 overall seed in the College Football Playoff.

The record-setting rivalry game capped a massive holiday sports weekend that also produced historic NFL audiences on Thanksgiving and Black Friday.