Florida State's Rivalry Win Over Miami Ranks Among Top-5 Most Watched Games In Week 11

Florida State continued its winning streak against Miami with an emotional 27-20 victory in Tallahassee over the weekend. The annual rivalry game between the Seminoles and Hurricanes provided plenty of exciting moments during what turned out to be a heated competition.

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The contest ended up drawing in one of the top audiences in Week 11. According to Sports Media Watch, the contest ranked fourth in the country with 4.14 million viewers and a 2.2 rating. It was the most-watched game on ABC with Texas-TCU, which was selected over FSU-Miami for primetime, bringing in 2.82 million viewers (1.5 rating).

The win by the Seminoles was the sixth time this season that the program has been involved in the highest-viewed game in the ACC. It was the fourth time that Florida State has played in a contest that has drawn over four million viewers.

The next closest game involving an ACC team was Clemson-Georgia Tech at 1.62 million viewers. Virginia-Louisville pulled in 1.29 million eyes despite playing on Thursday night while NC State-Wake Forest had 289K on The CW.

4️⃣.1️⃣4️⃣ Million viewers for our rivalry win last week!

🍢 ABC’s most-watched Week 11 game
🍢 Highest-rated ACC game for the 6th time this season
🍢 4th game over 4 Million viewers#NoleFamily | #KeepCLIMBing pic.twitter.com/xlz6lXrYxB
— FSU Football (@FSUFootball) November 14, 2023

Florida State averaged 9.1 million viewers in the season-opening victory against LSU. The win over Boston College brought in an average of 3.48 million viewers. That number grew to 6.71 million after beating Clemson in Death Valley. The program garnered 3.02 million following staying undefeated against Virginia Tech.

The viewers dropped to 2.09 million during the squeezing of the Syracuse Orange but jumped to 4.08 million in the win against Duke. During back-to-back road games against Wake Forest and Pittsburgh, FSU brought in 2.09 million viewers and 1.76 million viewers, respectively.

The game against Southern Mississippi was not included because it was on the ACC Network. The channel is not Nielsen-rated along with services such as the SEC Network, CBS Sports Network, PAC-12 Network, ESPN+, and Peacock

The Seminoles will be back in action to take on North Alabama at home at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 18. The game will be televised on The CW Network.

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