Ohio State vs Michigan most-watched game of 2025

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• (It's technically at No.4 all-time, but Nielsen changed how it counts out-of-home viewing this year, which has been giving higher numbers than in the past.) That gives this rivalry two out of the top five most-watched games ever, as the 2006 No.1 vs No.2 battle is the second-most-watched regular-season game ever (trailing only No.1 Florida State vs No.
• 2 Notre Dame back in 1993). As The Athletic's Stewart Mandel noted, this now marks the fifth straight year that Ohio State vs Michigan topped the regular-season viewership charts.
• That streak couldn't continue into 2020, of course, because Michigan backed out of that game had a COVID outbreak and couldn't play. This article originally appeared on Buckeyes Wire: Ohio State vs Michigan once again most-watched game of the season.