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Southern California-Ohio State highest-rated college football game in ESPN history

Whatever the level, football remains a big, big television draw. Latest evidence: Saturday’s Southern California/Ohio State game, which was the highest-rated, most-viewed college football game in ESPN history. USC’s victory over Ohio State drew a 6.3 U.S. rating and 10.6 million viewers on ESPN Saturday night, up 47% in ratings and 52% in viewers from a 4.3 and 7 million for Miami/Florida on the comparable night last year. ESPN won Saturday night ahead of all other cable and broadcast networks. Also, USC/Ohio State is tied as the year’s highest-rated cable sporting event and ranks alone as most-viewed.
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