Per ESPN:
The October 6 ABC Saturday Night Football Presented by Windows broadcast – a 63-38 Ohio State victory over Nebraska – was the highest-rated and most-viewed program of the night across all of television. The Big Ten matchup averaged a 3.1 rating, 5,161,000 viewers and 3,561,000 households. Ohio had the top three metered markets for the telecast led by Columbus with a 40.9 rating followed by Cleveland (19.9 rating) and Dayton (19.7 rating). Tulsa and Cincinnati were tied for the fourth highest-rated markets with a 6.6 rating.
http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2012/10/csuoct10/
When Ohio State has night games TV people watch. Abc Should have night games with the buckeyes. -,stad of garbage I force to watch in Nashville 3 second games onTV. On the radio you have Bama,Tenn and Vandy. ALl there fans can jump off a bridge.
surprised lincoln wasn't up there
the kids are playing their tail off, and the coaches are screwing it up! - JLS
Lincoln just doesnt have the that many people to make it on there but i bet all tv's were on it
rating is based on %...plus lincoln is bigger than dayton
the kids are playing their tail off, and the coaches are screwing it up! - JLS
Wow. Think about that, the #12 Bucks and #21 Huskers beat:
#5 Georgia vs. #6 SC (7:08 PM)
#9 ND vs. Miami (7:30 PM)
#8 WVU vs. #11 Texas (7:00 PM)
If I had to bet (and I know nothing about TV ratings other than they are an attempt to represent how many people watched a game) that the Bucks would be 4th in the list.
Not to mention 2 MLB playoff games including cincinnati
Ratings are based on a percentage a households equipped with televisions. Lincoln has more population within it's city limits than Dayton, but is FAR smaller in regards to the entire metro population(which is what counts towards your tv market). Lincoln isnt even in the Top 100 in regards to TV markets and I believe these ratings only measure the Top 100, which stand to reason why they were not included. Otherwise, I can't imagine them not being on the list.
@ Lincoln - yea I live in Cincy and it was definetly not a stay at home and watch tv kind of night. UC had their homecoming game at 7 and the Reds played at 9:30. The fact that we still had that many ppl watch OSU in the area is actually pretty impressive. I know we had to beg a bartender to put on the OSU on one of the small TVs in the corner.