Most watched college football games of 2021. How many was Ohio State involved in?

Here are the 12 most-watched college football games of 2021. Can you guess how many involved Ohio State? #GoBucks

College football had a very nice bounceback year, one in which the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t wreak nearly as much havoc on things as 2020. The viewers tuned in on streaming devices and television sets like normal.

But some games got a lot more eyeballs on them than others, meaning not all games and programs are created equal. You know Ohio State typically turns on television sets and mobile phone screens, and that was the case again in 2021, but there were others too.

Here is a list of the 12 most-watched college football games of 2021, two of which include YOUR Ohio State Buckeyes. Only Alabama had more games appearing on this list, with a whopping four total.

The homework comes courtesy of The Athletic’s Stewart Mandel.

Notre Dame TV Ratings Huge vs. Duke

When Notre Dame hosted Duke last weekend it was the highest viewership for an Irish afternoon opener in 14 years. Details here!

You might not look at Duke as being a massive matchup on the football field but the nation saw it as the most compelling college football game last Saturday as the Notre Dame opener attracted 4.371 million viewers to the NBC telecast.

It was the most-viewed Notre Dame afternoon home opener since the Irish last welcomed Penn State to South Bend way back in 2006.  It’s also the most-viewed Notre Dame home contest since the Fighting Irish battled Michigan in primetime to kickoff the 2018 season.

Let’s not get it confused as there weren’t a plethora of big-time matchups across college football last weekend and the Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC aren’t yet playing, but the 4.371 million viewers are the most to watch any college football game so far in the early parts of the unique 2020 season.