According to Pete Nakos of On3, the Texas Longhorns are projected to be in the most-watched games of the 2024 College Football season.
The Texas at Michigan game is projected to be the number three most-watched game and is also listed by USA TODAY Sports as the best non-conference game of the season. According to On3, also the projected most-watched non-conference game of the season.
The Longhorns are also projected to be in the sixth most-watched game when they play their annual game against Oklahoma. The Sooners and Longhorns are rivals of one another and are now playing each other as new members of the SEC conference.
Looking at last year’s TV data and this year’s packed schedule, I did my best at predicting what the 10 most-watched games of the college football season will be.
Note that Texas-Oklahoma and USC-LSU are neutral site games.
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The Texas and Texas A&M game is ranked the seventh most projected to-be-watched game as these two in-state rivals meet again after not playing each other in football since 2011 when the Aggies left the Big 12 to go to the SEC. Now that the Longhorns are in the SEC, these two teams will resume their long historical rivalry and play each other in their last regular scheduled game of the season.
The only two schools that come close on this list are Ohio State and Michigan which are projected to be in two of the most-watched college football games in 2024.