The UCF-Cincinnati game brought a rating of 2.3 overnight as ABC’s highest primetime game of the week with 15% more viewers over the second in line.
Cincinnati and Central Florida delivered a 10.6 and 11.1, respectively. In Orlando, the local rating is the market’s best for an ABC/ESPN game this season. In Cincinnati, the local rating notably surpassed the Ohio State game earlier in the day.
Orlando’s hometown team raked in millions of viewers Saturday after College GameDay and its hosts featured UCF in the morning and at the 8 p.m. kickoff.
JUST IN: UCF-Cincinnati delivers a 2.3 rating✅, the highest prime time game of the week✅ and 15% more viewers than the second in line✅.
More than 1 out of 10 households in Orlando had the UCF game on 📺#LetsGoKnights pic.twitter.com/NWXrN9Aztb
— UCF Knight News (@UCFKnightNews) November 18, 2018
The Knights dominated the No. 19 Bearcats on the national stage and clinched the American Athletic Conference East Division title. UCF will host the AAC Championship game again in Orlando after the War on I-4 this Thanksgiving weekend.
Read more about how ESPN College GameDay host Kirk Herbstreit changed his mind on the UCF Football program:
Where Does UCF Stand in CFB? Kirk Herbstreit, Once Knights’ Biggest Critic, Ranks UCF at No. 7
