CBS, ESPN, Fox all notch strong college basketball viewership for 2025-26 season

Posted Mar 15, 2026
Regular-season college basketball reached new viewership highs in the 2025-26 season, with blue bloods like Duke, Michigan State, and UNC leading the way. Viewership increases can be found across networks. CBS averaged 1.42 million viewers for its regular-season broadcasts, a 10% increase from last year. Fox averaged 1.21 million viewers, up 38%. (Awful Announcing)

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