Alabama and Auburn drew a large TV audience for Saturday's game in Coleman Coliseum.
The hype for last Saturday’s meeting of No. 1 Auburn at No. 2 Alabama was more than a local phenomenon.
The TV audience for the midafternoon game on ESPN was the most-watched ESPN game of the season, the network told AL.com. Viewership averaged 2.8 million, according to ESPN, with the peak audience hitting 3.5 million. That audience was the second-highest of any network this season, the network said. It was also the highest-rated game for any SEC contest in the ESPN portfolio since the 2018-19 season.For context, the highest-rated game of the previous week was Duke at Clemson with 2.1 million viewers, according to theFor more context, the Alabama-Auburn football game last season drew 7.16 million viewers on ABC.
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