Ohio State at Texas football game may set regular season viewership record

Ohio State meets Texas in a top-five college football showdown in Austin this weekend. Broadcasters and officials expect the game to contend for the all-time television viewership record for a regular-season contest. The current record of 22 million viewers was established by Notre Dame and Florida State in 1993. The two schools last met in a season-opening game last year in Columbus, which reached 16.62 million viewers. Both rosters feature multiple players ranked among the nation's top 150 prospects, and the game is expected to influence future playoff projections. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian stated he anticipates an audience approaching 20 million people for the matchup.

• 1:44 PMCBS Sports — Ohio State vs. Texas could challenge all-time college football regular-season TV record