Versus announced the USC-Stanford garnered a 1.0 HH rating, making it the most-watched college football game among households (742,937) and total viewers (1,031,532) ever on the network.
By comparison, ESPN averages 2,020,000 households and a 2.1 rating for its college football coverage.
In Los Angeles, USC-Stanford delivered a 2.8 HH rating, making Versus the No. 1-rated cable station and the fourth–highest-rated station overall in the market for that time period.

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