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USC football -- No. 3, win or lose

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According to an article in Sports Business Daily, two USC football games were ranked No. 3 in television viewership on cable and on network television.

No. 1 on the top 10 most-viewed football telecasts on broadcast television this season was the Dec. 6 SEC championship game between Florida and Alabama on CBS. The No. 3-rated broadcast game was the Ohio State-USC game on ABC Sept. 13. Six of the top 10 games on broadcast involved Big 12 schools.

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The USC-Oregon State game on Sept. 25 on ESPN was the third highest-ranked cable college football broadcast and the UCLA-Tennessee game, also on ESPN, on Sept. 1 was the fourth-highest. No. 1 was Miami against Florida on ESPN Sept. 6.

The top-rated broadcast television game had more than twice the viewers of the top-rated cable game and there were no Pacific 10 Conference games that were shown on Fox networks or Versus ranked in the top 10. In fact, all 10 of the top cable games were on ESPN, not that the Pac-10 should be concerned about those Fox and Versus television contracts.

-- Diane Pucin

Photo at left: USC’S Kyle Moore celebrates after Ohio State missed a field goal in the first half of a game on Sept. 13. Credit: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times

Photo at right: USC quarterback Mark Sanchez walks off the field after throwing an interception against Oregon State in a Sept. 25 game. Credit: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times

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