Deion Sanders & Colorado Buffaloes Score Big Ratings for ESPN — How to Watch Colorado vs. Oregon for Free

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Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes helped ESPN score a record 9.3 million viewers, per SB Nation. The weekend matchup between Colorado and the Colorado State Rams became ESPN’s fifth most-watched college football game on record and its most-streamed regular season game.

Sanders took over as head coach of the Buffaloes after leaving Jackson State last year. Two of his sons, Shedeur and Shilo, play for Colorado. Football fans can watch the former NFL player’s final year with Jackson State in the Prime Video series Coach Prime. Click below to stream for free.

Offset, Lil Wayne, The Rock and Master P are some of the celebrities who were on hand to watch Colorado beat Colorado State 43-35 in double overtime. According to ESPN, the late-night game peaked with 11.1 million viewers from 11-11:15 p.m. ET.

The football game is now ESPN’s most-watched late primetime game ever, and ESPN and ABC’s fourth best regular season game in six years.

When does Colorado play next? No. 19 Colorado will take on the No. 10-ranked Oregon Ducks this weekend. Read on for details on how to watch upcoming college football games (click here to buy tickets to watch Colorado play in person).

Colorado Buffaloes vs. Oregon Ducks: Time, Date & How to Watch

With more than two dozen games on the schedule, college football fans will have tons of games to watch, including Oregon, which will host Colorado at Autzen Stadium on Saturday. The game will air at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC.

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Other games on the Big 12 College Schedule this weekend include Oklahoma vs. Cincinnati airing on Fox, SMU vs. TCU on FS1, Brigham Young vs. Kansas on ESPN and 3 Texas Tech vs. Baylor on ABC.

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Close to 40 college football games will air across ESPN platforms including ABC, ESPN, ESPN+ and ESPN radio on Saturday. ESPN+ will stream 15 of those game on Saturday.

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