With Florida State vs. LSU being the only ranked matchup of college football’s only weekend, let alone a top ten one, it was assumed that plenty of eyeballs would be glued to what was going to go down in Camping World Stadium.
Plenty turned out to be an understatement, with ESPN releasing viewership numbers from the Seminoles’ blowout win over the Tigers showing that 9.1 million people — the highest watched Sunday opener in seven years and second-highest on record — tuned in to see Florida State’s explosive 2023 debut.
ESPN’s Labor Day Sunday showdown between No.