LSU vs. South Carolina Last Weekend Was The Most Watched Women's Basketball Game This Year

LSU's primetime matchup against South Carolina last Saturday drew major viewership.

According to Yahoo Sports, the game averaged 1.7 million viewers on ABC and peaked at 2.2 million viewers, making it the new most-watched women’s basketball game of the 2025-26 season.

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The Gamecocks’ victory averaged 1.7 million viewers on ABC, ESPN announced. It marked a big TV ratings win for the first regular-season women’s college basketball game in the network’s Saturday primetime window.

The matchup peaked at 2.2 million viewers and became ESPN’s fourth-most watched women’s college basketball regular-season game on record. South Carolina has now played in the two most-watched games of the year so far, according to Nielsen Big Data + Panel data compiled by On3.

ESPN’s special edition of College GameDay on Saturday, which aired in primetime ahead of LSU vs. South Carolina, also scored a record audience. An average of 1.2 million viewers watched the program to become the most-watched episode of women’s GameDay ever, ESPN said.

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The previous most-watched game of the season was South Carolina’s victory over Tennessee on Feb. 8, which averaged 1.46 million viewers on ABC.