Bryant Denny Stadium, Alabama Football — Alabama football has already made a splash in TV ratings this season. (University of Alabama Athletics)

Alabama has a tough upcoming schedule that still includes five ranked teams, eight more SEC games and a pair of rivalry matchups.

It could have been easy to overlook the first three weeks of the season without any major opponents on the Tide’s schedule but fans were still locked in.

According to Nielsen, Alabama has been the eighth most-watched team through four weeks. That includes two games ranked in the top six so far this season.

Keep reading to see more numbers from the first month of the 2026 college football season.

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Most-watched teams through Week 3 of the 2026

Despite being without a primetime game through the first three weeks, Alabama is number eight on Nielsen’s most-watched teams list. That’s the highest for any team without a kickoff after 6PM so far.

The Crimson Tide is one of six SEC teams on the list which includes Kentucky, Alabama’s Week 2 opponent.

Here’s the top 10 through the first four weeks (including Week 0):

Texas
Ohio State
LSU
Wisconsin
Michigan
Oklahoma
Ole Miss
Alabama
Kentucky
Clemson

What have been the most-watched games?

Alabama is the only team to have two games reach more than 7 million viewers already this season. All three of its games have aired on ABC with the exception of parts of the Florida State game due to weather delays.

Here are the Nielsen numbers from the Tide’s first three games: