Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg

If you tuned in to ESPN to watch the Ohio State-USC game on Saturday night, you clearly weren't alone.

Here's the skinny:

ESPN's Saturday night telecast of USC defeating Ohio State 18-15 averaged 7,243,000 households, 10,586,000 total viewers and a 7.3 rating, making it the network's most-viewed college football game covering both regular-season and bowl games. The telecast was the highest-rated program of the night among households, total viewers and in every key male and adult demographic, making ESPN the No. 1 television network cable or broadcast for the evening. The 7.3 rating is the highest for a college football game regular-season and bowl games in 15 years (Florida State at Miami averaged a 7.7 on October 8, 1994).

The other big-time game involving a Big Ten team, Notre Dame at Michigan, didn't do too shabby either, earning a 5.6 rating on ABC.

Just more proof that no matter the Big Ten's on-field performance or outside perception, more people have an interest in this league than any other in the country (that includes you, SEC).