NCAA softball stole the spotlight this year, as Texas’s Game 2 WCWS Finals win drew 2.5 million viewers on ESPN — a new college softball viewership record.
The title-clinching game peaked at 3 million. The all-Texas rematch subsequently outpaced last year’s Game 3 (2.4 million) and 2007’s 2.3 million high-mark.
Texas’s Game 1 win over Texas Tech drew 1.9 million to rank third all-time for Finals openers. However, the two-game span averaged 2.2 million, tying 2025’s figures for the second-most watched Championship Series in history.
Despite falling to the back-to-back champion Longhorns, the Red Raiders drove tournament engagement. Texas Tech headlined three of the top five most-watched non-Finals matches.
