On this edition of In The Circle, Eric Lopez & Victor Anderson recap the 2017 Women’s College World Series and the Sooner going back 2 back national championship defeating the Florida Gators in a classic Championship series.
According to ESPN, The Sooners’ two-game sweep of the Florida Gators averaged a total live audience (TV + streaming) of 1,720,000 viewers, the most-watched sweep in Women’s College World Series Finals history. The Sooner-Gators’ two games in the best-of-three format was up 33% from 2014 which was Florida against Alabama and was last time the WCWS Finals failed to go to a decisive third game. This year’s two-game average was also up 33% over last season’s WCWS Finals first two games (June between Oklahoma and Auburn. The Sooners won the series in three games.
ESPN’s Women’s College World Series coverage – televised in its entirety by ESPN for the 18th straight year – averaged a total live audience of 984,000 viewers across the 14 games (June 1-6), up 21% from last year’s event (15 games, including a three-game WCWS Finals)
ESPN’s Women’s College World Series coverage averaged a total live audience of 984,000 viewers across the 14 games , up 21% from last year’s event (15 games, including a three-game WCWS Finals) highlighted by Oklahoma vs. Oregon game (June 4 on ESPN) had a total live audience of 1,249,000 viewers, which is a a top 3 most viewed early-round WCWS game ever.
Here is The Top Five markets for Women College World Series
| Rank | Rating | Market |
| 1. | 3.9 | Tulsa |
| 2. | 3.6 | Oklahoma City |
| 3. | 2.1 | Birmingham |
| 4. | 1.9 | New Orleans |
| 5. | 1.5 | Dayton |
| 5. | 1.5 | Orlando |
ESPN televised every game of the Super Regionals (21 games) from May 26-28, averaging 477,000 viewers for just its TV audience, up 34% from last year’s entire presentation (19 games). The regional round games that were televised on ESPN had an average of 301,000 viewers a game.
Here is numbers courtesy of ShowBuzzDaily.com
Thursday June 1
Texas AM vs Florida 354,000 viewers on ESPN
LSU vs UCLA 447,000 viewers on ESPN
Washington vs UCLA 571,000 Viewers on ESPN2
Baylor vs Oklahoma 501,000 viewers on ESPN2
Friday June 2
Florida vs LSU 866,000 viewers on ESPN
Washington vs Oklahoma 863,000 viewers on ESPN
Saturday June 3
UCLA vs Texas AM 693,000 viewers on ESPN
Baylor vs Oregon 767,000 viewers on ESPN
Washington vs UCLA 953,000 viewers on ESPN
Oregon vs LSU 950,000 viewers on ESPN
Sunday June 4
Washington vs Florida 949,000 viewers on ESPN
Oregon vs Oklahoma 1,231,000 viewers on ESPN
On this edition of In The Circle, Eric Lopez & Victor Anderson recap the 2017 Women’s College World Series and the Sooner going back 2 back national championship defeating the Florida Gators in a classic Championship series. They also discussed the controversy with the umpiring at Oklahoma City and also talk with Sooner fan “Sooner Sean” about legacy of Patty Gasso and Oklahoma program
In The Circle Women’s College World Series recap Oklahoma Back 2 Back
NCAA Softball Super Regional TV numbers
Sunday May 28
LSU at Florida State Game 3 686,000 viewers on ESPN
Texas AM at Tennessee Game 3 699,000 viewers on ESPN
Baylor at Arizona Game 3 694,000 viewers on ESPN2
Utah at Washington Game 3 564,000 viewers on ESPN2
Saturday May 27
Kentucky at Oregon Game 2- 805,000 viewers on ESPN
Baylor at Arizona Game 2 764,000 viewers on ESPN
Alabama at Florida Game 3- 745,000 viewers on ESPN
Oklahoma at Auburn Game 1 695,000 viewers on ESPN
LSU at Florida State Game 2 – 662,000 viewers on ESPN
Texas AM at Tennessee Game 2- 348,000 viewers on ESPN2
Utah at Washington Game 2 – 308,000 viewers on ESPN2
Friday May 26
Ole Miss at UCLA Game 2 – 571,000 Viewers on ESPN
Alabama at Florida 547,000 viewers on ESPN
Oklahoma at Auburn 413,000 viewers on ESPN2
Thursday May 25
Ole Miss at UCLA Game 1- 519,000 viewers on ESPN
Alabama at Florida Game 1- 552,000 viewers on ESPN
