2017 we had 7.54M total regular season viewers
2018 we had 8.79M
2019 we had 6.18M
2020 we had 7.93M
2021 we had 10.71M
This year we're ALREADY at 6.82M and after the ND game will be ahead of every year (that I have data for) besides 2021, despite being only halfway through the season. At this point, there's almost no way this doesn't end up our most watched season in a long time, maybe ever
*I don't have data on seasons before 2017, but given the way TV viewership has accelerated in the last decade+, I think it's likely we're higher than any of those seasons as well.