- Entering the final month of the 2022 regular season, the Big Ten Conference race remains extremely close with Nebraska, Ohio State and Wisconsin all three losses clear of their nearest pursuers for the conference title. The Big Ten Network continues to provide groundbreaking coverage of Big Ten volleyball this season with two more matches on its #B1GBlockParty this week, as No. 3 Wisconsin travels to Illinois Thursday night (8 p.m. ET) and No. 14 Purdue visits Michigan State on Friday night (6 p.m. ET). All BTN matches are also available on the FOX Sports app.
- Through last week’s matches, the Big Ten Network is averaging nearly 104,000 viewers this season and has seen its average viewership rise 103% from the 2021 season, including two of the top three viewed volleyball matches in the country. Most notably on Oct. 26, BTN broadcast the top-five showdown between No. 1 Nebraska and No. 5 Wisconsin in Madison, drawing an audience of 362,000 viewers, not only the most watched match in the nation this year, but also the second-largest audience ever to watch a volleyball match on BTN — the only larger BTN volleyball audience to date was on Nov. 26, 2021, when 375,000 viewers watched Wisconsin defeat Nebraska to clinch its third consecutive Big Ten title.
- Collectively, the Big Ten volleyball television package has produced four of the nation’s top five viewed volleyball matches this season. In addition to last week’s Nebraska-Wisconsin match and the Huskers’ win over Ole Miss on Sept. 3 (271,000), Nebraska’s win over Creighton Sept. 7 had an audience of 246,000 viewers on FS1 and Oct. 16 match between Michigan and Wisconsin on ESPN drew 245,000 viewers. For the season, nine televised Big Ten matches have attracted more than 200,000 viewers.
- Wisconsin earned its third consecutive win over a No. 1-ranked opponent and first ever in the regular season with its sweep of Nebraska on Oct. 26 before a sold-out crowd and a national television audience at the UW Field House. The Badgers’ prior two top-ranked victories in their current streak came in the NCAA Final Four, with conquests of Baylor (2019) and Louisville (2021).
- Northwestern earned its third win over a Top 25 opponent this season…
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