COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State's comeback win over Penn State drew some eyeballs.

According to Fox, the 3:30 kickoff Saturday between the No. 6 Buckeyes and No. 2 Nittany Lions earned a 6.4 rating, with a peak of a 9.0 rating between 7 p.m. and 7:15 as the Buckeyes were completing their rally for a 39-38 win.

This is the kind of game Fox paid for.

It's the second-highest rating for a college football game on any network this season and highest Fox rating ever for a regular-season college football game.

The new Big Ten television contract that began this season is split between Fox and ESPN, but Fox ponied up the extra dough to have the first choice of games.

That's why Ohio State-Michigan will be on Fox this year. Then ESPN/ABC took the Ohio State-Oklahoma game as the second choice this season, which is why that game in week two was on ABC. And this Ohio State-Penn State game was the third choice and on Fox.

Good choice.

The only game on any network with a higher rating this season is the Alabama-Florida State primetime opener that earned a 6.9 rating on ABC.

According to the numbers compiled at sportsmediawatch.com, the Michigan-Florida opener is third in the ratings this season at a 4.9, followed by Ohio State-Oklahoma at 4.6 and Michigan-Penn State last week at 3.9.