The TV ratings for Week 5 of the UFL 2025 season are in. The UFL encountered some stiff competition in the sports TV landscape, with the NBA and NHL playoffs continuing but it was the 2025 NFL Draft that took away the most attention.
It was also the first weekend of the 2025 UFL season, that had only big network game (FOX), with three telecasts on cable TV (ESPN).
UFL 2025 Season Week 5 TV Ratings On ESPN & Fox
Friday 4/25 UFL showing at 8 pm ET on FOX featuring the Birmingham Stallions and Memphis Showboats averaged 467,000 viewers. The telecast peaked at 681,000 viewers during its first fifteen minutes. The game went directly against night 2 of the 2025 NFL Draft, which accumulated a combined 7.3 million viewers on ESPN, ABC, the NFL Network and streaming outlets.
The 467,000 average is the lowest rated Spring Pro Football game on FOX since a USFL game between the Michigan Panthers and New Jersey Generals on April 30, 2023, averaged 563,000 viewers.
On Saturday night, 4/26, the St. Louis Battlehawks-Michigan Panthers game on ESPN averaged 615,000 viewers.
Sunday afternoon's 4/27 doubleheader on ESPN saw DC-Arlington game average 545,000 viewers, while the follow-up between San Antonio and Houston averaged 391,000 viewers.
Overall, it was a challenging weekend for the UFL in Week 5, despite having arguably its most exciting slate of games. The Week 5 average viewership was 504,500. It's lowest viewership weekly total since the USFL and XFL merged.
In Week 6, the UFL will have three big network telecasts, starting with Friday night on FOX when the Arlington Renegades and St. Battlehawks square off. ABC will air a Saturday noon clash between Memphis and Houston. On Sunday, DC and Michigan face off on ESPN2 at Noon ET. The Week 6 finale sees the San Antonio Brahmas at the Birmingham Stallions, 4pm ET on FOX.