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re: How does college football's TV ratings compare to other U.S. sports?
Posted on 10/25/12 at 10:02 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 10/25/12 at 10:02 pm to RollTide1987
Here are the average football viewership totals by conference according to Nielsen 2011:
The average TV viewer numbers per game for each of the 6 power conferences for football.
1. SEC – 4,447,000
2. Big Ten – 3,267,000
3. ACC – 2,650,000
4. Big 12 – 2,347,000
5. Pac-12 – 2,108,000
6. Big East – 1,884,000
4.5 Mil watched the MLB NLCS playoffs last year
Game 7 World Series drew 25 million - the BCS National Champ game drew 24 million.
Notre Dame vs. Michigan drew 7.5 mil - the NBA Western Conference Finals drew 6.9 mil.
Rose Bowl drew 17.5 mil - The Masters drew 15 mil.
Sugar Bowl drew 9.5 mil - Stanley Cup Finals drew 4.5 mil
The average TV viewer numbers per game for each of the 6 power conferences for football.
1. SEC – 4,447,000
2. Big Ten – 3,267,000
3. ACC – 2,650,000
4. Big 12 – 2,347,000
5. Pac-12 – 2,108,000
6. Big East – 1,884,000
4.5 Mil watched the MLB NLCS playoffs last year
Game 7 World Series drew 25 million - the BCS National Champ game drew 24 million.
Notre Dame vs. Michigan drew 7.5 mil - the NBA Western Conference Finals drew 6.9 mil.
Rose Bowl drew 17.5 mil - The Masters drew 15 mil.
Sugar Bowl drew 9.5 mil - Stanley Cup Finals drew 4.5 mil
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Posted on 10/26/12 at 4:21 am to TreyAnastasio
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I just don't get that. It's so boring.
The NFL has become boring as shite. I used to live and die with the Ravens and now I can't even get through entire games anymore. The game's become so sanitary today. Defenders can't hit the QB. They can't touch the receivers. Teams don't need to run the ball or play great defense to win. They can just outscore teams by throwing the ball. There's a million commercial breaks. And I've always been the type of person who's had a hard time watching games not involving their favorite team. College football is the lone exception because it's such a great sport. It would be great if Goodell can ruin the NFL to such an extent that college football can surpass it one day.
Posted on 10/26/12 at 7:41 am to Zamoro10
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the NBA Western Conference Finals drew 6.9 mil.
Not sure why you chose that. kind of dumb to compare the NBA conference championship to game 7 of the world series.
2012 NBA finals averaged 17 million each game. Game 5 had 18.5 million
Year Net Games HH Rating HH Share Average HHs (million) Average Viewers (million) Teams
2011 ABC 6 10.1 11.725 17.28 Heat/Mavericks
2010 ABC 7 10.6 18.144 Lakers/Celtics
2009 ABC 5 8.4 9.642 14.347 Lakers/Orlando
2008 ABC 6 9.3 17 10.530 14.941 Boston/Lakers
2007 ABC 4 6.2 11 6.912 9.289 San Antonio/Cleveland
2006 ABC 6 8.5 15 9.332 12.972 Miami/Dallas
2005 ABC 7 8.2 15 8.951 12.544 San Antonio/Detroit
2004 ABC 5 11.5 20 12.451 17.942 Detroit/Lakers
2003 ABC 6 6.5 12 6.955 9.864 San Antonio/New Jersey
2002 NBC 4 10.2 19 10.752 15.678 Lakers/New Jersey
2001 NBC 5 12.1 23 12.390 18.996 Lakers/Philadelphia
2000 NBC 6 11.6 21 11.677 17.402 Lakers/Indiana
1999 NBC 5 11.3 21 11.205 16.014 San Antonio/New York
1998 NBC 6 18.7 33 18.336 29.040 Chicago/Utah
1997 NBC 6 16.8 30 16.291 25.586 Chicago/Utah
1996 NBC 6 16.7 31 16.019 24.858 Chicago/Seattle
1995 NBC 4 13.9 25 13.284 20.078 Houston/Orlando
1994 NBC 5 12.0 23 11.291 17.253 Houston/New York
1993 NBC 6 17.9 33 16.694 27.209 Chicago/Phoenix
1992 NBC 6 14.2 27 13.097 20.838 Chicago/Portland
1991 NBC 5 15.8 32 14.750 23.910 Chicago/Lakers
1990 CBS 5 12.3 25 11.320 17.190 Detroit/Portland
1989 CBS 4 15.1 30 13.620 21.260 Detroit/Lakers
1988 CBS 7 15.4 31 13.620 21.700 Lakers/Detroit
1987 CBS 6 16.7 35 14.600 24.120 Lakers/Boston
Posted on 10/26/12 at 7:49 am to RollTide1987
College football would also get much bigger ratings if they only had one, max two, games on at a time like the NFL. College ball can have four or five games or more competing against each other at any given time.
Posted on 10/26/12 at 8:04 am to bayoubengal44
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I think College football is second after the NFL followed by MLB, NBA, PGA Tour, NHL.
The highest college football game this year got a 4.3 share.
Posted on 10/26/12 at 8:17 am to TeddyPadillac
The main thing I get from your numbers is that the NBA really misses Michael Jordan
Posted on 10/26/12 at 8:19 am to shuke33
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The highest college football game this year got a 4.3 share.
what was the highest regular season MLB game this year?
Posted on 10/26/12 at 9:19 am to SlowFlowPro
Have there been polls done showing if the great majority of people who watch the NFL are also the great majority of the college football crowd and vice versa? Is it possible that the guys on 4 different college games all come together to watch 1 sunday night game b/c there is no college game on?
I know NFL is king, but that could help skew the numbers
I know NFL is king, but that could help skew the numbers
Posted on 10/26/12 at 9:48 am to TeddyPadillac
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Not sure why you chose that. kind of dumb to compare the NBA conference championship to game 7 of the world series.
I didn't.
Learn to read. I compared it to a regular season game of Notre Dame vs. Michigan...which is what this thread it is about...
That's just a random sampling of college football numbers to OTHER US SPORTS compiled by Nielsen. Thread title.
This post was edited on 10/26/12 at 9:49 am
Posted on 10/26/12 at 9:56 am to SlowFlowPro
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what was the highest regular season MLB game this year?
3.2 Yankees-Red Sox Sunday Night Baseball
Posted on 10/26/12 at 10:23 am to shuke33
I don't know about playoffs but NBA regular season games have had declining TV ratings for the last 10 years. CFB and NFL regular season games have increased viewership.
Posted on 10/26/12 at 10:25 am to cjared036
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Just can't excited during the season
Posted on 10/26/12 at 11:06 am to Zamoro10
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Rose Bowl drew 17.5 mil
Might be my favorite sporting event to watch. Love the Granddaddy of them All.
Posted on 10/26/12 at 11:07 am to RedHawk
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Might be my favorite sporting event to watch. Love the Granddaddy of them All.
Freaking homer
Posted on 10/26/12 at 11:09 am to ssgtiger
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Freaking homer
Damn Right! Rose Bowl>>>>>>Sugar Bowl. The B1G has to have something better than the SEC even if they lose the Rose Bowl almost every year.
Posted on 10/26/12 at 11:12 am to RedHawk
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Rose Bowl>>>>>>Sugar Bowl
Too bad the teams are irrelevant
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