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Saturday NFL viewership tops CFP playoff games
Posted on 12/25/24 at 9:01 am
Posted on 12/25/24 at 9:01 am
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A pair of Saturday NFL games drew a larger viewing audience than college football for the rollout of the sport's 12-team playoff.
The playoff game between SMU and Penn State averaged 6.4 million viewers on TNT networks, compared with the Texans-Chiefs game on NBC, which averaged 15.5 million viewers.
Later, Clemson-Texas drew 8.6 million viewers on TNT, compared with 15.4 million for Steelers-Ravens on Fox.
ESPN, ABC and others aired the other two college games - Indiana-Notre Dame (13.4 million) on Friday night and Tennessee-Ohio State (14.3 million) on Saturday night. There were no competing NFL games.
The overall average of 10.6 million viewers was higher than all but four college games this season.
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Posted on 12/25/24 at 9:03 am to Rand AlThor
The decline is real.
Posted on 12/25/24 at 9:05 am to Rand AlThor
Not everyone has TNT and the ABC games were non competitive blow outs.
Posted on 12/25/24 at 9:08 am to Rand AlThor
Like 90 of the top 100 most watched TV events each year are NFL games. An average MNF game draws more than the Final Four.
Looking at the numbers, regional Sunday afternoon games draw more than the men's NCAA championship, which was #101 in 2023.
Looking at the numbers, regional Sunday afternoon games draw more than the men's NCAA championship, which was #101 in 2023.
This post was edited on 12/25/24 at 6:31 pm
Posted on 12/25/24 at 9:11 am to Rand AlThor
Surprised how low that Texas/Clemson rating is. I was also expecting larger numbers for the NFL games
Posted on 12/25/24 at 9:15 am to sledgehammer
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Not everyone has TNT and the ABC games were non competitive blow outs.
It’s also a weird comparison because more people watch the NFL than college football in general. Those viewers for the playoff are not bad.
Posted on 12/25/24 at 9:17 am to Rand AlThor
Why watch lower level professional players when I can watch elite professionals?
Why watch a cluster of a league with no rules when I can watch a well established league with contracts and rules and structure.
Why watch a cluster of a league with no rules when I can watch a well established league with contracts and rules and structure.
Posted on 12/25/24 at 9:31 am to Suntiger
The things I liked about college football all don't exist anymore. If I'm going to watch paid professionals play I'd rather watch the best in a league with structure not the annual pickup teams that college football provides now.
Posted on 12/25/24 at 9:36 am to Rand AlThor
Both of those NFL games had playoff implications. The NFL is more popular in general plus Fantasy FB. So no surprises there.
Posted on 12/25/24 at 9:43 am to Rand AlThor
NFL is going to wipe down CFB viewers 9/10 times
Despite its popularity implosion the last few decades, it’s still a heavily regionally driven sport with big pockets of this country with zero real interest in the sport vs the NFL it’s intentionally built to get the whole country to buy in and get the widest audience possible
Despite its popularity implosion the last few decades, it’s still a heavily regionally driven sport with big pockets of this country with zero real interest in the sport vs the NFL it’s intentionally built to get the whole country to buy in and get the widest audience possible
Posted on 12/25/24 at 9:55 am to Rand AlThor
Why do we care which one has more tv viewership
Posted on 12/25/24 at 10:22 am to Rand AlThor
NFL crushes everything
But college football is starting to see the effects of NIL/portal on fan interest and interest is sliding
But college football is starting to see the effects of NIL/portal on fan interest and interest is sliding
Posted on 12/25/24 at 10:22 am to Rand AlThor
Something to ponder. A year ago any college games played a week before Christmas are drawing less than half of those numbers, maybe less than a 1/4.
These are all a net gain as they’re extra games.
Old system 3 games:
2 games
1 game
New system 11 games:
4 games
4 games
2 games
1 game
We went from 3 playoff games to 11 playoff games.
Now granted, 7 of the 11 are existing games and can be compared to prior years one on one. But the 4 last week are all bonus viewers. Even though NFL beat them overall the college games were pure bonus and drew some NFL viewers away had they not had them.
These are all a net gain as they’re extra games.
Old system 3 games:
2 games
1 game
New system 11 games:
4 games
4 games
2 games
1 game
We went from 3 playoff games to 11 playoff games.
Now granted, 7 of the 11 are existing games and can be compared to prior years one on one. But the 4 last week are all bonus viewers. Even though NFL beat them overall the college games were pure bonus and drew some NFL viewers away had they not had them.
Posted on 12/25/24 at 10:31 am to Rand AlThor
Hail Goodell 
Can't wait to see the NFL crush Silvers NBA today
Can't wait to see the NFL crush Silvers NBA today
Posted on 12/25/24 at 10:41 am to Cosmo
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But college football is starting to see the effects of NIL/portal on fan interest and interest is sliding
Wut lol
Posted on 12/25/24 at 10:46 am to Rand AlThor
Go woke go broke
Posted on 12/25/24 at 10:59 am to Rand AlThor
Undo the superconferences.
Shrink the playoff.
Shrink the playoff.
Posted on 12/25/24 at 11:17 am to Rand AlThor
99% of the country are brain dead morons so this tracks.
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