National Title TV Ratings

Having it on a week night is retarded.

Interesting that 3 of the lowest rated championship games have been in the last 5 years

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22.1 million viewers.

Extremely low rating compared to expectations.

Since the BCS National Title Game initiated in 1998, this comes in as the 23rd highest rated out of 27 televised title games.

The only title games with fewer viewers:

21.6 million, 2001 Miami vs Nebraska
21.4 million, 2004 USC vs Oklahoma
18.6 million, 2020 Alabama vs Ohio St
17.2 million, 2022 Georgia vs TCU

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Somewhat interesting and concerning that some many of the lowest rated games have come since 2020.

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Actually suprsing 2020 was so low considering everybody was stuck at home..

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ratings were way, way down that entire season and across all sports

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Somewhat interesting and concerning that some many of the lowest rated games have come since 2020.

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Yes. Oddly though, 2023’s Michigan vs Washington got 27.8 million which ranks 7th out of 27.

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Somewhat interesting and concerning that some many of the lowest rated games have come since 2020.

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Yes. National Title Games for the 2021, 2024, 2020, and 2022 seasons come in as the #22, #23, #26, and #27 lowest rated out of all 27 National Title Games since 1998….. literally 4 of the 6 lowest rated.

I blame ESPN. More and more people are cutting cable and ESPN has far too much of a monopoly on the viewership of the sport.

Regardless of your politics, Trump's live, open-ended press conference as he signed executive actions was compelling. I had it on my TV and the game on my computer, and I finally turned off the game.

Why do people obsess about viewership ?
So people tuned out when it was 31-7, duh.
Who cares ?

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I blame ESPN. More and more people are cutting cable and ESPN has far too much of a monopoly on the viewership of the sport.

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sports viewership, in general, has dropped considerably since COVID. I don't think that's ESPN's fault. I think casual viewers lost interest when seasons were played at weird times and many never came back. College sports has suffered as well, IMO, due to NIL/portal bullshite. Many people don't care as much as they used to or don't at all anymore. Sports have become too corporate and too focused on the bottom dollar for networks. That turns off a lot of fans. I think honestly they got too big for their own good because it's certainly trending in the wrong direction, and what bad timing with these multi-billion dollar deals that are in effect for decades.

They drag it out way too long. Seems like those first round games were forever ago. There was no buildup for the game. Playing it this late, it gets lost with the NFL playoffs.