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College Football TV Ratings: Comparing viewership for Indiana, Miami ahead of national championship

College Football TV Ratings: Comparing viewership for Indiana, Miami ahead of national championship

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Ahead of Monday’s College Football Playoff national championship, Nielsen has released TV ratings data for Indiana and Miami. So far, the Hoosiers have been the bigger draw. Indiana is averaging 6.648 million viewers through the regular season and CFP semifinals, according to Nielsen Big Data + Panel data. Miami, meanwhile, is averaging 5.588 million viewers. […]

College Football TV Ratings: Comparing viewership for Indiana, Miami ahead of national championship

College Football TV Ratings: Comparing viewership for Indiana, Miami ahead of national championship

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Ahead of Monday’s College Football Playoff national championship, Nielsen has released TV ratings data for Indiana and Miami. So far, the Hoosiers have been the bigger draw. Indiana is averaging 6.648 million viewers through the regular season and CFP semifinals, according to Nielsen Big Data + Panel data. Miami, meanwhile, is averaging 5.588 million viewers. […]

College Football TV Ratings: Peach Bowl averages 18.0 million viewers, leads CFP semifinals

College Football TV Ratings: Peach Bowl averages 18.0 million viewers, leads CFP semifinals

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Amid a surge in TV ratings through the quarterfinal round, ESPN looked to keep the momentum going in the College Football Playoff semifinals. Viewership was strong through the first two weekends of the CFP. Friday’s Peach Bowl between Indiana and Oregon led the charge, averaging 18.0 million viewers and peaking at 21.4 million viewers. It […]

CFP executive cracks Taylor Swift joke on soaring national championship prices: ‘We’ve arrived’

CFP executive cracks Taylor Swift joke on soaring national championship prices: ‘We’ve arrived’

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… With less than a week to go, the 2025-26 College Football Playoff National Championship game between No. 1 Indiana and No. 10 Miami is already on pace to be one of the most expensive on record. That’s in large part to a secondary ticket market that has exploded since the matchup was finalized Friday. Prices […]

How college football’s TV ratings compared to NFL for 2025 regular season

How college football’s TV ratings compared to NFL for 2025 regular season

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Throughout the fall and into winter, football was the big draw. The NFL and college football both saw TV ratings rise during their respective regular seasons. College football’s viewership increased 2% during the regular season while comparing Nielsen Big Data + Panel data to last year. That includes 11 games with more than 10 million […]

College Football TV Ratings: Top 10 most-watched non-CFP bowl games of 2025-26 season

College Football TV Ratings: Top 10 most-watched non-CFP bowl games of 2025-26 season

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Through the first part of Bowl Season, ESPN announced its non-College Football Playoff TV ratings surged. That trend continued through the rest of the bowl games. Across the 33 non-CFP bowl games that aired on ESPN networks, viewership increased by 13% year-over-year, the network announced. The Citrus Bowl between Michigan and Texas led the charge, […]

College Football TV Ratings: Rose Bowl draws historic viewership to lead CFP quarterfinals

College Football TV Ratings: Rose Bowl draws historic viewership to lead CFP quarterfinals

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Despite two blowout results, the College Football Playoff quarterfinals still delivered from a TV ratings perspective. It was also a historic day for the Rose Bowl. Indiana’s resounding victory over Alabama led the charge on New Year’s Day. An average of 23.9 million peopled tuned to ESPN as the Hoosiers dominated the Crimson Tide, 38-3, […]

College Football TV Ratings: Pop-Tarts Bowl draws 8.7 million viewers as non-CFP viewership increases

College Football TV Ratings: Pop-Tarts Bowl draws 8.7 million viewers as non-CFP viewership increases

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Through the first part of Bowl Season, ESPN has seen strong returns on its non-College Football Playoff games. The biggest one, of course, was the Pop-Tarts Bowl. An average of 8.7 million people tuned in for the game, which saw BYU take down Georgia Tech on ABC, ESPN announced. It’s the best viewership for the […]

Curt Cignetti contract clause takes effect after Indiana’s College Football Playoff semifinal berth

Curt Cignetti contract clause takes effect after Indiana’s College Football Playoff semifinal berth

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… With Indiana’s resounding victory over Alabama in the Rose Bowl, Curt Cignetti triggered a bonus in his contract. But there’s another clause that took effect as the Hoosiers head to the College Football Playoff semifinals. Cignetti’s new eight-year, $93 million deal at Indiana – which the two sides announced in October 2025 – includes a […]

College Football TV Ratings: ESPN, ABC draw strong viewership for CFP 1st round

College Football TV Ratings: ESPN, ABC draw strong viewership for CFP 1st round

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The second installment of the 12-team College Football Playoff brought more strong TV ratings for ESPN and ABC. All told, the first round averaged 9.9 million viewers across ESPN, ABC, TNT and truTV. Alabama’s victory at Oklahoma led the charge with 14.9 million viewers on average in the Friday slot. That just beat out Saturday’s […]