The story the CFP National Championship ratings tell is in the eye of the beholder
This year's title game showed year-over-year growth, but was still the second-lowest since 2005.
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BYU-Coastal Carolina was ESPNU’s most-viewed game since 2015, and its fifth-most viewed game ever
The average of 1,212,000 viewers on ESPNU alone made this the most-viewed game there since Western Kentucky-LSU in 2015.
ABC’s three CFB windows all recorded season-high viewership Saturday, with Ohio State-Penn State their best game so far
ABC's three games Saturday averaged 4,940,000 viewers, their best tripleheader performance since Week 9 in 2019.
Rose Bowl and Citrus Bowl post impressive numbers for ESPN and ABC
There weren't any playoff games on New Year's Day this year, but some other bowls like the Rose and Citrus drew good numbers.
What would the College Football Playoff look like if it went by teams’ 2019 viewership?
There are plenty of interesting elements in the regular-season viewership totals for the top 15 teams in the CFP rankings.
LSU – Alabama ratings up 47 percent from 2018 for CBS, highest since 2011
LSU - Alabama was the second-most-watched regular-season college football game since 2011.
Week 3 CFB ratings see lowest Notre Dame home opener since at least 1997, drops for ABC/ESPN and CBS (updated)
There were plenty of year-over-year drops in the Week 3 ratings, including for NBC, ABC and ESPN.
Miami-Florida drew some of ESPN’s best CFB ratings in years, which might lead to even more Week 0 emphasis
This marked the first recent Week 0 matchup between two Power Five teams, but the ratings success might mean it isn't the last one.
For the second-straight year, Ohio State-Michigan set a Fox viewership record, just one of many strong CFB ratings notes this week
Fox's viewership for Ohio State-Michigan was a 26 percent bump over last year, and last year set a record as their best-watched regular-season game ever.
ABC dominated Week 5 college football primetime ratings, with OSU-PSU best regular season number on ABC/ESPN in a year
Ratings for ABC's Saturday Night Football have been great so far, with Ohio State-Penn State one of their five best rated games ever.
