|
|
TV Ratings
A look at the BCS TV ratings through the years:
2007-08 Bowl Game TV Ratings
| BOWL GAME |
TEAMS |
TV RATING |
ATTEND. |
| Bowl Games |
| Championship Game |
LSU-Ohio St.
|
17.40
|
79,651
|
| Rose |
Southern Cal-Illinois
|
11.11
|
93,923
|
| Fiesta |
W. Virginia-Oklahoma
|
7.70
|
70,016
|
Orange
|
Kansas-Va. Tech
|
7.40
|
74,111
|
| Sugar |
Georgia-Hawaii
|
7.00
|
74,383
|
| Other Bowls |
Alamo
|
Penn St.-Texas A&M
|
2.67
|
66,166
|
Chick-fil-A
|
Auburn-Clemson
|
5.09
|
74,413
|
Capital One
|
Michigan-Florida
|
9.13
|
69,748
|
Holiday
|
Texas-Arizona St.
|
4.38
|
64,020
|
Gator
|
Texas Tech-Virginia
|
2.60
|
60,243
|
Cotton
|
Missouri-Arkansas
|
3.50
|
73,114
|
Insight
|
Oklahoma St.-Indiana
|
0.40
|
48,892
|
Liberty
|
Miss. St.-C. Florida
|
4.14
|
63,816
|
Independence
|
Alabama-Colorado
|
1.90
|
47,043
|
Sun
|
Oregon-S. Florida
|
2.30
|
49,867
|
Las Vegas
|
BYU-UCLA
|
2.48
|
40,712
|
Outback
|
Tennessee-Wisconsin
|
3.37
|
60,121
|
Humanitarian
|
Fresno St.-Georgia Tech
|
0.77
|
27,062
|
Armed Forces
|
California-Air Force
|
1.99
|
40,975
|
Hawaii
|
E. Carolina-Boise St.
|
1.47
|
30,467
|
Champs Sports
|
Boston Col.-Michigan St.
|
3.69
|
46,554
|
Motor City
|
Purdue-C. Michigan
|
2.68
|
60,624
|
Emerald
|
Oregon St.-Maryland
|
3.59
|
32,517
|
Music City
|
Kentucky-Florida St.
|
4.02
|
68,681
|
GMAC
|
Tulsa-Bowling Green
|
1.13
|
36,932
|
New Orleans
|
Fla. Atlantic-Memphis
|
1.63
|
25,146
|
Meineke Car Care
|
Wake Forest-UConn
|
3.74
|
53,126
|
Poinsettia
|
Utah-Navy
|
2.00
|
39,129
|
Papajohns.com
|
Cincinnati-Southern Miss.
|
2.26
|
35,258
|
New Mexico
|
New Mexico-Nevada
|
1.96
|
30,233
|
Texas
|
TCU-Houston
|
0.30
|
62,097
|
International
|
Rutgers-Ball State
|
1.59
|
31,455
|
Notes:
2006-07 Bowl Game TV Ratings
| BOWL GAME |
TEAMS |
TV RATING |
ATTEND. |
| Bowl Games |
| Championship Game |
Florida-Ohio St.
|
17.40
|
93,852
|
| Rose |
Southern Cal-Michigan
|
13.94
|
93,852
|
| Fiesta |
Boise St.-Oklahoma
|
8.40
|
73,719
|
Orange
|
Louisville-Wake Forest
|
6.98
|
74,470
|
| Sugar |
Notre Dame-LSU
|
9.29
|
77,781
|
| Other Bowls |
Alamo
|
Texas-Iowa
|
5.99
|
65,875
|
Chick-fil-A
|
Georgia-Virginia Tech
|
4.78
|
75,406
|
Capital One
|
Arkansas-Wisconsin
|
5.81
|
60,774
|
Holiday
|
Texas A&M-California
|
4.11
|
62,395
|
Gator
|
W. Virginia-Ga. Tech
|
3.87
|
67,714
|
Cotton
|
Auburn-Nebraska
|
3.70
|
66,777
|
Insight
|
Texas Tech-Minnesota
|
0.93
|
48,391
|
Liberty
|
S. Carolina-Houston
|
3.24
|
56,103
|
Independence
|
Oklahoma St.-Alabama
|
2.97
|
45,054
|
Sun
|
Oregon St.-Missouri
|
2.38
|
48,732
|
Las Vegas
|
BYU-Oregon
|
1.97
|
44,615
|
Outback
|
Tennessee-Penn St.
|
4.36
|
65,601
|
MPC Computers
|
Miami-Nevada
|
1.63
|
28,652
|
Armed Forces
|
Tulsa-Utah
|
2.03
|
32,412
|
Hawaii
|
Hawaii-Arizona St.
|
2.53
|
40,623
|
Champs Sports
|
Purdue-Maryland
|
2.99
|
40,168
|
Motor City
|
Middle Tenn.-C. Michigan
|
2.11
|
54,113
|
Emerald
|
Florida St.-UCLA
|
4.48
|
40,331
|
Music City
|
Clemson-Kentucky
|
2.23
|
68,024
|
GMAC
|
Ohio-S. Mississippi
|
1.58
|
38,751
|
New Orleans
|
Rice-Troy
|
1.32
|
24,791
|
Meineke Car Care
|
Navy-Boston College
|
3.87
|
52,303
|
Poinsettia
|
N. Illinois-TCU
|
1.45
|
29,709
|
Papajohns.com
|
South Florida-East Carolina
|
1.67
|
32,023
|
New Mexico
|
New Mexico-San Jose St.
|
1.81
|
34,111
|
Texas
|
Rutgers-Kansas St.
|
1.42
|
52,210
|
International
|
W. Michigan-Cincinnati
|
1.31
|
26,717
|
2005-06 Bowl Game TV Ratings
| BOWL GAME |
TEAMS |
TV RATING |
ATTEND. |
| Bowl Games |
| Rose |
Southern Cal-Texas
|
21.7
|
93,986
|
| Fiesta |
Ohio State-Notre Dame
|
12.9
|
76,196
|
Orange
|
Penn State-Florida State
|
12.3
|
77,773
|
| Sugar |
Georgia-West Virginia
|
9.0
|
74,458
|
| Other Bowls |
Alamo
|
Nebraska-Michigan
|
5.41
|
62,016
|
Chick-fil-A Peach
|
Louisiana State-Miami
|
5.22
|
65,620
|
Capital One
|
Wisconsin-Auburn
|
5.18
|
57,221
|
Holiday
|
Oklahoma-Oregon
|
5.06
|
65,416
|
Gator
|
Virginia Tech-Louisville
|
3.93
|
63,780
|
Cotton
|
Texas Tech-Alabama
|
3.70
|
74,222
|
Insight
|
Arizona State-Rutgers
|
3.33
|
43,536
|
Liberty
|
Fresno State-Tulsa
|
3.31
|
54,894
|
Independence
|
Missouri-South Carolina
|
2.80
|
41,332
|
Sun
|
UCLA-Northwestern
|
2.61
|
50,426
|
Las Vegas
|
California-Brigham Young
|
2.40
|
40,053
|
Outback
|
Florida-Iowa
|
2.38
|
65,881
|
MPC Computers
|
Boston College-Boise State
|
2.33
|
30,493
|
Fort Worth
|
Kansas-Houston
|
2.28
|
33,505
|
Hawaii
|
Central Florida-Nevada
|
2.20
|
26,254
|
Champs Sports
|
Clemson-Colorado
|
2.20
|
31,470
|
Motor City
|
Memphis-Akron
|
2.17
|
50,616
|
Emerald
|
Utah-Georgia Tech
|
2.16
|
25,742
|
Houston
|
Texas Christian-Iowa State
|
2.15
|
37,286
|
Music City
|
Virginia-Minnesota
|
2.13
|
40,519
|
GMAC
|
Toledo-UTEP
|
1.98
|
35,422
|
New Orleans
|
Southern Miss-Arkansas State
|
1.71
|
18,338
|
Meineke Car Care
|
North Carolina State-South Florida
|
1.52
|
57,937
|
Poinsettia
|
Colorado State-Navy
|
0.89
|
36,842
|
Notes:
- The BCS National Championship Game in the Rose Bowl was the highest-rated BCS game in history, and it was the highest rated college football game since 1987.
- The television ratings for the BCS bowl games increased an average of 29.6 percent this year.
- Overall, the average rating for college football bowl games increased by 15 percent.
- The ratings for 16 bowl games increased over the previous year.
2004-05 Bowl Game TV Ratings
| BOWL GAME |
TEAMS |
TV RATING |
ATTEND |
| Bowl Games |
| Orange |
Southern Cal-Oklahoma |
13.7 |
77,912 |
| Sugar |
Auburn-Virginia Tech |
9.5 |
77,349
|
| Fiesta |
Utah-Pittsburgh |
7.4 |
73,519 |
| Rose |
Michigan-Texas |
12.4 |
93,468 |
| Other Bowls |
| Capital One |
LSU-Iowa |
5.5 |
70,229 |
| Gator |
Florida State-West Virginia |
4.0 |
70,112 |
| SBC Cotton |
Tennessee-Texas A&M |
2.6 |
75,704 |
| Outback |
Georgia-Wisconsin |
3.6 |
62,414 |
| Peach |
Miami (Fla.)-Florida |
5.0 |
69,322 |
| Liberty |
Boise State-Louisville |
4.6 |
58,355 |
| Sun |
Arizona State-Purdue |
2.8 |
51,288 |
| Music City |
Alabama-Minnesota |
3.1 |
66,089 |
| Silicon Valley Classic |
Troy-Northern Illinois |
0.6 |
21,456 |
| Holiday |
Texas Tech-California |
4.0 |
63,711 |
| Emerald |
New Mexico-Navy |
2.0 |
30,563 |
| Continental Tire |
Boston College-North Carolina |
1.8 |
70,412 |
| Alamo |
Oklahoma State-Ohio State |
4.2 |
65,265 |
| Houston |
Colorado-UTEP |
2.0 |
27,235 |
| Insight |
Notre Dame-Oregon State |
2.9 |
45,917 |
| Independence |
Miami (Ohio)-Iowa State |
2.8 |
43,000 |
| Motor City |
Toledo-Connecticut |
1.7 |
52,552 |
| MPC Computers |
Virginia-Fresno State |
1.7 |
28,516 |
| Hawaii |
Hawaii-UAB |
2.2 |
39,754 |
| Las Vegas |
Wyoming-UCLA |
1.9 |
29,062 |
| Fort Worth |
Marshall-Cincinnati |
1.6 |
27,902 |
| GMAC |
Bowling Green-Memphis |
2.1 |
29,500 |
| Champs Sports |
Syracuse-Georgia Tech |
1.9 |
28,237 |
| New Orleans |
Southern Miss-North Texas |
1.4 |
27,253 |
2003-04 Bowl Game TV Ratings
| BOWL GAME |
TEAMS |
TV RATING |
ATTEND |
| BCS Bowls |
|
|
|
| Sugar Bowl |
Oklahoma-LSU |
14.5 |
79,342 |
| Rose Bowl |
USC-Michigan |
14.4 |
93,849 |
| Orange Bowl |
Miami-Florida State |
9.7 |
76,739 |
| Fiesta Bowl |
Ohio State-Kansas State |
8.7 |
73,425 |
| Other Bowls |
|
|
|
| Capital One |
Georgia-Purdue |
8 |
64,565 |
| Holiday |
Washington State-Texas |
4.86 |
61,102 |
| Outback |
Iowa-Florida |
4.53 |
65,372 |
| SBC Cotton |
Mississippi-Oklahoma State |
4.5 |
73,928 |
| Alamo |
Nebraska-Michigan State |
4.21 |
56,226 |
| Gator |
Maryland-West Virginia |
4.2 |
78,892 |
| Peach |
Tennessee-Clemson |
4.02 |
75,125 |
| Independence |
Arkansas-Missouri |
3.66 |
49,625 |
| Sun |
Minnesota-Oregon |
3.5 |
49,894 |
| Insight.com |
California-Virginia Tech |
3.08 |
42,364 |
| Ft. Worth |
Boise State-TCU |
2.81 |
38,028 |
| Houston |
Texas Tech-Navy |
2.46 |
51,068 |
| Music City |
Auburn-Wisconsin |
2.44 |
55,109 |
| Liberty |
Utah-Southern Mississippi |
2.44 |
55,989 |
| Motor City |
Bowling Green-Northwestern |
2.33 |
51,286 |
| Continental Tire |
Virginia-Pittsburgh |
2.23 |
51,236 |
| Hawaii |
Hawaii-Houston |
2.19 |
29,005 |
| Humanitarian |
Georgia Tech-Tulsa |
2.09 |
23,118 |
| Tangerine |
NC State-Kansas |
2.09 |
26,482 |
| Las Vegas |
Oregon State-New Mexico |
1.76 |
25,437 |
| New Orleans |
Memphis-University of North Texas |
1.54 |
25,184 |
| GMAC Mobile |
Miami (Ohio)-Louisville |
1.48 |
40,620 |
| San Francisco |
Boston College-Colorado State |
1.23 |
25,621 |
| Silicon Valley |
Fresno State-UCLA |
0.91 |
20,168 |
Source: Previously published Nielsen Media Research ratings, the Associated Press, and USA Today. *All games are on cable channels unless noted by network.
2002-03 Bowl Game TV Ratings Following are the national household ratings for 28 college football bowl games in 2002-03. There are 105,444,000, or 98.2 percent, of all U.S. households with television sets. The ratings indicate the percentage of television households tuned in to that particular game.
Thus, a 17.2 rating for the Fiesta Bowl indicates that 17.2 percent of all television sets (or 18,168,000 households) were tuned to the game. This compares to an average rating of 8.8 (or 9,279,070 households) for a prime-time program on one of the broadcast networks.
| BOWL GAME |
TEAMS |
TV RATING |
NETWORK |
| Bowl Games |
| Fiesta |
Ohio State-Miami |
17.2 |
ABC |
| Rose |
Oklahoma-Washington State |
11.3 |
ABC |
| Orange |
USC-Iowa |
9.7 |
ABC |
| Sugar |
Florida State-Georgia
|
9.2
|
ABC
|
| Other Bowls |
| Gator |
NC State-Notre Dame |
6.2 |
NBC |
| Capital One |
Auburn-Penn State |
5.9 |
ABC |
| Alamo |
Wisconsin-Colorado |
4.4 |
|
| Holiday |
Kansas State-Arizona State |
4.2 |
|
| SW Bell Cotton |
Texas-LSU |
4.2 |
FOX |
| Outback |
Michigan-Florida |
4.2 |
|
| Peach |
Maryland-Tennessee |
4.0 |
|
| Independence |
Mississippi-Nebraska |
3.6 |
|
| Sun |
Purdue-Washington |
3.6 |
CBS |
| Insight.com |
Pittsburgh-Oregon State |
3.4 |
|
| Las Vegas |
UCLA-New Mexico |
2.9 |
|
| Houston |
Oklahoma State-Southern Miss |
2.6 |
|
| Seattle |
Wake Forest-Oregon |
2.4 |
|
| Hawaii |
Tulane-Hawaii |
2.4 |
|
| Music City |
Minnesota-Arkansas |
2.3 |
|
| GMAC Mobile |
Marshall-Louisville |
2.3 |
|
| Continental Tire |
Virginia-West Virginia |
2.0 |
|
| Motor City |
Boston College-Toledo |
1.9 |
|
| Humanitarian |
Iowa State-Boise State |
1.8 |
|
| Liberty |
TCU-Colorado State |
1.7 |
|
| San Francisco |
Air Force-Virginia Tech |
1.6 |
|
| Tangerine |
Texas Tech-Clemson |
1.6 |
|
| New Orleans |
North Texas-Cincinnati |
1.4 |
|
| Silicon Valley |
Fresno State-Georgia Tech |
0.8 |
|
**All games are on cable channels unless noted by network
Notes: The Fiesta Bowl was the highest-rated BCS bowl game ever. It also was the top-rated show for the first week of 2003, ahead of the Atlanta-Green Bay (16.0) and New York Giants-San Francisco (13.5) NFL playoff games. ABC's 18.6 overnight rating for the Fiesta Bowl was the highest for either an Alliance Bowl or a BCS championship game in eight seasons. The game surpassed the 17.3 overnight for the 1996 Alliance Bowl title game in which Nebraska beat Florida. Nebraska-Florida received an 18.8 national overnight rating. In national ratings for other BCS games on ABC last season, the 11.3 for the Rose Bowl (Oklahoma-Washington State) equaled the previous season's comparable Fiesta Bowl (Oregon-Colorado), the 9.2 for the Sugar Bowl (Georgia-Florida State) increased 7 percent from the previous year's 8.6 (LSU-Illinois) and the 9.7 for the Orange Bowl (Southern Cal-Iowa) increased 2 percent from the previous year's 9.5 (Florida-Maryland). Source: Previously published Nielsen Media Research ratings, The Associated Press, USA Today.
BCS Bowl All-Time TV Ratings (1998-Present) *-Denotes BCS National Championship Game
| BOWL |
YEAR |
TEAMS |
RATING |
1. Rose Bowl
|
2006
|
Texas-USC
|
21.7 *
|
2. Orange Bowl
|
2001
|
Florida State-Oklahoma
|
17.8 *
|
3. Sugar Bowl
|
2000
|
Florida State-Virginia Tech
|
17.5 *
|
4. (tie) Fiesta Bowl
|
2003
|
Ohio State-Miami
|
17.2 *
|
4. (tie) Fiesta Bowl
|
1999
|
Florida State-Tennessee
|
17.2 *
|
6. Sugar Bowl
|
2004
|
LSU-Oklahoma
|
14.5 *
|
7. Rose Bowl
|
2004
|
Michigan-USC
|
14.4
|
8. Rose Bowl
|
2000
|
Wisconsin-Stanford
|
14.1
|
9. Rose Bowl
|
2001
|
Washington-Purdue
|
14.0
|
10. Rose Bowl
|
2002
|
Miami-Nebraska
|
13.9 *
|
11. Orange Bowl
|
2005
|
USC-Oklahoma
|
13.7 *
|
12. Rose Bowl
|
1999
|
Wisconsin-UCLA
|
13.3
|
13. (tie) Sugar Bowl
|
2001
|
Miami-Florida
|
12.9
|
13. (tie) Fiesta Bowl
|
2006
|
Ohio State-Notre Dame
|
12.9
|
15. Rose Bowl
|
2005
|
Texas-Michigan
|
12.4
|
16. Orange Bowl
|
2006
|
Penn State-Florida State
|
12.3
|
17. Sugar Bowl
|
1999
|
Ohio State-Texas A&M
|
11.5
|
18. (tie) Fiesta Bowl
|
2002
|
Oregon-Colorado
|
11.3
|
18. (tie) Orange Bowl
|
2000
|
Michigan-Alabama
|
11.3
|
18. (tie) Rose Bowl
|
2003
|
Oklahoma-Washington State
|
11.3
|
21. Fiesta Bowl
|
2001
|
Oregon State-Notre Dame
|
10.7
|
22. (tie) Orange Bowl
|
2003
|
USC-Iowa
|
9.7
|
22. (tie) Orange Bowl
|
2004
|
Miami-Florida State
|
9.7
|
24. (tie) Fiesta Bowl
|
2000
|
Nebraska-Tennessee
|
9.5
|
24. (tie) Sugar Bowl
|
2005
|
Auburn-Virginia Tech
|
9.5
|
24. (tie) Orange Bowl
|
2002
|
Florida-Maryland
|
9.5
|
27. Sugar Bowl
|
2003
|
Florida State-Georgia
|
9.2
|
28. Sugar Bowl
|
2006
|
West Virginia-Georgia
|
9.0
|
29. Fiesta Bowl
|
2004
|
Ohio State-Kansas State
|
8.7
|
30. Sugar Bowl
|
2002
|
LSU-Illinois
|
8.6
|
31. Orange Bowl
|
1999
|
Florida-Syracuse
|
8.4
|
32. Fiesta Bowl
|
2005
|
Utah-Pittsburgh
|
7.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
Highlights: BCS Championship
