(09-14-2017 01:31 PM)stever20 Wrote:  It's back-
1 Alabama/Auburn 13.657 CBS 11/25
2 Alabama/Florida St 12.335 ABC 9/2
3 Ohio St/Michigan 10.507 Fox 11/25
4 Penn St/Ohio St 9.868 Fox 10/28
5 Oklahoma/Ohio St 8.081 ABC 9/9
6 Michigan/Florida 7.650 ABC 9/2
7 Georgia/Auburn 7.407 CBS 11/11
8 Alabama/Miss St 7.031 ESPN 11/11
9 Michigan/Penn St 6.954 ABC 10/21
10 LSU/Alabama 6.729 CBS 11/4

goodbye to
Notre Dame/Miami 6.727 ABC 11/11
Michigan St/Michigan 6.508 ABC 10/7

By conference:
SEC 6(4 conference games)
ACC 1
Big Ten 5(3 conference games)
Big 12 1

by network:
ABC: 4
CBS: 3
Fox: 2
ESPN: 1

What this clearly illustrates is that outside of Florida State the ACC doesn't draw, and the PAC doesn't draw at all.

It is also interesting that the defending national champions didn't rate once during the regular season, or conference championship game even against a highly rated Miami which also did scratch the top 10 broadcasts.

This illustrates in spades that Clemson, while a strong regional brand, simply isn't a national brand.