(10-05-2020 08:26 PM)schmolik Wrote:  Week 4 ratings: https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2020/09...-cbs-espn/

The headline: "SEC’s return not that great in the ratings".

Mississippi State-LSU was the "highest rating and viewership of the college football season" but "Overall, Saturday’s game averaged fewer viewers than 12 of last year’s 16 SEC on CBS windows." It's what happens when you choose a Mississippi State game. I don't care if it was an upset, if people aren't watching the game at the beginning the ratings will be down.

Alabama's night game ratings were terrible ("Tide’s least-watched night game since a 2017 matchup with Colorado State on ESPN2) but that was because they were competing with LeBron and the Stanley Cup.

Big 12 on FOX?
"Kansas State’s competing upset of Oklahoma on FOX averaged a 1.6 and 2.68 million (itself down 48% and 43% respectively from a 3.1 and 4.73 million for Michigan-Wisconsin last year)."

"FSU-Miami ranked second among week four college football games behind Mississippi State-LSU. Third-place went to Texas-Texas Tech on FOX, which at a 1.55 and 2.72 million ranks as the season’s highest rated and most-watched Big 12 game."

Tell me why the Big 12 deserves a big contract when Oklahoma and Texas can't even get 3 million viewers unless they play each other. Texas got fewer viewers than Florida State/Miami (1.6 and 2.95 million). Speaking of Oklahoma/Texas, I see low ratings for this years games with the two teams sucking. I'm more interested in Florida/Texas A&M this Saturday. Wouldn't it be an embarrassment if UF/A&M outdraws OU/UT?

Big Ten football can't get here soon enough.

OU/KSU outdrew Florida/Ole Miss in same time slot. Texas/Texas Tech w/o Leach did not beat the defending champs vs. Mike Leach.

Texas and OU draw very well. Big 10's top teams draw well too. But so far this year not a single viewer has watched a Big 10 game. So the CUSA is stomping the Big 10 in ratings!