(12-15-2021 10:44 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote: One more post here to add to historical threads.
This is a thing I've tracked for several years, the number of games by non-contract-bowl-conference with 3, 2, and 1 million viewers. Kind of got trumped by the very good article this year on the "4 Million Club." But this is what I have compiled since around 2017:
Updated the below with the following 2021 Bowl Games:
2021 Bowl Games
2021 Bowl games over 3 million viewers: AAC 2, CUSA 1
2021 Bowl games over 2 million viewers: AAC 3, mwc 1, MAC 1, CUSA 1
2021 Bowl games over 1 million viewers: AAC 3, mwc 5, SBC 4, MAC 7, CUSA 7
2015-2021 Big Viewer Games AFTER 2021 bowls
'15-'21 total games over 3 million viewers: AAC 38, mwc 4, MAC 4, CUSA 1
'15-'21 total games over 2 million viewers: AAC 72, CUSA 11, MAC 14, mwc 17, SBC 5
'15-'21 total games over 1 million viewers: AAC 136, mwc 60, CUSA 51, MAC 44, SBC 23
'15-'21 non-bowl games over 3 million viewers: AAC 26, MAC 2
'15-'21 non-bowl games over 2 million viewers: AAC 48, CUSA 4, MAC 2, mwc 6, SBC 1
'15-'21 non-bowl games over 1 million viewers:AAC 96, CUSA 13, MAC 14, mwc 27, SBC 12
'15-'21 conference controlled games over 3 million viewers: AAC 12, G4s 0
'15-'21 conference controlled games over 2 million viewers: AAC 27, mwc 1
'15-'21 conference controlled games over 1 million viewers:AAC 62, CUSA 2, MAC 2, mwc 9, SBC 5
'15-'21 intra-conference games over 3 million viewers: AAC 8, G4s 0
'15-'21 intra-conference games over 2 million viewers: AAC 16, G4s 0
'15-'21 intra-conference games over 1 million viewers: AAC 29, MAC 2 (CCGs), mwc 6 (4 reg season, 2 CCG), SBC 1 (reg)
2021 Big Viewer Games
2021 Bowl games and regular season:
Greater than three million viewers: AAC 5, CUSA 1
Greater than two million viewers: AAC 8, mwc 2, SBC 1, MAC 1, CUSA 1
Greater than one million viewers: AAC 17, SBC 7, mwc 9, CUSA 10, MAC 9
2021 non-bowl games
Greater than three million viewers: AAC 3
Greater than two million viewers: AAC 5, SBC 1, mwc 1
Greater than one million viewers: AAC 14, SBC 3, mwc 4, CUSA 3, MAC 2
2021 conference-controlled games
Greater than three million viewers: AAC 1
Greater than two million viewers: AAC 2
Greater than one million viewers: AAC 8, SBC 2, mwc 1
2021 intra-conference games
Greater than three million viewers: AAC 1
Greater than two million viewers: AAC 2
Greater than one million viewers: AAC 5, mwc 1