(07-30-2022 02:49 PM)SoCalBobcat78 Wrote: (07-30-2022 01:57 PM)BeatWestern! Wrote: Good article here by Mark Zeigler of the San Diego Union-Tribune on SDSU and Pac-12 expansion.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sandieg...f_amp=true
Zeigler did not quite get it right...:
Kliavkoff never said that SDSU had to be on par with the top of the conference academically and the PAC knows that TV numbers are not relevant when comparing the MWC and PAC. The Boise State-SDSU game last season on CBS got 1.95 million viewers. That was an encouraging sign. But most MWC games are on at night on FS1 or CBSSN, and the TV ratings are just not good for those games. In San Diego, SDSU would own the TV market for college football
True.
SDSU's TV viewership numbers would probably be similar to most P5 schools vs. a P5 schedule, much like Cincy's and BYU's are likely to be when they start playing eight Big 12 teams per year.
These are BYU's 2021 viewership numbers in their regular season games vs. P5 opponents:
11/27/21 (BYU/USC): 1.458 million viewers
10/30/21 (UVA/BYU): 678,000 viewers
10/23/21 (BYU/WSU): 466,000 viewers
10/16/21 (BYU/BAYLOR): 1.440 million viewers
9/18/21 (ASU/BYU): 1.498 million viewers
9/11/21 (UTAH/BYU): 1.503 million viewers
9/4/21 (BYU/ARIZONA): 933,000 viewers
average vs. P5 opponents: 1.139 million viewers per game
BYU's season average (including 5 non-P5 opponents): 714,000 viewers
https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-bring-in-the-most-tv-viewers-efc03c689e50
Cincinnati:
9/18/21 (CINCY/INDIANA): 1.681 million viewers
10/2/21 (CINCY/ND): 3.805 million viewers
Cincy's season average (mostly non-P5 opponents): 430,000 viewers
https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-bring-in-the-most-tv-viewers-efc03c689e50
UCF:
9/11/21 (UCF/LOUISVILLE): 1.881 million viewers
UCF's season average (mostly non-P5 opponents): 566,000 viewers
https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-bring-in-the-most-tv-viewers-efc03c689e50
Houston:
9/11/21 (TEXAS TECH/HOUSTON): 831,000 viewers
Houston's season average (mostly non-P5 opponents): 689,000 viewers
https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-bring-in-the-most-tv-viewers-efc03c689e50
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BYU/Cincinnati/UCF/Houston's average
vs. P5 opponents: 1.470 million viewers per game.
Average viewership per game: 599,750 viewers
Summary: On average, BYU, Cincy, UCF, and Houston had a surplus of 870,250 more viewers per game vs. P5 opponents, compared to their full season average per game viewership vs. all (P5 and non-P5) opponents.
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