CFP viewership topped by Saturday NFL games
Written by I Dig Sports
A pair of Saturday NFL games drew a larger viewing audience than college football for the rollout of the sport's 12-team playoff.
The playoff game between SMU and Penn State averaged 6.4 million viewers on TNT networks, compared with the Texans-Chiefs game on NBC, which averaged 15.5 million viewers.
Later, Clemson-Texas drew 8.6 million viewers on TNT, compared with 15.4 million for Steelers-Ravens on Fox.
ESPN, ABC and others aired the other two college games: Indiana-Notre Dame (13.4 million) on Friday night and Tennessee-Ohio State (14.3 million) on Saturday night. There were no competing NFL games.
The overall average of 10.6 million viewers was higher than all but four college games this season.
Soccer
Amorim defends Højlund despite scoring woes
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsRuben Amorim has insisted that Rasmus Højlund is not solely to blam...
Weekend review: Real Madrid still in title race, plus much more
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsThroughout the course of the weekend, the LaLiga title race went fr...
Lewandowski (hamstring) in doubt for UCL semis
EmailPrintBarcelona striker Robert Lewandowski is a major doubt for the Copa del Rey final and the C...
2026 FIFA
2028 LOS ANGELES OLYMPIC
UEFA
2024 PARIS OLYMPIC
Basketball
Cavs ride Jerome heater to Game 1 win vs. Heat
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsCLEVELAND -- When the Cleveland Cavaliers first assembled for this...
Alperen Sengun puts Draymond Green on a poster
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsThe first possession of Alperen Sengun's NBA playoff career began w...
Baseball
O's give up 24 runs in 'embarrassing' loss to Reds
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsBALTIMORE -- The Baltimore Orioles began Sunday with right-hander C...
Padres' Arraez exits on stretcher after collision
EmailPrintHOUSTON -- San Diego Padres designated hitter Luis Arraez was carted off after colliding w...
Phone: (800) 737. 6040
Fax: (800) 825 5558
Website: 
Email: 
