2013 Bowl T.V. Ratings

[DesignatedT]

The Bowl Championship Series and games involving the Southeastern Conference earned the largest audiences during the 2012-13 bowl season.


http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2013/01/2012-13-college-football-bowl-tv-ratings-bcs-sec-top-the-charts/


As is always the case, the BCS National Championship Game earned the top audience of the bowl season [see chart]. Alabama’s blowout win over Notre Dame drew a 15.1 U.S. rating and 26.4 million viewers on ESPN, the largest audience for any bowl game in two years.

The Stanford/Wisconsin Rose Bowl (9.4, 17.0M) and Oregon/Kansas State Fiesta Bowl (7.4, 12.3M) ranked second and third, respectively.

Rounding out the top five were two non-BCS bowls. The Texas A&M/Oklahoma Cotton Bowl ranked fourth with a 7.2 rating and 11.9 million viewers on FOX, while the Georgia/Nebraska Capital One Bowl scored a 6.6 and 11.0 million on ABC.

[Twisted_Dawg]

The Alamo Bowl game came in at 10th place. Respectable.

[DMX7]

Across the board the ratings generally weren't that great. Nothing has really even come close to the 2005 BCS title game between Texas and USC for individual game ratings either.

[The Reckoning]

that game was fucking amazing.

[DMX7]

Pretty much the best football game of the modern era. Last year's all-SEC matchup was one of the worst. It was the first one I didn't watch in like 13 years, but the highlights (or lowlights) were hard enough to watch.

[DesignatedT]

lol 7 straight national 'ships. Can somebody else beat this league or what?

[DMX7]

lol riding the dick of other teams.

[DesignatedT]

guess not.