In one of the other threads someone posted a medium article that had an average viewership per school. In my opinion that data was pretty sloppily aggregated. So I took it upon myself using data that is public information that in no way violates my existing NDAs; I created a list on average viewership for all of the MW and PAC schools. This data does not include any unknown numbers, and is simply the available viewership per game of a school divided by the number of games that had data.
Going with our current rivalry theme, the good guys are marked in red, while the pac is marked blue.
For fun, here is Memphis and Tulane
By comparison, OSU and WSU's viewership has more than halved since 2023. (2.3m over 9 games for OSU, and 2.15 over 6 for games WSU). I predict OSU and WSU numbers will DECREASE further in 2025.
Notes:
1. Included are bowl game numbers and conference championships when available for all teams.
2. I did not differentiate between linear and streaming, though I do have that data.
3. Its interesting to note that without Boise's CFP data or CSU playing CU, UNLV would have been at the top of the list.
4. There is only limited publicly available CBS data (3 games total)
5. If you really want to see the separation between the P4 and G6, the Texas V Georgia averages for both of their games against each other for this season averaged higher than Boise vs Penn state (14.9m vs 13.8m)
6. Hawaii's numbers are a bit of a black box since Spectrum doesn't publish numbers.
Sources are a mix of https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/ (which is sourced from Nielsens) and articles posted by included schools.
Going with our current rivalry theme, the good guys are marked in red, while the pac is marked blue.
| Boise (12-2) | 2.4m, 1m W/O CFP (9 games) |
| CSU (8-5) | 1.1m, 634k W/O CU (5 games) |
| UNLV (11-3) | 1.05m (7 games) |
| OSU (5-7) | 913k (8 games) |
| FSU (6-7) | 694k (8 games) |
| Hawaii (5-7) | 694k (2 games) |
| WSU (8-5) | 691k (11 games) |
| UTEP (3-9) | 602k (3 games) |
| reno (3-10) | 471k (5 games) |
| SDSU (3-9) | 454k (4 games) |
| SJSU (7-6) | 387k (7 games) |
| New Mexico (5-7) | 358k (7 games) |
| AFA (5-7) | 343k (5 games) |
| USU (4-8) | 308k (4 games) |
| Wyoming (3-9) | 245k (3 games) |
For fun, here is Memphis and Tulane
| Memphis (6-2) | 424k (10 games) |
| Tulane (9-5) | 695k (11 games) |
By comparison, OSU and WSU's viewership has more than halved since 2023. (2.3m over 9 games for OSU, and 2.15 over 6 for games WSU). I predict OSU and WSU numbers will DECREASE further in 2025.
Notes:
1. Included are bowl game numbers and conference championships when available for all teams.
2. I did not differentiate between linear and streaming, though I do have that data.
3. Its interesting to note that without Boise's CFP data or CSU playing CU, UNLV would have been at the top of the list.
4. There is only limited publicly available CBS data (3 games total)
5. If you really want to see the separation between the P4 and G6, the Texas V Georgia averages for both of their games against each other for this season averaged higher than Boise vs Penn state (14.9m vs 13.8m)
6. Hawaii's numbers are a bit of a black box since Spectrum doesn't publish numbers.
Sources are a mix of https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/ (which is sourced from Nielsens) and articles posted by included schools.
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