Interesting look at most watched schools. TV viewing numbers are absolutely relevant to VALUE:
The numbers next to each school indicate the average number of viewers per week from 2015–19. Streaming numbers are included when available.
Conference championship games and bowl games are not included in these numbers. Games that were not nationally televised count as a zero, unless streaming data was available.
If you’re an Oklahoma State or TCU fan holding out hope for a Pac-12 invite, these rankings are something to point to. The Cowboys and Horned Frogs outranked every Pac-12 team except USC.
Same for West Virginia fans hoping for an ACC invite. The Mountaineers outranked every ACC team but Clemson, Florida State and Miami.
The numbers next to each school indicate the average number of viewers per week from 2015–19. Streaming numbers are included when available.
Conference championship games and bowl games are not included in these numbers. Games that were not nationally televised count as a zero, unless streaming data was available.
- Ohio State (5.19M)
- Alabama (5.09M)
- Michigan (4.18M)
- Notre Dame (3.61M)
- LSU (3.22M)
- Auburn (3.12M)
- Georgia (2.91M)
- Oklahoma (2.90M)
- Clemson (2.67M)
- Penn State (2.55M)
- Florida (2.46M)
- Wisconsin (2.27M)
- Texas (2.269M)
- Florida State (2.23M)
- Michigan State (2.20M)
- Southern Cal (1.98M)
- Tennessee (1.85M)
- Texas A&M (1.75M)
- Oklahoma State (1.64M)
- Mississippi (1.61M)
- Iowa (1.57M)
- Nebraska (1.51M)
- Miami (1.503M)
- TCU (1.495M)
- Stanford (1.43M)
- Oregon (1.34M)
- Arkansas (1.33M)
- Washington (1.32M)
- Mississippi State (1.31M)
- West Virginia (1.27M)
- Virginia Tech (1.26M)
- UCLA (1.25M)
- Louisville (1.22M)
- Indiana (1.17M)
- Baylor (1.12M)
- South Carolina (1.07M)
- Texas Tech (921K)
- Washington State (909K)
- Northwestern (867K)
- Utah (856K)
- Minnesota (803K)
- Pittsburgh (781K)
- North Carolina (749K)
- Iowa State (747K)
- California (730K)
- BYU (714K)
- NC State (703K)
- Arizona State (695K)
- Syracuse (694K)
- Houston (689K)
- Kansas State (682K)
- Maryland (681K)
- Purdue (620K)
- Georgia Tech (615K)
- Missouri (611K)
- Colorado (610K)
- Virginia (592K)
- UCF (566K)
- Memphis (564K)
- Arizona (561K)
- Kentucky (484K)
- Boise State (476K)
- Vanderbilt (438K)
- Cincinnati (430K)
- Duke (410K)
- USF (407K)
- Boston College (403K)
- Illinois (401K)
- Wake Forest (398K)
- Kansas (346K)
- Oregon State (295K)
- Rutgers (266K)
- SMU (232K)
If you’re an Oklahoma State or TCU fan holding out hope for a Pac-12 invite, these rankings are something to point to. The Cowboys and Horned Frogs outranked every Pac-12 team except USC.
Same for West Virginia fans hoping for an ACC invite. The Mountaineers outranked every ACC team but Clemson, Florida State and Miami.