UPDATE: The title game, while putting up big numbers, was the lowest ever in the modern football era, according to @RedditCFB. It looks like the numbers ticking up won’t happen.
There’s no sugar-coating the number, 18.7M is far below any BCS or CFP title game. The previous low was the USC blowout of Oklahoma in the 2005 edition at 21.419M. Thus ends the mediocre pandemic season ratings for CFB.https://t.co/vtRyZCIQAS
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) January 13, 2021
Alabama beating Ohio State to win the national championship Monday night put up some huge viewership numbers.
According to ShowBuzzDaily.com, the 52-24 victory for the Crimson Tide averaged 18.219 million viewers on ESPN as Mac Jones and company earned the championship trophy. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)
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Remember, when it comes to sports ratings, the numbers generally adjust up before it’s all said and done. That means these monster ratings will only go further north.
Averaging north of 18 million is an absurd number for Monday night TV broadcast, but it’s not hard to see why America was captivated by the action.
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It was OSU vs. Alabama! It was the Big 10 vs. the SEC! It was two history programs battling it out to carve a place in history forever!
What’s not to love? Plus, Nick Saban took home his seventh ring, which is just an absurd sentence to even type out.
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Now, we wait for the 2021 season to start. It truly can’t get her fast enough!
*This piece has been updated to reflect the ratings ranking incredibly low compared to historical numbers. Hand up! I definitely called that one wrong!