2016 TV Viewers by Team

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Which teams were most popular among TV viewers this season, regardless of whether they were playing home or away, on their regular conference's network or not? To figure that out, I took the TV viewer numbers from ESPN's Media Zone page and credited each team with the TV viewers. If the numbers were due to the other team, that will even out over the season. The things I didn't account for (but know I need to at some point) are date/time and network - maybe I'll look at adjusting for those things later...

Rank	Conf	Team	Avg Vwrs (M)	Games
1	SEC	Alabama	6.39	12
2	Big Ten	Ohio State	6.21	10
3	Big Ten	Michigan	5.19	10
4	Big Ten	Penn State	5.11	5
5	Big Ten	Wisconsin	4.99	9
6	Big Ten	Michigan State	4.80	4
7	SEC	Tennessee	4.66	7
8	SEC	Florida	4.66	8
9	ACC	Clemson	4.24	10
10	SEC	LSU	4.01	8
11	SEC	Georgia	3.98	5
12	ACC	Florida State	3.92	10
13	SEC	Auburn	3.78	8
14	Ind	Notre Dame	3.70	12
15	SEC	Mississippi	3.60	7
16	SEC	Texas A&M	3.41	8
17	Big Ten	Nebraska	3.23	6
18	Big 12	Texas	3.12	9
19	Big 12	Oklahoma	3.04	9
20	ACC	Louisville	3.01	9
21	Pac-12	Washington	2.94	8
22	Pac-12	USC	2.91	10
23	SEC	Arkansas	2.81	9
24	FCS	Chattanooga	2.44	1
25	ACC	NC State	2.20	6
Rank	Conf	Team	Avg Vwrs (M)	Games
26	Pac-12	Colorado	2.14	6
27	WAC	Hawaii	2.14	1
28	Pac-12	Oregon	2.13	5
29	ACC	Pittsburgh	2.12	5
30	Pac-12	Stanford	2.12	8
31	Big Ten	Iowa	2.03	9
32	ACC	Miami	2.01	6
33	SEC	S. Carolina	2.00	5
34	SEC	Kentucky	1.92	4
35	ACC	Va. Tech	1.85	10
36	Big 12	Oklahoma St.	1.84	11
37	AAC	Houston	1.80	9
38	ACC	N Carolina	1.73	5
39	Big Ten	Indiana	1.72	5
40	Big Ten	Northwestern	1.69	4
41	SEC	Miss. State	1.66	6
42	Pac-12	UCLA	1.56	10
43	SEC	Missouri	1.53	4
44	Ind	Army	1.52	1
45	Pac-12	Wash. St.	1.50	7
46	SEC	Vanderbilt	1.38	3
47	ACC	Syracuse	1.38	3
48	MWC	Nevada	1.37	2
49	Pac-12	Utah	1.34	7
50	Big 12	Baylor	1.29	10
Rank	Conf	Team	Avg Vwrs (M)	Games
51	Big Ten	Maryland	1.29	4
52	AAC	Navy	1.29	4
53	Pac-12	California	1.26	8
54	Big 12	W. Virginia	1.26	10
55	ACC	Duke	1.22	6
56	ACC	Wake Forest	1.11	4
57	Pac-12	Arizona St.	1.10	8
58	AAC	Tulsa	1.10	5
59	Big 12	TCU	1.03	10
60	ACC	Virginia	1.02	2
61	Big 12	Texas Tech	0.98	10
62	Big Ten	Illinois	0.98	2
63	ACC	Ga. Tech	0.98	4
64	AAC	UConn	0.97	2
65	FCS	NDSU	0.97	1
66	AAC	USF	0.95	5
67	Ind	BYU	0.94	8
68	C-USA	La. Tech	0.93	1
69	AAC	Temple	0.92	5
70	Big Ten	Purdue	0.89	3
71	C-USA	W. Kentucky	0.88	4
72	ACC	Boston College	0.87	5
73	Big 12	Kansas State	0.86	8
74	FCS	Jacksonville St.	0.80	1
75	AAC	Memphis	0.80	6
Rank	Conf	Team	Avg Vwrs (M)	Games