FSU/Georgia Tech Football TV Viewers 2012-2021

 

Georgia Tech Football TV Viewers 2012-2021

Below is the the raw viewership data for GT from 2012-2021:

Paul Johnson Era
2012 / 7-7
9/13 - VT.........................ESPN - 4.3M
10/6 - Clemson................ESPN - 1.4M
11/17 - Duke ...................ESPNU - 192K
11/24 - UGA.....................ESPN - 2.3M
12/1-FSU(ACC).................ESPN - 2M
12/31- SUN (USC).............CBS - 4M

2013 / 7-6
9/14 - Duke....................ESPNU - 161K
9/21 - UNC.....................ESPN - 2.3M
10/5 - Miami...................ESPNU - 857K
10/12 -BYU.....................ESPNU - 358K
11/2 - Pitt.......................ESPNU - 362K
11/30 - UGA....................ABC - 3.5M
12/30 - Music Ole Miss)....ESPN - 3.1M

2014 / 11-3
9/6 - Tulane.................ESPNNEWS - 304K
9/20 - VT.....................ESPN - 3.1M
10/4 - Miami................ESPN2 - 1.1M
10/18 - UNC................ESPNU - 461K
10/25 - Pitt.................ESPNU - 352K
11/1 - UVA..................ESPNU - 390K
11/15 - Clemson..........ESPN - 1.8M
12/6 -FSU(ACC)...........ABC - 10.15M
12/31 - OB (Miss St)....ESPN - 8.94M

2015 / 3-9
9/19 - ND...................NBC - 3.7M
9/26 -Duke.................ESPN2 - 775K
10/3 -UNC..................ESPNU - 386K
10/24 -FSU.................ESPN2 -1.94M
11/28 -UGA..............;.ESPN2 - 1.02M

2016 / 9-4
9/3 - BC (Dublin).........ESPN2 - 682K
9/22 -Clemson............ESPN -1.81M
10/1 -Miami................ESPN2 - 1.04M
11/12 -VT....................ESPNU - 377K
11/26 -UGA................SECN - 2.9M
12/31 - Gator (kentky)..ESPN -2.64M

2017 / 5-6
9/4 - Tennessee........ESPN - 5.1M
9/30 -UNC...............ESPN2 - 578K
10/14 -Miami............ABC - 3.38M
10/21 - WF...............ESPNU - 200K
10/25 -UGA.............ABC - 2.76M

2018 / 7-6
9/8 -USF....................ABC - 2.53M
9/22 -Clemson...........ABC -1.8M
10/5- Lou.................ESPN - 996K
10/25 -VT.................ESPN - 968K
11/10 -Miami...........ESPN2 - 551K
12/26 - Quick (Minn).ESPN - 2.68M

Geoff Collins Era
2019 / 3-9
11/21 -NC State.......ESPN - 558K
11/30 -UGA.............ABC- 2.3

2020 / 3-7
9/12 - FSU..................ABC - 3.52M (Georgia Tech-FSU, ABC rating is before the weather delay. ESPN2 portion is for the conclusion of the game at 1.2M)
9/19- UCF...................ABC - 3M
10/9- Lou....................ESPN - 1M
10/17- Clemson..........ABC - 2.25M
10/31- ND...................ABC - 3.77M

2021 / 3-9
9/18- Clemson..........ABC - 2.1M
11/20- ND................NBC- 1.45M
11/27-UGA...............ABC- 1.97M

Looking back to 2012 we can see that CPJ avg 7.3 games per year on National TV, while CGC has avg only 3.3 games are on National TV. ( Not RSN, SECN, ACCN, Ballys){https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/}

What does that mean? On Dec 17, 2013 the final ratings from the 2013 regular season of college football were released. Georgia Tech came in 45th with 1,496,000 viewers. {https://www.goodbullhunting.com/2013/12/17/5216550/college-football-tv-ratings-2013-regular-season-final-sec}

Conference TV Ratings

Rank	Conference	Avg Viewers	Avg Rating	# of Rated Gms
1	SEC	3,805,794	2.34	120
2	Big 10	2,920,815	1.84	82
3	ACC	1,961,674	1.25	88
4	Pac 12	1,759,673	1.11	76
5	Big 12	1,625,221	1.01	92
6	MWC	1,010,406	0.65	49
7	AAC	971,983	0.65	60
8	MAC	792,583	0.50	36
9	C-USA	780,254	0.50	42
10	Sun Belt	603,694	0.42	18

Top College Football Teams by TV Ratings

Rank	Team	Avg Viewers	Avg Rating	# of Rated Gms
1	Alabama	6,465,000	3.9	10
2	Texas A&M	5,263,900	3.3	10
3	Michigan	5,257,381	3.3	7
4	Ohio State	5,240,455	3.2	11
5	Auburn	5,216,500	3.2	10
6	Georgia	4,832,300	3.0	10
7	LSU	4,531,818	2.7	11
8	Missouri	3,991,500	2.4	8
9	Notre Dame	3,906,364	2.5	11
10	Michigan State	3,769,111	2.4	9
11	South Carolina	3,499,875	2.2	8
12	Florida	3,369,583	2.1	8
13	Nebraska	3,240,833	2.1	6
14	Florida State	3,232,417	2.0	12
15	Tennessee	3,082,630	2.0	9
16	Oklahoma	3,027,083	1.9	12
17	Clemson	2,970,417	1.8	10
18	Stanford	2,741,550	1.7	10
19	Oklahoma State	2,698,630	1.7	9
20	Northwestern	2,684,300	1.7	5

Between 2015-2019 Georgia tech lost TV viewers as the dropped to 56th with 615Kviewers. {https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-bring-in-the-most-tv-viewers-efc03c689e50}

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 do not have available data were counted as zero.

1. Ohio State (5.19M)
2. Alabama (5.09M)
3. Michigan (4.18M)
4. Notre Dame (3.61M)
5. LSU (3.22M)
6. Auburn (3.12M)
7. Georgia (2.91M)
8. Oklahoma (2.90M)
9. Clemson (2.67M)
10. Penn State (2.55M)
11. Florida (2.46M)
12. Wisconsin (2.27M)
13. Texas (2.269M)
14. Florida State (2.23M)
15. Michigan State (2.20M)
16. Southern Cal (1.98M)
17. Texas A&M (1.851M)
18. Tennessee (1.849M)
19. Oklahoma State (1.64M)
20. Mississippi (1.61M)
21. Iowa (1.57M)
22. Nebraska (1.51M)
23. Miami (1.503M)
24. TCU (1.495M)
25. Stanford (1.43M)

In 2021 Georgia Tech lost even more viewers as they 61st with 459K viewers. {https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-were-the-most-watched-in-2021-49ef4f315858}

Ranking the most-watched college football programs in 2021

The numbers next to each school indicate the average number of viewers per week for a 12-week season.

Streaming numbers are included when available. Games that do not have available data are counted as zero.

1. Ohio State — 5.22M
2. Michigan — 4.74M
3. Alabama — 4.64M
4. Penn State — 3.87M
5. Georgia — 3.61M
6. Oklahoma — 3.46M
7. Auburn — 3.22M
8. Michigan State — 2.89M
9. Notre Dame — 2.84M
10. Oregon — 2.57M
11. Wisconsin — 2.41M
12. Nebraska — 2.29M
13. Texas — 2.26M
14. Florida — 2.21M
15. Arkansas — 2.03M
16. LSU — 1.90M
17. Texas A&M — 1.86M
18. Mississippi — 1.81M
19. Clemson — 1.74M
20. Iowa — 1.64M
21. Purdue — 1.63M
22. Oklahoma State — 1.58M
23. Tennessee — 1.51M
24. Minnesota — 1.28M
25. Florida State — 1.27M