2013 ACC Ratings Info

College football bowl TV viewers drop 2 percent in 2013-14, but BCS ratings increase

"Bowls in which the SEC participated averaged 8.5 million viewers, again the most by any conference. Other conference viewership: Big 12 (8.3 million), Big Ten (8.2 million), ACC (6.8 million), AAC (5.8 million), Pac-12 (5.3 million), Mountain West (2.4 million), MAC (2.3 million), Sun Belt (1.9 million) and Conference USA (1.8 million). "

College Football TV Ratings for Teams and Conferences: 2013 Regular Season

 

2013 nielsen college football data 

"average viewership of top 10 games involving specified conference or team. (caution that these numbers aren't directly comparable to prior reports)

SEC: 9.7 Million
Big10: 7.0 Million
ACC: 5.3 Million
B12: 4.2 Million
ND: 4.0 Million
Pac12: 3.9 Million

source: Nielsen Galaxy Explorer Aug-Dec 2013. National broadcasts only on ABC, CBS, ESPN, FOX, NBC, ESPN2, ENN, NBCSN & ESPNU; regional games not included."

"I count the 10 most viewed games involving ACC games, excluding the ACC CG, as:

Miami-FSU, ABC, 8.35M
Georgia-Clemson, ABC, 8.14M
FSU-Clemson, ABC, 5.68M
Florida-Miami, ESPN, 4.60M
Alabama-Virginia Tech, ESPN , 5.17M
FSU-Pittsburgh, ESPN, 4.47M
Clemson-Syracuse, ABC, 4.42M
Syracuse-Florida State, ABC, 4.41M
Oregon-Virginia, ABC, 4.08M
Syracuse-Penn State, ABC, 3.67M

Avg: 5.299"


College Football: ABC Televises Week’s Top Two Games & Wins Saturday Night

"ABC televised the two most-viewed college football games of the week Saturday, Nov. 2, led by Saturday Night Football Presented by Windows – Florida State defeating Miami 41-14 – which averaged 8,354,000 viewers and a 5.1 rating. That helped ABC win the night among households, viewers, and all key men and adult demographics."

"Six of the top 10 markets for ABC’s Saturday night Miami (Fla.) at Florida State telecast were in the state of Florida, led by Jacksonville which averaged a 16.2 metered market rating. Columbus was second with a 15.5 rating followed by Greenville (15.3), Miami-Fort Lauderdale (15.2), Orlando (14.1), Birmingham (13.9), West Palm Beach (13.8), Fort Myers (13.1), Tampa-St. Petersburg (10.9) and Charlotte (10.2)."


College Football TV Ratings

Men’s College Basketball: ESPN’s Most-Viewed and Highest-Rated Regular Season Ever

UNC/Duke Latest ACC Game to Earn Strong Numbers For ESPN

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The ACC has been the star of the college basketball season on ESPN.
Saturday’s North Carolina/Duke men’s college basketball game earned 3.5 million viewers on ESPN, up 26% from last year (2.8M), but down 18% from 2012 (4.2M). The game ranks as the fourth-most viewed college basketball game of the season on ESPN, trailing only the two Duke/Syracuse games and Michigan State/Kentucky in December.
Entering championship week, six of the eight most-viewed college basketball games on ESPN this season involved at least one ACC team. Five of the top ten have been ACC conference match-ups.
The only non-ACC games in ESPN’s top ten were Michigan State/Kentucky, Michigan/Michigan State January 25 (3.0M) and Ohio State/Michigan State on January 7 (2.3M)."