WHAT ARE THE MOST POPULAR COLLEGES FOR KIDS TO APPLY TO? 🎓
— Tony Altimore (@TJAltimore) December 18, 2023
Here's brand new data from the Dept. of Ed. on what the most popular colleges were for students applying last year:
P.S. Anybody who comments with a cringey excuse for why their favorite school is less popular than… pic.twitter.com/0dpf6Bt2i2
Monday, December 18, 2023
Most Popular Colleges Students Apply to
Most Successful College Football Programs by Winning Percentage
Coming out of 2023's regular season, these are the best in the world. 🏈
— 247Sports (@247Sports) December 6, 2023
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Sunday, December 17, 2023
2023 FSU TV Ratings
Using 2024 membership, below are number of schools in each conference that played in a top 50 most watched game this season
— Big Ten information. College football fan (@Genetics56) December 6, 2023
SEC: 5 (AL, GA, TN, FL, TX)
Big Ten: 6 (NE, USC, MI, OSU, WA, OR)
ACC: 1 (FSU)
Big 12: 1 (CO)
Pac-2: 0
Indy: ND
It is a P2 college football world
23 games in 2023 averaged more than 7 million viewers
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) December 12, 2023
*-conference title game
OhSt-Mich, FOX 19.0M
*Ala-UGA, CBS 17.2M
Colo-Ore, ABC 10.03M
*Mich-Iowa, FOX 10.02M
OhSt-ND, NBC 9.98M
PSU-OhSt, FOX 9.96M
CSU-Colo, ESPN 9.3M
*Wash-Ore, ABC 9.2M
FSU-LSU, ABC 9.17M
Mich-PSU, FOX…
My pleasure. 🤝 https://t.co/J5BIoD0XOe pic.twitter.com/6p516P9IbD
— TJ Pittinger (@TJ_Pittinger) December 12, 2023
The most watched ACC programs in 2023
— FQ Just Means Less (@FQACC) December 12, 2023
1. FSU - 3.58M
2. Clemson - 1.70M
3. Louisville - 1.36M
4. Miami - 1.33M
5. Duke - 1.32M
6. UNC - 966K
7. GT - 766K
8. Syracuse - 703K
9. Pitt - 690K
10. UVa - 663K
11. NC State - 661K
12. BC - 617K
13. Wake Forest - 464.8K
14. VT - 398K
Top 10 Most Watched Teams (weekly avg)
— CFB Home (@CFBHome) December 12, 2023
Ohio State — 5.55M
Alabama — 5.08M
Michigan — 4.78M
Colorado — 4.50M
Georgia — 3.95M
Texas — 3.61M
Florida State — 3.58M
Notre Dame — 3.46M
Penn State — 3.31M
LSU — 2.85M
Most Watched ACC Games 2023
— FQ Just Means Less (@FQACC) December 12, 2023
1. FSU vs LSU 9.17M
2. FSU vs Clemson 6.71M
3. Georgia vs GT 5.33M
4. Notre Dame vs Duke 5.32M
5. Notre Dame vs Louisville 5.12M
6. FSU vs Florida 5.07M
7. Duke vs Clemson 4.39M
8. Miami vs FSU 4.14M
9. Duke vs FSU 4.08M
10. Texas A&M vs Miami 4.02M
Why is the phrase "P2" becoming more widely used in the college football world? One of the reasons is viewership. Schools in the Big Ten and SEC dominate viewership (2024 membership).
— Big Ten information. College football fan (@Genetics56) December 9, 2023
If Florida State was a member of the Big Ten and playing more games on CBS, NBC, and FOX, they… pic.twitter.com/oUGy0zxc4M
https://www.on3.com/boards/threads/fsus-tv-ratings-for-2023.1225835/
FSU ended up with 49.97M reported viewers on the season. This doesn't include the southern miss game as that was unreported due to it being on ACCN. FSU's least watched game was vs. north alabama with 1.33M (although it probably generated the most social media views sadly ).
Average viewership on the season was 3.84M including recording southern miss as a zero score. this is a 190% increase from 2022 largely aided by FSU's games being mostly on network TV and ESPN vs the ACCN.
FSU had 6 games that recorded over 4M viewers, a true benchmark.
FSU's 3.84M average in 2023 would have placed it squarely in the top 5 in 2022.
https://247sports.com/college/florida-state/board/36/Contents/viewership-numbers-222581639/?page=1
https://csnbbs.com/thread-977124-page-3.html
FSU sets CW TV Rating Record in week 12
wk2
Cincy @ Pitt, 6:30pm - 617K viewers // Rating 0.3
wk3
VMI @ NC State, 2 pm - 205K viewers // Rating 0.1
wk4
GT @ WAKE, 6:30pm - 332K viewers // Rating 0.2
wk5
UVA @ BC, 2 pm - 367K viewers // Rating 0.2
wk6
Marshall @ NC State, 2 pm - 386Kviewers //Rating 0.2
wk7
Louisville @ Pitt, 6:30pm - 569Kviewers // Rating 0.3
wk8
Virginia @ North Carolina, 6:30pm - 788Kviewers // Rating 0.4
wk9
Clemson @ NC State, 2pm - 642Kviewers // Rating 0.3
wk10
Georgia Tech @ Virginia, 2pm - 262Kviewers // Rating 0.1
wk11
NC State @ WAKE, 2pm - 289Kviewers // Rating 0.1
wk12 Double Header
Duke @ Virginia, 3pm - 307Kviewers // Rating 0.1
N. Bama @ FSU, 6:30PM - 1.33Mviewers // Rating 0.7
4️⃣.1️⃣4️⃣ Million viewers for our rivalry win last week!
— FSU Football (@FSUFootball) November 14, 2023
🍢 ABC’s most-watched Week 11 game
🍢 Highest-rated ACC game for the 6th time this season
🍢 4th game over 4 Million viewers#NoleFamily | #KeepCLIMBing pic.twitter.com/xlz6lXrYxB
Florida State has been one of the Top 12 most viewed games in all but two weeks of the season.
— TJ Pittinger (@TJ_Pittinger) November 14, 2023
- Week 2: The ACC Network does not pay Nielsen to track their numbers
- Week 5: Bye Week for the Noles
👀 🍢 📺 pic.twitter.com/nC7ZIyJpvt
Florida State’s 30,830,000 total viewers so far this season on Nielsen-rated networks are more than double the next-most for an ACC team
— Derek Satterfield (@dsatt_) October 31, 2023
All of FSU’s rated games were on ABC, and FSU has 11.44 Million more viewers than the next-most for any team in the country on that network https://t.co/0ArcYxMhUC
Rank | Name | Avg Views Per Game |
1 | ALA | 5,756,667 |
2 | OSU | 5,060,000 |
3 | ORE | 4,631,667 |
4 | ND | 4,558,750 |
5 | UGA | 4,541,250 |
6 | LSU | 4,492,857 |
7 | TEX | 4,113,333 |
8 | FSU | 4,060,000 |
9 | PENN ST | 4,021,444 |
10 | USC | 3,911,250 |
11 | MICH | 3,645,556 |
12 | WASH | 3,081,429 |
13 | TEX A&M | 2,842,875 |
14 | OU | 2,708,778 |
15 | LOU | 1,753,571 |
16 | ORST | 1,715,429 |
https://247sports.com/college/florida-state/board/36/Contents/fsu-and-the-acc-tv-rankings-219440248/?page=1
FSU 30.64 million viewers in 7 games (S Miss -no numbers) 4.38 million on avg. 9.17 mil peak vs lsu. Low, 2.09 mil vs WF.
CU 7.01 million viewers in 3 games (not getting credit for 6.71 million vs FSU) avg 2.34 mil. 4.39 million peak vs duke in week 1. Low 642 thousand vs NC ST.
NC 9.835 million viewers in 5 games. 1.97 million avg. Peak vs SC 3.4 mil. 788 thousand vs VA.
EVERBODY ELSE IN THE CURRENT ACC - 11 teams. 22.36 million viewers. 22 games. Avg 1.02 per game. Peak Miami vs Tex A & M 4.02 mil. Peak in conference game 1.89 mil Louisville/NC St. Low OOC, VA vs JM 119k. Low in conference, 332 thousand GT/WF. Only 3 games of 22 over 2 mil. 9 of 22 under 500k.
Notre Dame with ACC opponents only. 15.26 million viewers. 4 games. 3.82 million viewers on avg. 5.32 mil peak vs Duke.
So FSU 30 million viewers, NC 10 million, Clemson 7 million, ND 15 million, avg of all 11 other acc teams 2 million.
FSU 30 million, total ACC viewership (excluding ND games but including Clemson and NC) 70 million.
43% of the people who have watched ACC games this year (not counting ND games since they aren't in the ACC but including NC/CU) were watching a game that included FSU.
FSU's ONE Game vs LSU was nearly 1/2 of all the ACC games combined of the other 11 programs not counting CU/NC/ND.
Not ONE ACC game with 2 ACC teams facing each other (excluding the big 4 possible leavers) drew more than 1.9 million. Again, FSU's worst game was vs WF 2.09 mil.
Showcased that incredible Doak atmosphere to 4️⃣.0️⃣8️⃣ Million viewers Saturday night
— FSU Football (@FSUFootball) October 24, 2023
🍢 Most-viewed game on ABC
🍢 Highest viewership of any primetime game on any network
🍢 No. 1 ACC game and No. 3 among all games nationally#NoleFamily | #KeepCLIMBing pic.twitter.com/cD028MMlCo
Week 8
FSU vs Duke
How is it that ESPN is on pace for its most-watched CFB season in 7 years?
— Flora ESPN Insights (@ESPNFlora) October 18, 2023
1. Greater conference parity with ratings growth of…
PAC 12 + 146%
Big 12 +32%
ACC +21%
2. The performance of Florida State, Colorado & Texas - responsible for 36% of min watched on ESPN
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/
Week 7
More 👀 on the Noles than any other ACC affiliated program 📺 #OneTribe | #NoleFamily pic.twitter.com/7ighWO1bAM
— FSU Seminoles (@Seminoles) October 4, 2023
— FSU Reddit (@RFSUSports) October 4, 2023
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/
9/2/23 Tennessee Vs Virginia 2.46 mil
9/9/23 Notre Dame Vs NC ST 2.93 mil
9/16/23 FSU Vs Boston College 3.48 mil
9/23/23 FSU Vs Clemson 6.710M
Most eyes this year (tv viewers) in millions (games counted)
1. Dynomyte Deions. 35.32 (4) unbelievable numbers. Now that the circus tent has holes in it, the numbers will retreat some
2. Florida State. 19.36 (3) this would be the buzz of college football and expansion if not for Deion.
3. Ohio St. 18.67 (4)
4. Alabama 18.21 (3)
5. Notre Dame 18.03 (4)
6. Texas 14.60 (3). Bama bump
7. LSU 14.41. (3). FSU bump
8. Nebraska 13.86 (4) Deion bump
9. Oregon. 12.58. (2). Deion bump
10. Clemson. 11.20 (2). FSU bump
11. Florida 10.00 (3)
12. Penn St. 9.47 (3)
13. Colo St 9.30 (1) Deion bump
14. South car 8.82(2)
15. TCU 8.73 (1) Deion bump
16. Tenn 7.77 (2)
17. Iowa 7.41(4)
18. Tex A&M 6.99 (3)
19. Georgia 6.50 (2)
20. Michigan 6.23 (3)
21. Ole Miss 6.05 (2)
22. West VA 5.91 (2)
23. Utah 5.82 (3)
24. Minn 5.80 (4)
25. Rutgers 5.70
Only three programs that have had at least three games counted by Neilson, Colorado, FSU and Alabama are averaging over 6, million viewers per contest.
Others of note not ranked
USC 4.38 (3)
Miami 4.37 (2)
Duke 4.39 (1)
Oklahoma 3.78 (3)
Towards the bottom of the 25 I probably left somebody out. So so If someone would peer review this it would be awesome. Permission to post it anywhere. Games not counted in the Neilson ratings not included.
So you have the most famous hall of fame all American alumnus of FSU and Florida State at the top of the most television views so far this season in college football.
Above all the heavy weights of college football
Next time Paul finebaum tries to tell you that FSU is not that valued or even just the third most valued program in the ACC just send him this. He’s either a liar or a fool. And if he speaks for the SEC, they’re idiots too.
I posted this for those who question FSU as a national brand. Here come the excuses.
Wake forest .65 (2) who thinks it should get the same tv money as FSU.
ACC games not including FSU 29.22 million (19 games)
SEC games not including Alabama, Georgia or FSU - 31.74 million in 16 games.
FSU 19.36 in 3 games.
Seriously, Finebaum is trying to convince me that ithe SEC doesn’t need a program that is averaging 6.4 million viewers per game when the Sec less it’s top two programs and the FSU game is averaging less than 2 million per game. Give me a break. Sell that somewhere else.
Most of the programs in cfb have less television viewers all season, then FSU had versus Boston College.
FSU is lapping the ACC and dominating rival programs with strong TV numbers
The No. 5 Seminoles are off to a 4-0 start, beating the likes LSU and Clemson along the way to put together one of the nation’s best résumés to date. National intrigue about this FSU team and its bouts with blue-blood programs is reflected in television numbers.
According to Sports Media Watch, FSU was part of the No. 3 most-watched game of this past weekend as the Seminoles’ battle at Clemson dominated the noon slot with 6.71 million viewers. Only afternoon kick Colorado at Oregon (10.03 M) and Top 5 matchup Ohio State at Notre Dame (9.98 M) drew better audiences. This strong Week 4 showing comes after FSU opened the season with a whopping 9.17 viewers against LSU.
Even FSU’s sleepy noon squeaker at Boston College drew 3.48 M in Week 3, the fifth-best numbers of that week.
Only the Coach Prime-led phenomena at Colorado has drawn more viewers the first month of the season.
With 19.36 million viewers in three games (numbers from Southern Miss contest were not available at the website), FSU has markedly outdrawn its two in-state rivals Miami and Florida for the four combined games they have listed on SMW (12.67 million between UF vs. Tennessee, Texas A&M vs. Miami, UF at Utah, and McNeese State at UF).
If you take the highest-rated game each week involving an ACC team aside from FSU, you get NC State at Virginia (1.59 M), Pitt at West Virginia (2.41 M), Texas A&M at Miami (4.02 M), and Clemson at Duke (4.39) you still have 6.95 million less views than what FSU has had in one fewer game.
2 of the top-8 TV viewership games through the first four weeks have featured the Noles, and FSU is one of two teams nationally with multiple games of more than 6 Million viewers this season #NoleFamily | #KeepCLIMBing pic.twitter.com/OTmm5s5nS4
— FSU Football (@FSUFootball) September 26, 2023
College Football TV Ratings - Week 1
9.1M Viewers watched FSU vs LSU
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
ACC officiating mess part 234123512357982891
So for those who don't know, FSU fans regularly prefer SEC officials, even if playing SEC teams because ACC officials are god awful and have a regular bias against FSU. I doubt anybody who reads that believes it, but I'm just to lazy to work to prove it. But I'll provide some links below.
But in the latest.....gaff. ACC school FSU played SEC school UF AT UF with ACC officials. In the beginning of the game UF had a critical 3rd down that was stopped with a sack by FSU safety (#1) and it was flagged.....it perhaps the worst call I've seen in football.
It won't change.....the ACC just doesn't care. It could of cost the ACC a team in the playoffs....they don't care. It's just a failed conference.
I still can’t believe this was an actual flag. One of the worst I have ever witnessed.
— FSU Plays Daily (@FSUplays) November 28, 2023
Props to Mike for losing his shit over this. Also credit to @cbfowler and @KirkHerbstreit for acknowledging how awful that call was.
ACC officials are just completely incompetent across the… pic.twitter.com/2yXBj85spA
https://www.on3.com/boards/threads/dent-tackling-gator-qb-video.1202140/