Tuesday, February 7, 2023

FSU Brand: TV Ratings & Youtube Numbers

 Which college football programs were the most-watched in 2022?

  1. Ohio State — 5.80M
  2. Alabama — 5.11M
  3. Michigan — 4.37M
  4. Tennessee — 4.13M
  5. Georgia — 3.50M
  6. Notre Dame — 3.30M
  7. LSU — 3.22M
  8. Texas — 3.06M
  9. Penn State — 3.05M
  10. Clemson — 2.59M
  11. Florida — 2.57M
  12. Oregon — 2.21M
  13. TCU — 2.20M
  14. Southern Cal — 2.07M
  15. Florida State — 2.03M







Florida State's massive TV appeal




Because, brother, when FSU is good, this program is maybe not a cash cow for the ACC (because this league doesn’t have those types of cows), but it is an absolute ratings monster that would be coveted, and I do mean coveted, in the open market.

So much so that Florida State definitely should be appreciated by its own conference — and almost catered to — considering the revenue and ratings it brings to the ACC, when the schedule is created.

Against LSU, the ‘Noles had the third-most watched opening week Sunday game in college football history. Against Louisville, the Seminoles had the second-most watched Friday night game in the last five years.

Against Florida, they had the most watched Friday night game on ABC since 2005. And against Oklahoma, on a Thursday night when an NFL game was also on, the Seminoles had the most watched bowl game of December (not counting playoff games, obviously).

People’s viewing habits are changing. Dramatically. And with streaming services perhaps being the future of sports-watching in this country (the NFL Sunday Ticket is moving to YouTube), I thought it was telling just what kind of viewership FSU is getting on this platform.

So, I focused on the ACC Digital Network’s condensed games.

These videos really are a wonderful way to go back and watch your favorite team in action. It’s not every play of the entire game, but it’s close, and it cuts out all the dead time from an actual broadcast. Most run in the neighborhood of 20 to 25 minutes.

I know I have given the ACC Network a lot of grief in recent years — haven’t we all? — but these condensed games are great, and not every conference does them. So, good work, Greensboro! Or Charlotte! Or wherever the headquarters are these days.

Anyway, back to the point.

In December, a few days before the Florida State bowl game against Oklahoma, I went back and counted the viewership of every single ACC condensed football game of 2022. Every. Single. One.

Here were the results:

Florida State tallied 1.661 million views.

The next closest? Clemson. At 987,000.

Third was Miami at 874,000. And North Carolina was fourth, right at 500,000.

The rest of the numbers broke down like this: Louisville (490K), Syracuse (459K), Georgia Tech (444K), Pitt (404K), N.C. State (369K), Wake Forest (288K), Virginia Tech (240K), Duke (240K), Boston College (223K) and Virginia (185K).

Now, to be fair, not every one of these teams had a condensed game every week, so if you want go just by average viewership for their condensed games, I did that, too.

Florida State averaged 138,417 views per condensed game. Clemson was second at 89,727. Duke was last at 24,000. Everyone else was in the middle, with none of them close to FSU.

Not. Close.

https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2023/02/most-watched-2022-cfb-teams.html

According to an article posted on medium.com, these are "the average number of viewers per week" for 2022 regular season (but with zeroes for non-rated games, which really brings down the average!).


TeamVwrsper 100K viewers
Ohio State5,800,000**********************************************************
Alabama5,110,000***************************************************
Michigan4,370,000********************************************
Tennessee4,130,000*****************************************
Georgia3,500,000***********************************
Notre Dame3,300,000*********************************
LSU3,220,000********************************
Texas3,060,000*******************************
Penn State3,050,000*******************************
Clemson2,590,000**************************
Florida2,570,000**************************
Oregon2,210,000**********************
TCU2,200,000**********************
Southern Cal2,070,000*********************
Florida State2,030,000********************
Nebraska1,980,000********************
Michigan St1,910,000*******************
Texas A&M1,870,000*******************
Maryland1,864,000*******************
Auburn1,863,000*******************
Arkansas1,800,000******************
Mississippi1,753,000******************
Oklahoma1,748,000*****************
Oklahoma St1,680,000*****************
UCLA1,591,000****************
Wisconsin1,587,000****************
Iowa1,500,000***************
Kentucky1,350,000**************
Baylor1,320,000*************
Kansas State1,230,000************
Indiana1,190,000************
Illinois1,170,000************
Utah1,160,000************
Washington1,150,000************
Northwestern1,130,000***********
Mississippi St1,100,000***********
Minnesota1,050,000***********
BYU997,000**********
S. Carolina990,000**********
Navy976,000**********
Washington St907,000*********
Iowa State882,000*********
NC State881,000*********
Purdue870,000*********
California857,000*********
N. Carolina849,000********
Stanford846,000********
Syracuse841,000********
Georgia Tech837,000********
Missouri793,000********
W. Virginia774,000********
Kansas732,000*******
Army681,000*******
Texas Tech680,000*******
Cincinnati653,000*******
Pittsburgh650,000*******
Oregon State625,000******
Rutgers618,000******
Miami FL608,000******
Wake Forest523,000*****
UCF510,000*****
Arizona506,000*****
Louisville496,000*****
Colorado St386,000****
Tulane354,000****
Boise State353,000****
Colorado352,900****
Air Force326,000***
Utah State324,000***
Boston College322,000***
Arizona State314,000***
SMU312,000***
Toledo306,000***
E. Carolina305,000***
Appalachian St298,000***
Virginia Tech264,000***
Marshall262,000***
Houston242,000**
Virginia237,000**
Fresno State220,000**
Ohio214,000**
Connecticut212,000**
San Diego St198,000**
W. Michigan174,000**
Memphis165,000**
Tulsa162,000**
Wyoming154,000**
C. Michigan130,000*
Ga. Southern125,000*
Nevada116,400*
Duke115,700*
UTEP102,000*
Temple92,000*
New Mexico St86,000*
South Florida80,800*
Coastal Carolina80,600*
Louisiana78,000*
UAB71,000*
Arkansas St69,000*
Buffalo67,000*
Bowling Green63,000*
Ball State61,000*
Kent State60,000*
Georgia State55,000*
San Jose State53,000*
Miami OH49,000
N. Illinois46,000
Hawaii43,000
E. Michigan33,000
Akron31,000
Old Dominion28,000
Texas State18,400
New Mexico17,500
Southern Miss16,000
Charlotte14,800
W. Kentucky13,800
Florida Atlantic12,000
Louisiana Tech10,000
James Madison9,000
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