I stopped tracking this for a while, but I decided to catch up.
I'm doing this for fun to get a sense of how contracts and realignment might shake out for the power conferences. No, it's not a perfect measure and I'm sure there is much more that goes into these TV decisions than just raw viewers.
Source: https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/
2021 Total TV Viewership per Conference:
Per Team Average (total viewers for each conference divided by # of members):
2021 Top 10 Watched Games:
Big 12 In Review:
I'm doing this for fun to get a sense of how contracts and realignment might shake out for the power conferences. No, it's not a perfect measure and I'm sure there is much more that goes into these TV decisions than just raw viewers.
Source: https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/
2021 Total TV Viewership per Conference:
| Row Labels | Sum of Viewers/game |
| ACC | 61,380,000.00 |
| B1G | 156,432,000.00 |
| Big 12 | 69,017,000.00 |
| PAC | 60,792,000.00 |
| SEC | 138,514,000.00 |
Per Team Average (total viewers for each conference divided by # of members):
| Conference | Per Team AVG |
| ACC | 4,384,285.71 |
| B1G | 11,173,714.29 |
| Big 12 | 6,901,700.00 |
| PAC | 5,066,000.00 |
| SEC | 9,893,857.14 |
2021 Top 10 Watched Games:
| Week | Away/Home | Viewers/game |
| Week 9 | MICH/MSU | 9,289,000.00 |
| Week 1 | UGA/CLEM | 8,863,000.00 |
| Week 6 | ALA/TAMU | 8,334,000.00 |
| Week 3 | ALA/UF | 7,863,000.00 |
| Week 1 | ND/FSU | 7,751,000.00 |
| Week 2 | OREG/OSU | 7,730,000.00 |
| Week 3 | AUB/PSU | 7,606,000.00 |
| Week 9 | PSU/OSU | 7,051,000.00 |
| Week 6 | PSU/IOWA | 6,904,000.00 |
| Week 7 | UK/UGA | 6,369,000.00 |
Big 12 In Review:
| Leaving Big 12? | Sum of Viewers/game | Percentage |
| No | 23,996,000.00 | 34.77% |
| Yes | 45,021,000.00 | 65.23% |
| Grand Total | 69,017,000.00 | 100.00% |
