The TV ratings proved views were interested. Each of the four games averaged 10.6 million viewers. That’s more than the four the non-CFP New Year’s bowls after the 2023 season averaged (8.14 million), and also topped the average for this year’s four major conference championship games (10 million).

The recent combative conversations concerning the first-round of the new college football playoff format has been interesting. Many thought expanding from four to a dozen participants would quell the strife.

College football's 12-team playoff rollout was spoiled by the NFL, with the Texans-Chiefs getting 15.5 million viewers while the SMU-Penn State game averaged 6.4 million. The Steelers-Ravens game drew 15.

The Boston College Eagles football program is not known for producing the most NFL players. However, the program has multiple alumni that are playing and succeeding at the next level. Currently, there are 16 former Eagles rostered on 12 different NFL teams and range from active to practice squad.

A pair of Saturday NFL games drew a larger viewing audience than college football for the rollout of the sport's 12-team playoff. The playoff game between SMU and Penn State averaged 6.4 million viewers on TNT networks,

Saturdays for college football and Sundays for NFL football. But the latest ratings report suggests that the NFL is more than capable of beating college football on its own day. On Saturday, NBC broadcast the midday matchup between the Houston