ESPN kicked off the year on a high note with impressive audiences tuning in to watch Monday’s showdowns for a spot in the College Football National Championship games.
The Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl collectively averaged 22.6M viewers, according to Nielsen data. That makes it the most-watched semifinals in six years, when those matchups managed an audience of 24M in the 2017 postseason.
Michigan and Alabama scored the larger of the two audiences, with 27.2M tuning in for the nail biter that sent Michigan to the National Championship game in overtime.
That’s the best semi-final audience since the creation of the CFP in 2014. It’s also the best audience for a non-NFL sporting event since 2018.
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