The NFL and school soccer had video games airing on the identical time final Saturday, and the NFL received the rankings struggle.
Despite the 12-team College Football Playoff format making its debut, it didn’t get practically the identical viewership the NFL did.
SMU and Penn State aired at 12 p.m. ET and averaged 6.4 million viewers on the TNT networks.
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell listens to a query throughout a information convention forward of Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on Feb. 5, 2024 in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
The clashing NFL recreation, a matchup between Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans, started at 1 p.m. ET and averaged 15.5 million viewers on NBC.
The NFL and school soccer clashed once more later within the afternoon, as Clemson-Texas was on at 4 p.m. ET whereas the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens recreation started shortly after, at 4:30 p.m. ET.
The Steelers-Ravens matchup averaged 15.4 million viewers on FOX, whereas Clemson-Texas drew 8.6 million viewers on TNT.
When the NFL wasn’t competing with the College Football Playoffs, the rankings have been method up for the opposite two video games.
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Kansas City Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce celebrates with quarterback Patrick Mahomes after Mahomes’ landing towards the Houston Texans at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. (Denny Medley-Imagn Images)
Indiana-Notre Dame, the primary recreation of the brand new 12-team format, aired on Friday night time, and averaged 13.4 million viewers on ABC/ESPN.
The lone recreation on Saturday that wasn’t competing with the NFL did properly, as Tennessee and Ohio State averaged 14.3 million viewers on ABC/ESPN.
The total common of 10.6 million viewers for the primary spherical of the College Football Playoffs was larger than all however 4 school video games this season.
College soccer and the NFL will conflict once more on Saturday, because the NFL has three video games all through the day towards a slate of bowl video games.
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Shedeur Sanders, left, and Travis Hunter of the University of Colorado Buffaloes converse with the media on July 21, 2023, in Las Vegas. (Louis Grasse/Getty Images)
The Los Angeles Chargers and New England Patriots play at 1 p.m. ET, the Denver Broncos and Cincinnati Bengals play at 4:30 p.m. ET, and the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams play at 8:10 p.m. ET.
One of the notable bowl video games on Saturday is No. 18 ranked Iowa State enjoying No. 13 ranked Miami within the Pop-Tarts Bowl at 3:30 p.m. ET.
Another huge recreation is No. 23 ranked Colorado enjoying No. 17 ranked BYU within the Alamo Bowl at 7:30 p.m. ET, the place high draft prospects Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter are anticipated to play.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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