Article in Sports Economist looks at the breakdown of TV Ratings for P5 Conferences (and BYU) from 2014.
They use a system that uses rated games only (national TV networks) while others include all viewers.
As no surprise, SEC and Big Ten dominate...while somewhat surprising, for rated games, ACC had just 1 team in the Top 25 (FSU's undefeated teams where fans were tuning in to see if the streak continued or if it ended).
Big 12 had just 1 team in the Top 15 (at #15) in rated game TV ratings in 2014.
ACC and even the Big 12 need more viewers...for future conf TV contract negotiations and for their own, yet unplanned, conf TV networks.
Here's the article that breaks down Kansas State PhD's research:
http://thesportseconomist.com/2015/02/09/analyzing-2014-college-football-television-ratings/
Top P5 team TV ratings in 2014 for rated games:
http://www.k-state.edu/economics/staff/websites/kuester/Adjusted Top 25.pdf
(ACC and Big 12 finish either 3rd, 4th or last for data rated games or adjusted data rankings)
They use a system that uses rated games only (national TV networks) while others include all viewers.
As no surprise, SEC and Big Ten dominate...while somewhat surprising, for rated games, ACC had just 1 team in the Top 25 (FSU's undefeated teams where fans were tuning in to see if the streak continued or if it ended).
Big 12 had just 1 team in the Top 15 (at #15) in rated game TV ratings in 2014.
ACC and even the Big 12 need more viewers...for future conf TV contract negotiations and for their own, yet unplanned, conf TV networks.
Here's the article that breaks down Kansas State PhD's research:
http://thesportseconomist.com/2015/02/09/analyzing-2014-college-football-television-ratings/
Top P5 team TV ratings in 2014 for rated games:
http://www.k-state.edu/economics/staff/websites/kuester/Adjusted Top 25.pdf
(ACC and Big 12 finish either 3rd, 4th or last for data rated games or adjusted data rankings)
