Dec 30, 2024; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes and Oregon Geese helmets with the Faculty Soccer Playoff (CFP) emblem on the Massive Ten Community stage throughout Rose Bowl media day at Sheraton Grand LA. Necessary Credit score: Kirby Lee-Imagn Photos The brand new-look Faculty Soccer Playoff had a median of 16.9 million viewers tune into the quarterfinals on ESPN platforms, a 59 % soar from the ten.6 million who watched the first-round video games.
In its first 12 months with a 12-team subject, the CFP has generated loads of buzz. Probably the most-watched quarterfinal was the Rose Bowl, eighth-seeded Ohio State’s 41-21 drubbing of No. 1 seed Oregon, which averaged 21.1 million viewers.
Nonetheless, final 12 months’s Rose Bowl — which was a semifinal recreation as a result of four-team subject underneath the CFP’s earlier format — had a bigger viewers. A mean of 27.2 million viewers watched Michigan, the No. 1 seed, edge Alabama, the No. 4 seed, 27-20 in additional time.
On this season’s Peach Bowl, fifth-seeded Texas outlasted fourth-seeded Arizona State for a 39-31 victory in double additional time whereas drawing a median of 17.3 million viewers. The Sugar Bowl introduced in a median of 15.8 million viewers, even after it needed to be postponed from Wednesday to Thursday due to a home terrorist assault in New Orleans that killed 14 individuals.
No. 7 seed Notre Dame beat No. 2 seed Georgia 23-10 within the Sugar Bowl.
Sixth-seeded Penn State’s 31-14 win over No. 3 seed Boise State within the Fiesta Bowl was the least-watched quarterfinal, with a median of 13.8 million viewers.
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