Ratings Reference

Georgia Bulldogs at Michigan Wolverines

Nielsen average audience: 16,500,000 viewers (final), per Wikipedia.

Aired
2021-12-31 Friday
Networks
ESPN
16,500,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2026-08-29

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Wikipedia
16,500,000
16.5 Wikipedia, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

College Football 2021 season

Postseason · 4th of 361 published College Football figures in the 2021 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 20:39 UTC

Prior-season windows

2021-01-01 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
19,150,000
18,890,000
2021-01-01 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
8,720,000
3 windows sit the same distance from 52 weeks earlier; the site does not pick one, so no percent is computed.
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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