Ratings Reference

CFP National Championship - Georgia vs TCU

Nielsen average audience: 17,220,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2023-01-09 Monday
Networks
ESPN
17,220,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-08-23

Published figures

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Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
17,220,000
Monday's Georgia-TCU College Football Playoff National Championship averaged an 8.7 rating and 17.22 million viewers Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · superseded
press-attributed · Wikipedia
16,600,000
Nielsen ratings 4.65 (16.6 million viewers) Wikipedia, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Revision ledger

Nielsen full telecast average audience · newest first
2023-01-10
+620,000 vs initial figure
Sports Media Watch
2026-08-23
16,600,000
initial figure · superseded
Wikipedia

College Football 2022 season

Postseason · 3rd of 380 published College Football figures in the 2022 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 22:03 UTC

CFP National Championship by year

2015–2025
Record
33.4M 2015
This telecast
#5 of 5 Panel + Out-of-Home
Years on record
11 2015–2025
Nielsen average audience · one telecast per year
10M20M30M40M2023 · CFP National Championship · 17.2M2015 · CFP National Championship · 33.4M2016 · CFP National Championship · 26.2M2017 · CFP National Championship · 26.0M2018 · CFP National Championship · 28.4M2019 · CFP National Championship · 25.3M2020 · CFP National Championship · 25.6M2021 · CFP National Championship · 18.7M2022 · CFP National Championship · 22.6M2023 · CFP National Championship · 17.2M2024 · CFP National Championship · 25.1M2025 · CFP National Championship · 22.1M20162018202020222024
  • Before Out-of-Homebefore Sept 2020
  • Panel + Out-of-HomeSept 2020 – Sept 2025
11 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 22:03 UTC
Nielsen average audience · one telecast per year
YearTelecastAvg audience
2015CFP National Championship33,400,000
2016CFP National Championship26,180,000
2017CFP National Championship26,030,000
2018CFP National Championship28,440,000
2019CFP National Championship25,280,000
2020CFP National Championship25,590,000
2021CFP National Championship18,710,000
2022CFP National Championship22,600,000
2023CFP National Championship17,220,000
2024CFP National Championship25,050,000
2025CFP National Championship22,100,000

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