Ratings Reference

Pittsburgh Panthers at Michigan State Spartans

Nielsen average audience: 7,650,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2021-12-30 Thursday
Networks
ESPN
7,650,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-08-29

Published figures

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Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
7,650,000
Finally, last Thursday's Michigan State-Pittsburgh Peach Bowl delivered a 4.0 and 7.65 million Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · superseded
press-attributed · Wikipedia
7,600,000
7.6 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
2022-01-05
+50,000 vs initial figure
Sports Media Watch
2026-08-29
7,600,000
initial figure · superseded
Wikipedia

College Football 2021 season

Postseason · 18th 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

3,740,000
2,250,000
2 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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