CFP First round - Ohio State vs Tennessee
Nielsen average audience: 14,680,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2024-12-21 Saturday
- Teams
- Ohio State · Tennessee
14,680,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2024-12-23
Published figures
JSONNielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
14,680,000
… led by Tennessee-Ohio State at a 7.1 rating and 14.68 million across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU — the second-largest audience of the season …Sports Media Watch, verbatim
14,300,000
According to Nielsen's fast national measurements, as reported by ESPN, Saturday night's Tennessee-Ohio State first round College Football Playoff matchup averaged 14.3 million viewersAwful Announcing, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
combined counts all networks and streams · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
combined counts all networks and streams · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
College Football 2024 season
Postseason · 8th of 467 published College Football figures in the 2024 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 20:39 UTC
Prior-season windows
2023-12-23 · ABC · ESPN+ · Nielsen, final · Wikipedia
3,090,000
2023-12-23 · ABC · ESPN+ · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
2,670,000
2023-12-23 · ABC · ESPN+ · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
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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 ABC, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ABC, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
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