Schools ranked by average number of TV viewers

Since TV money is behind the realignment, here is each school's average viewers per week for football's regular season. Per the linked article, the numbers next to each school indicate the average number of viewers per week for 2021 12-week season. Note that some schools which are looked down on by many actually pull in more viewers than some 'name' schools. BTW, for the Big 10, the rankings of average TV viewers tracks fairly close to average attendance rankings.

Big10 plus ND

Ohio State — 5.22M
Michigan — 4.74M
Penn State — 3.87M
Michigan State — 2.89M
Notre Dame — 2.84M
Wisconsin — 2.41M
Nebraska — 2.29M
Iowa — 1.64M
Purdue — 1.63M
Minnesota — 1.28M
Indiana — 1.24M
UCLA — 1.18M
Illinois — 1.13M
Southern Cal — 1.11M
Maryland — 971K
Northwestern — 716K
Rutgers — 488K

All schools

Ohio State — 5.22M
Michigan — 4.74M
Alabama — 4.64M
Penn State — 3.87M
Georgia — 3.61M
Oklahoma — 3.46M
Auburn — 3.22M
Michigan State — 2.89M
Notre Dame — 2.84M
Oregon — 2.57M
Wisconsin — 2.41M
Nebraska — 2.29M
Texas — 2.26M
Florida — 2.21M
Arkansas — 2.03M
LSU — 1.90M
Texas A&M — 1.86M
Mississippi — 1.81M
Clemson — 1.74M
Iowa — 1.64M
Purdue — 1.63M
Oklahoma State — 1.58M
Tennessee — 1.51M
Minnesota — 1.28M
Florida State — 1.27M
Indiana — 1.24M
Iowa State — 1.219M
Cincinnati — 1.216M
UCLA — 1.18M
Baylor — 1.16M
Illinois — 1.13M
Southern Cal — 1.11M
Kentucky — 1.08M
Navy — 1.039M
Miami — 1.038M
North Carolina — 1.032M
Utah — 994K
Washington — 985K
Maryland — 971K
West Virginia — 948K
TCU — 907K
BYU — 893K
Mississippi State — 858K
Army — 804K
Texas Tech — 798K
Stanford — 778K
Arizona State — 739K
Northwestern — 716K
Boise State — 657K
Kansas State — 636K
Louisville — 616K
Virginia — 611K
South Carolina — 575K
Pittsburgh — 550K
Kansas — 540K
Wake Forest — 526K
NC State — 525K
Rutgers — 488K
Washington State — 483K
Missouri — 462K
Georgia Tech — 459K
Virginia Tech — 447K
UCF — 407K
Colorado — 366K
Tulsa — 358K
Tulane — 356K
Arizona — 337K
Louisiana — 334K
Oregon State — 321K
South Florida — 303K
East Carolina — 301K
Air Force — 255K
Appalachian State — 241K
Houston — 232K
Coastal Carolina — 223K
California — 222K
Syracuse — 219K
San Diego State — 198K
Memphis — 193K
Western Michigan — 171K
SMU — 164K
UAB — 163K
Northern Illinois — 163K
Boston College — 156K
Hawaii — 139K
Ohio — 130K
Eastern Michigan — 122K
Buffalo — 119K
Kent State — 117K
Temple — 112.7K
Ball State — 112.6K
Western Kentucky — 97K
Utah State — 91K
Akron — 90K
Marshall — 85K
Nevada — 78K
Duke — 64K
UTEP — 63K
Colorado State — 59K
San Jose State — 59K
UTSA — 51.9K
Georgia State — 51.7K
ULM — 50K
Fresno State — 45K
Wyoming — 38K
Vanderbilt — 37K
UNLV — 34K
South Alabama — 26K
New Mexico — 25K
Troy — 24K

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