The television numbers are in for last night’s College Football Playoff semifinals and they have exceeded what ESPN could have wanted.
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So far, so good for the College Football Playoff. The two bowl games from yesterday drew the highest non-championship television ratings is ESPNs’ history.
. @CFBPlayoff Semis post highest overnight ratings ever for non-championship game on ESPN and ABC: Rose 15.5; Sugar 15.3.
— Keri Potts (@MsPotts_ATL) January 2, 2015
The late afternoon kickoff for the Rose Bowl between Florida State and Oregon turned out to be a perfect time for the game, with fans kicking back and relaxing throughout the afternoon to watch the game.
The Sugar Bowl between Ohio State and Alabama — which actually was a better game — turned in the lower performance of the two games, possibly because of the late start time. The game did not wrap up until after midnight on the East Coast.
With such impressive numbers, we can put the talk of oversaturation with an abundance of college football bowl games to rest, because the people were tuning in to see who would reach the championship.
Oregon and Ohio State were the two teams who came out on top, but we will have to wait until Monday, January 12 to see who will hoist the inaugural College Football Playoff championship trophy.
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