The stars like LSU too.

Tinker

Wow! It seems to really make some people very mad that the LSU Tiger football program is recruiting so many good 5 star High School Football payers this year. I heard this one guy say on the radio that one of LSU five star recruits should be ashamed of himself for choosing LSU. And the twisted expression of surprise that LSU is getting from some TV sports program personalities, is beginning to really be something to see. That the big strong better 5 star High school lineman are choosing LSU is getting them down.

Funny how if Alabama, Georgia, Florida, USC, Ohio State, Notre Dame don't get the better recruit that the media feel cheated somehow. Everything is a big TV viewing market to them for sure. And all the other University's recruiting college football players are just incidental to the ESPN favorite TV market wise guys.

Well if the LSU Tiger don't get the big High School Football Stars then I hope all of the rest go play football for Tulane, or all the other never talked about college football teams around the country, and make the TV wise guys cry some more.

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Top College Football Teams by TV Ratings

By cuppycup   

There are 12 SEC teams in the Top 25, including 7 teams in the Top 10. Unsurprisingly, Alabama is king of the mountain. SEC newbies Texas A&M and Missouri are ranked 2nd and 22nd respectively. Their rival Big 12 schools Texas (27) and Kansas (73) did not crack the Top 25. Big 12 replacements TCU and West Virginia ranked 48th and 51st.

Ratings include only games on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and FOX Sports 1. Data for other networks are unavailable (e.g., Big Ten Network, Pac-12 Network, Longhorn Network), and this boosts averages for teams playing on those networks since ratings are generally low (see Longhorn Network).

Some teams benefit from having a low number of rated games since only their most attractive matchups are picked up by top TV stations (e.g., Northwestern ranked #16 with only 5 rated games due to opponents like Ohio State driving ratings).

Individual game data was collected from Sports Media Watch. Only teams with 3 or more rated games are included in the list.

12/7/2013 Table Update after final viewer numbers for Week 14 were posted

Rank	Team	Avg Viewers	Avg Rating	# of Rated Gms
1	Alabama	6,465,000	3.9	10
2	Texas A&M	5,263,900	3.3	10
3	Michigan	5,257,381	3.3	7
4	Georgia	4,832,300	3.0	10
5	LSU	4,531,818	2.7	11
6	Ohio State	4,374,500	2.7	10
7	Auburn	4,201,667	2.5	9
8	Notre Dame	3,906,364	2.5	11
9	South Carolina	3,499,875	2.2	8
10	Florida	3,369,583	2.1	8
11	Nebraska	3,240,833	2.1	6
12	Tennessee	3,082,630	2.0	9
13	FSU	3,011,727	1.9	11
14	Clemson	2,970,417	1.8	10
15	Stanford	2,885,056	1.8	9
16	Northwestern	2,684,300	1.7	5
17	Wisconsin	2,671,278	1.7	9
18	Penn State	2,652,000	1.7	6
19	Oklahoma	2,640,455	1.7	11
20	Mississippi State	2,607,429	1.6	7
21	Mississippi	2,536,750	1.5	8
22	Missouri	2,511,714	1.6	7
23	Michigan State	2,502,750	1.7	8
24	Arkansas	2,485,000	1.5	6
25	Oregon	2,372,350	1.5	10
26	North Carolina	2,244,500	1.5	4
27	Texas	2,239,875	1.4	8
28	UCLA	2,235,650	1.4	10
29	USC	2,205,000	1.4	8
30	Purdue	2,203,500	1.5	4
31	Arizona State	2,199,333	1.4	6
32	Iowa	2,171,250	1.4	6
33	Oklahoma State	2,125,958	1.3	8
34	Vanderbilt	2,120,000	1.4	4
35	Miami	2,095,300	1.3	11
36	Pittsburgh	2,074,000	1.3	5
37	Texas Tech	1,919,300	1.2	10
38	Boston College	1,734,125	1.2	4
39	UCF	1,679,600	1.1	5
40	Baylor	1,664,111	1.0	9
41	Illinois	1,627,600	1.1	5
42	Minnesota	1,616,524	1.1	7
43	Arizona	1,601,375	1.0	4
44	Virginia Tech	1,556,111	1.0	9
45	Georgia Tech	1,496,000	1.0	8
46	Washington	1,457,750	0.9	8
47	Louisville	1,416,143	1.0	7
48	TCU	1,352,125	0.9	8
49	Kentucky	1,323,857	0.8	7
50	Oregon State	1,278,286	0.8	7
51	West Virginia	1,271,200	0.8	10
52	BYU	1,245,000	0.8	8
53	Indiana	1,191,875	0.8	4
54	Boise State	1,189,429	0.8	7
55	Maryland	1,150,200	0.7	5
56	San Diego State	1,134,250	0.7	4
57	Kansas State	1,058,167	0.7	10
58	Washington State	1,025,500	0.6	8
59	UConn	1,013,250	0.6	4
60	Cal	986,000	0.7	8
61	Rutgers	917,000	0.7	5
62	Virginia	883,500	0.6	6
63	SMU	881,750	0.6	4
64	Fresno State	863,800	0.5	5
65	USF	852,000	0.6	5
66	Air Force	849,000	0.6	5
67	Wake Forest	758,833	0.5	6
68	Utah	662,000	0.4	5
69	Iowa State	644,000	0.4	9
70	Nevada	644,000	0.4	4
71	Buffalo	585,800	0.4	5
72	San Jose State	569,750	0.4	4
73	Kansas	564,571	0.4	7
74	Houston	558,500	0.4	4
75	Duke	547,667	0.4	6
76	Cincinnati	449,200	0.3	5
77	UL-Lafayette	409,750	0.3	4
78	Tulsa	355,200	0.2	5
79	Bowling Green	182,250	0.1	4
80	Troy	145,500	0.1	4

Conference TV Ratings

The SEC has the strongest TV viewership in college football. The distance between the SEC and runner-up Big 10 is substantial, and another wide gap exists between the Big 10 and other major conferences. Remember that each conference game counts twice so "a rising tide lifts all boats," especially a Crimson one.

Rank	Conference	Avg Viewers	Avg Rating	# of Rated Gms
1	SEC	3,593,577	2.2	115
2	Big 10	2,706,934	1.7	78
3	ACC	1,895,508	1.2	85
4	Pac-12	1,814,430	1.1	72
5	Big 12	1,577,781	1.0	90
6	AAC	1,148,886	0.8	44
7	MWC	1,000,433	0.6	46
8	C-USA	853,450	0.5	37
9	MAC	764,219	0.5	32
10	Sun Belt	630,265	0.4	17

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