College Bowl Game TV Ratings & Attendance (UPDATED)
College Bowl Game TV Ratings & Attendance
Friday, December 20th
Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl
Buffalo 31, Charlotte 9
Attendance: 13,547
TV Rating: 0.74 mil (avg)
Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl
Utah State 51, Kent State 41
Attendance: 12,120
TV Rating: 1.25 mil (avg)
Saturday, December 21st
New Mexico Bowl
San Diego State 48, Central Michigan 11
Attendance: 18,823
TV Rating: 0.80 mil (avg)
Celebration Bowl
North Carolina A&T 64, Alcorn St. 44
Attendance: 32,968
TV Rating: 1.81 mil (avg)
Cure Bowl
Liberty 23, Georgia Southern 16
Attendance: 18,158
TV Rating: N/A*
Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl
FAU 52, SMU 28
Attendance: 23,187
TV Rating: 1.99 mil (avg)
Camellia Bowl
Arkansas State 34, FIU 26
Attendance: 16,209
TV Rating: 0.69 mil (avg)
Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl
Washington 38, Boise State 7
Attendance: 34,197
TV Rating: 2.64 mil (avg)
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Appalachian State 31, UAB 17
Attendance: 21,202
TV Rating: 0.96 mil (avg)
Monday, December 23rd
Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl
UCF 48, Marshall 25
Attendance: 28,987
TV Rating: 1.15 mil (avg)
Tuesday, December 24th
SoFi Hawai’i Bowl
Hawaii 38, BYU 34
Attendance: 21,582
TV Rating: 2.43 mil (avg)
Thursday, December 26th
Walk-On’s Independence Bowl
Louisiana Tech 14, Miami 0
Attendance: 33,129
TV Rating: 2.37 mil (avg)
Quick Lane Bowl
Pittsburgh 34, Eastern Michigan 30
Attendance: 34,765
TV Rating: 3.05 mil (avg)
Friday, December 27th
Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman
North Carolina 55, Temple 13
Attendance: 24,242
TV Rating: 2.01 mil (avg)
New Era Pinstripe Bowl
Michigan State 27, Wake Forest 21
Attendance: 36,895
TV Rating: 3.78 mil (avg)
Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl
Texas A&M 24, Oklahoma State 21
Attendance: 68,415
TV Rating: 4.89 mil (avg)
San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl
Iowa 49, USC 24
Attendance: 50,123
TV Rating: 2.5o mil (avg)
Cheez-It Bowl
Air Force 31, Washington State 21
Attendance: 34,105
TV Rating: 2.62 mil (avg)
Saturday, December 28th
Camping World Bowl
Notre Dame 33, Iowa State 9
Attendance: 46,948
TV Rating: 4.17 mil (avg)
Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
Penn State 53, Memphis 39
Attendance: 54,828
TV Rating: 6.22 mil (avg)
College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
LSU 63, Oklahoma 28
Attendance: 78,347
TV Rating: 17.2 mil (avg)
College Football Playoff Semifinal at the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl
Clemson 29, Ohio State 23
Attendance: 71,330
TV Rating: 20.39 mil (avg)
Monday, December 30th
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
Western Kentucky 23, Western Michigan 20
Attendance: 13,164
TV Rating: 1.29 mil (avg)
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
Louisville 38, Mississippi State 28
Attendance: 46,850
TV Rating: 2.20 mil (avg)
Redbox Bowl
California 35, Illinois 20
Attendance: 34,177
TV Rating: 1.87 mil (avg)
Capital One Orange Bowl
Florida 36, Virginia 28
Attendance: 65,157
TV Rating: 6.07 mil (avg)
Tuesday, December 31st
Belk Bowl
Kentucky 37, Virginia Tech 30
Attendance: 44,138
TV Rating: 2.62 mil (avg)
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl
Arizona State 20, Florida State 14
Attendance: 42,412
TV Rating: 3.17 mil (avg)
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Navy 20, Kansas State 17
Attendance: 50,515
TV Rating: 3.33 mil (avg)
NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl
Wyoming 38, Georgia State 17
Attendance: 36,892
TV Rating: N/A*
Valero Alamo Bowl
Texas 38, Utah 10
Attendance: 60,147
TV Rating: 5.61 mil (avg)
Wednesday, January 1st
Vrbo Citrus Bowl
Alabama 35, Michigan 16
Attendance: 59,746
TV Rating: 14.00 mil (avg)
Outback Bowl
Minnesota 31, Auburn 24
Attendance: 45,652
TV Rating: 3.99 mil (avg)
Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual
Oregon 28, Wisconsin 27
Attendance: 91,136
TV Rating: 16.30 mil (avg)
Allstate Sugar Bowl
Georgia 26, Baylor 14
Attendance: 55,211
TV Rating: 10.22 mil (avg)
Thursday, January 2nd
TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl
Cincinnati 38, Boston College 6
Attendance: 27,193
TV Rating: 1.59 mil (avg)
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
Tennessee 23, Indiana 22
Attendance: 61,789
TV Rating: 4.32 mil (avg)
Friday, January 3rd
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Ohio 30, Nevada 21
Attendance: 13,611
TV Rating: 1.36 mil (avg)
Saturday, January 4th
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Tulane 30, Southern Mississippi 13
Attendance: 38,513
TV Rating: 1.74 mil (avg)
Monday, January 6th
LendingTree Bowl
Louisiana 27, Miami (OH) 17
Attendance: 29,212
TV Rating: 1.45 mil (avg)
Monday, January 13th
CFP National Championship
LSU 42, Clemson 25
Attendance: 76,885
TV Rating: 25.00 mil (avg)
*CBS Sports Network is not Nielsen rated
-(TV ratings via Showbuzz Daily & Sports Media Watch)
-(Attendance figures via ESPN)
-(Featured image via Phil Roeder [CC BY-SA 2.0], from Flickr)