College Football Bowl Games Ranked By TV Viewers

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This year’s bowl season was fantastic. From a great CFP semifinal game between Clemson and Ohio State to a surprisingly entertaining Belk Bowl, there was plenty of excitement to go around and a lot of people watching. Here, we have gathered the TV ratings for every bowl game and ranked them from most viewers to the least viewers.

Bowl Game TV Rating Rankings

  1. CFP Championship Game — (25.00 mil)
  2. CFP Semifinal — PlayStation Fiesta Bowl (20.39 mil)
  3. CFP Semifinal — Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (17.20 mil)
  4. Rose Bowl Game by Northwestern Mutual (16.30 mil)
  5. Vrbo Citrus Bowl (14.00 mil)
  6. Allstate Sugar Bowl (10.22 mil)
  7. Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (6.22 mil)
  8. Capital One Orange Bowl (6.07 mil)
  9. Valero Alamo Bowl (5.61 mil)
  10. Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl (4.89 mil)
  11. TaxSlayer Gator Bowl (4.32 mil)
  12. Camping World Bowl (4.17 mil)
  13. Outback Bowl (3.99 mil)
  14. New Era Pinstripe Bowl (3.78 mil)
  15. AutoZone Liberty Bowl (3.33 mil)
  16. Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl (3.17 mil)
  17. Quick Lane Bowl (3.05 mil)
  18. Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl (2.64 mil)
  19. Belk Bowl (2.62 mil)
  20. Cheez-It Bowl (2.62 mil)
  21. San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl (2.50 mil)
  22. SoFi Hawai’i Bowl (2.43 mil)
  23. Walk-On’s Independence Bowl (2.37 mil)
  24. Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl (2.20 mil)
  25. Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman (2.01 mil)
  26. Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl (1.99 mil)
  27. Redbox Bowl (1.87 mil)
  28. Celebration Bowl (1.81 mil)
  29. Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (1.74 mil)
  30. TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl (1.59 mil)
  31. LendingTree Bowl (1.45 mil)
  32. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (1.36 mil)
  33. SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (1.29 mil)
  34. Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl (1.25 mil)
  35. Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl (1.15 mil)
  36. R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (0.96 mil)
  37. New Mexico Bowl (0.80 mil)
  38. Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl (0.74 mil)
  39. Camellia Bowl (0.69 mil)

Scores, participants, and attendance figures for each bowl game can be found here.

  • Note: TV ratings for Cure Bowl and NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl unavailable.
  • Note: Posted before national title game.
  • Note: All ratings are an average.

(Ratings courtesy of Showbuzz Daily & Sports Media Watch)