SpotVault - College Football Championship Ratings, 2002-Present

College Football Championship Games

2002-Present Ratings

Day	Date	Viewers	A18-49	Shr	1	2	3	4	5	6	Net
Th	1/3/2002	21.60	7.9	19	8.4	9.10	8.10	7.60	7.30		ABC
Fr	1/3/2003	29.10	10.7	30							ABC
Su	1/4/2004	23.94	8.7	22	8.0	8.70	9.10	8.10	9.00		ABC
Tu	1/4/2005	21.42	7.4	19	7.4	7.40	8.80	8.90	7.90	7.00	ABC
We	1/4/2006	35.63	12.8	33	7.6	11.50	12.80	13.70	12.40	12.90	ABC
Mo	1/8/2007	28.80	10.6	26	9.2	11.10	11.60				Fox
Mo	1/7/2008	23.07	8.2	21	3.2	8.00	9.20	9.10			Fox
Th	1/8/2009	26.77	9.5	25							Fox
Th	1/7/2010	30.78	10.5	28							ABC
Mo	1/10/2011	27.30	10.1								Cable
Mo	1/9/2012	24.21	8.7								Cable
Mo	1/7/2013	26.38	9.2								Cable
Mo	1/6/2014	25.57	8.7								Cable
Mo	1/12/2015	33.25	11.0								Cable
Mo	1/11/2016	25.67	8.26								Cable
Mo	1/9/2017	24.39	8.00								Cable
Mo	1/8/2018	27.38	8.68								Cable

From 1998-2014, college football used the "Bowl Championship Series" (BCS), a series of one-off bowl matchups ending with one championship game between the top two teams. Through 2006, this final game was part of the rotation of classic bowls (Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, Orange). From 2007-14, the sport added a separate "BCS National Championship Game" that didn't use one of those names (but was played at one of the four sites).

The "College Football Playoff" (CFP) began in 2015, with two semifinal games (#1 vs. #4 and #2 vs. #3) on December 31 or January 1. The finale takes place on a Monday at least a week after the semis.

I'm only including what is available in my 18-49 ratings archive, but total viewership dating back to 1991 can be found at Sports TV Ratings.

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