Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

Well to assist those of us that love numbers here are some more from a source I don't know and don't know if he is any smarter than the rest of us: (Big 12 in dark high light, ACC & ND in italic high light) Hold on to your pencils here it comes:

College Football Teams TV Viewership Rankings (2015-2019) From Zac Miller 8/12/21 Run it Back With Zac

"Conference championship games and bowl games are not included in these numbers. Games that do not have available data were counted as zero.”

1. Ohio State (5.19M) 2. Alabama (5.09M) 3. Michigan (4.18M) 4. Notre Dame (3.61M) 5. LSU (3.22M) 6. Auburn (3.12M) 7. Georgia (2.91M) 8. Oklahoma (2.90M) 9. Clemson (2.67M) 10. Penn State (2.55M)

11. Florida (2.46M) 12. Wisconsin (2.27M) 13. Texas (2.269M) 14. Florida State (2.23M) 15. Michigan State (2.20M) 16. Southern Cal (1.98M) 17. Texas A&M (1.851M) 18. Tennessee (1.849M) 19. Oklahoma State (1.64M) 20. Mississippi (1.61M)

21. Iowa (1.57M) 22. Nebraska (1.51M) 23. Miami (1.503M) 24. TCU (1.495M) 25. Stanford (1.43M) 26. Oregon (1.34M) 27. Arkansas (1.33M) 28. Washington (1.32M) 29. Mississippi State (1.31M) 30. West Virginia (1.27M)

31. Virginia Tech (1.26M)
32. UCLA (1.25M) 33. Louisville (1.22M) 34. Indiana (1.17M) 35. Baylor (1.12M) 36. South Carolina (1.07M) 37. Navy (1.01M) 38. Texas Tech (921K) 39. Washington State (909K) 40. Northwestern (867K)

41. Utah (856K) 42. Army (825K) 43, Minnesota (803K) 44. Pittsburgh (781K) 45. North Carolina (749K) 46. Iowa State (747K) 47. California (730K) 48. BYU (714K) 49. NC State (703K) 50. Arizona State (695K)

51. Syracuse (694K
) 52. Houston (689K) 53. Kansas State (682K) 54. Maryland (681K) 55. Purdue (620K) 56. Georgia Tech (615K) 57. Missouri (611K) 58. Colorado (610K) 59. Virginia (592K) 60. UCF (566K)

61. Memphis (564K) 62. Arizona (561K) 63. Kentucky (484K) 64. Boise State (476K) 65. Vanderbilt (438K) 66. Cincinnati (430K) 67. Duke (410K) 68. USF (407K) 69. Boston College (403K) 70. Illinois (401K)

71. Wake Forest (398K) 72. Temple (354K) 73. Kansas (346K) 74. Oregon State (295K) 75. Rutgers (266K) 76. Tulsa (265K) 77. SMU (232K) 78. Colorado State (130K) 79. Fresno State (127K) 80. Wyoming (126K)

81. Air Force (121K) 82. New Mexico (97K) 83. Hawaii (94K) 84. East Carolina (82K) Nevada (80K) San Diego State (63K) UNLV (55K) 85. Tulane (42K) 86. San Jose State (30K)

Who you played and where you played makes a difference. Change the opponents and the numbers will change. Take away games against the top 20 above and the team numbers will drop. I have not compared this chart directly to the prior ones from College Sports Info, but the general positioning of the teams seems similar.

Have fun, but don't stay up too late.
 
Well to assist those of us that love numbers here are some more from a source I don't know and don't know if he is any smarter than the rest of us: (Big 12 in dark high light, ACC & ND in italic high light) Hold on to your pencils here it comes:

College Football Teams TV Viewership Rankings (2015-2019) From Zac Miller 8/12/21 Run it Back With Zac

"Conference championship games and bowl games are not included in these numbers. Games that do not have available data were counted as zero.”

1. Ohio State (5.19M) 2. Alabama (5.09M) 3. Michigan (4.18M) 4. Notre Dame (3.61M) 5. LSU (3.22M) 6. Auburn (3.12M) 7. Georgia (2.91M) 8. Oklahoma (2.90M) 9. Clemson (2.67M) 10. Penn State (2.55M)

11. Florida (2.46M) 12. Wisconsin (2.27M) 13. Texas (2.269M) 14. Florida State (2.23M) 15. Michigan State (2.20M) 16. Southern Cal (1.98M) 17. Texas A&M (1.851M) 18. Tennessee (1.849M) 19. Oklahoma State (1.64M) 20. Mississippi (1.61M)

21. Iowa (1.57M) 22. Nebraska (1.51M) 23. Miami (1.503M) 24. TCU (1.495M) 25. Stanford (1.43M) 26. Oregon (1.34M) 27. Arkansas (1.33M) 28. Washington (1.32M) 29. Mississippi State (1.31M) 30. West Virginia (1.27M)

31. Virginia Tech (1.26M)
32. UCLA (1.25M) 33. Louisville (1.22M) 34. Indiana (1.17M) 35. Baylor (1.12M) 36. South Carolina (1.07M) 37. Navy (1.01M) 38. Texas Tech (921K) 39. Washington State (909K) 40. Northwestern (867K)

41. Utah (856K) 42. Army (825K) 43, Minnesota (803K) 44. Pittsburgh (781K) 45. North Carolina (749K) 46. Iowa State (747K) 47. California (730K) 48. BYU (714K) 49. NC State (703K) 50. Arizona State (695K)

51. Syracuse (694K
) 52. Houston (689K) 53. Kansas State (682K) 54. Maryland (681K) 55. Purdue (620K) 56. Georgia Tech (615K) 57. Missouri (611K) 58. Colorado (610K) 59. Virginia (592K) 60. UCF (566K)

61. Memphis (564K) 62. Arizona (561K) 63. Kentucky (484K) 64. Boise State (476K) 65. Vanderbilt (438K) 66. Cincinnati (430K) 67. Duke (410K) 68. USF (407K) 69. Boston College (403K) 70. Illinois (401K)

71. Wake Forest (398K) 72. Temple (354K) 73. Kansas (346K) 74. Oregon State (295K) 75. Rutgers (266K) 76. Tulsa (265K) 77. SMU (232K) 78. Colorado State (130K) 79. Fresno State (127K) 80. Wyoming (126K)

81. Air Force (121K) 82. New Mexico (97K) 83. Hawaii (94K) 84. East Carolina (82K) Nevada (80K) San Diego State (63K) UNLV (55K) 85. Tulane (42K) 86. San Jose State (30K)

Who you played and where you played makes a difference. Change the opponents and the numbers will change. Take away games against the top 20 above and the team numbers will drop. I have not compared this chart directly to the prior ones from College Sports Info, but the general positioning of the teams seems similar.

Have fun, but don't stay up too late.
Don't forget 'when' you played, what 'channel', and how much promotion was done for the game. The media controls viewership. That's not to say there aren't contingencies worthy of more promotion. But, let's face it, these numbers are a by product of win/loss and media exposure.
 
Relegation does not work in college football, where development between the time you are an 18 and 23 year old is a large part of the equation. Imagine working your way to the top of a league, and getting promoted with a senior laden team and having to rely on an inexperienced team the next year after they all graduate.

It is a terrible idea and worse than pods from a discussion standpoint.
 
I also think Oklahoma has a good chance to be a loser in realignment, and I believe it was a good move by Lincoln Riley to take the payday and get out of Norman.

Brent Venables was a good assistant, but I have a feeling he could be Oklahoma's Frank Solich.

Historically, Oklahoma was good due to proximity to Texas in the Big 8. They are slowly undoing the foundation that made them great, and I don't think they have a lot of strategic advantages in the SEC.
People/institutions develop a hubris thinking something inherit in them is making them great but on reality it's confluence of events. eg. Nebraska football, Hoiberg.
 
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At least Iowa State is in the top 50 for viewership numbers. Just need to keep pumping that number up. If and when I go to a game, I'm going to leave the game on at home just to get viewership numbers.
The key there is games where they couldn't find data equaled 0 instead of just not counting the game. Think about cyclonesTV and Longhorn network. We probably had plenty of 0s due to that.
 

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