Pac12 viewership last 5 years. Cougs #4
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Not that anyone would or should argue otherwise considering all of the wins and bowl games, but another reason Leach was worth every penny and then some.
Conspicuously absent: not a single game on the PAC-12 network is listed, confirming what we already know.
Also noteworthy - only 3 conference teams had their biggest audience in a game against a conference opponent. Only one of those broke 5M viewers.
Only 6 games (cumulative total) surpassed 5M viewers. 5 were bowl or playoff games, the other was the conference championship. Looks like only 6 conference games have ever gone past 4M viewers (and only 2 of those involved an LA team).
The overall viewership over the last several years is going to be a direct function of the number of games each team has played on ESPN (ABC Networks) or Fox. My guess is that if you list the teams in order of the number of games they’ve played on those networks, the order will be about the same.
I love that UCLA is 6 on that list. They never miss a chance to disappoint
The TV deals are structured specifically so that the Pac-12 Networks got the bottom tier games. ESPN and FOX would rotate with the first pick, the other would get the second pick, can't quite remember who got third and/or fourth, and the Pac-12 would get the left overs. A DirecTV deal obviously would have helped.
The channel definitely matters. Someone had posted a list of TV rankings and Boise State was much higher than I expected. Looking at the list, they were on ABC, CBS and ESPN for OOC games and a late season game against Utah State that "mattered". Their other games had trash ratings when on FS1 or similar.
