The NFL and college football games aired simultaneously last Saturday, and the NFL won the ratings battle.
Despite the team of 12 College Football Playoffs Although the format made its debut, it did not reach nearly the same viewership as the NFL.
SMU and Penn State aired at noon ET and averaged 6.4 million viewers on the TNT stations.
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell listens to a question during a press conference prior to Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on February 5, 2024 in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
The clashing NFL game, a matchup between Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans, began at 1 p.m. ET and averaged 15.5 million viewers on NBC.
The NFL and college football met again later in the afternoon as Clemson-Texas was in play at 4:00 p.m. ET Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens game began shortly after, at 4:30 p.m. ET.
The Steelers-Ravens game averaged 15.4 million viewers on FOX, while Clemson-Texas drew 8.6 million viewers on TNT.
When the NFL did not compete with the College Football Playoff, ratings for the other two games were significantly higher.
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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce celebrates with quarterback Patrick Mahomes after Mahomes’ touchdown against the Houston Texans at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. (Denny Medley-Imagn Images)
Indiana-Notre Dame, the first game of the new one 12 team formataired Friday night and averaged 13.4 million viewers on ABC/ESPN.
The only game on Saturday that didn’t compete with the NFL went well, as Tennessee and Ohio State averaged 14.3 million viewers on ABC/ESPN.
The overall average of 10.6 million viewers for the first round of the College Football Playoff was higher than all but four college games this season.
College football and the NFL will collide again on Saturday as the NFL has three games against a slate of bowl games spread throughout the day.
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Shedeur Sanders (left) and Travis Hunter of the University of Colorado Buffaloes speak to the media on July 21, 2023 in Las Vegas. (Louis Grasse/Getty Images)
The Los Angeles Chargers and New England Patriots play at 1:00 p.m. ET, the Denver Broncos and Cincinnati Bengals play at 4:30 p.m. ET and the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams play at 8:10 p.m. ET.
One of Saturday’s most notable bowl games comes in at No. 18 Iowa State plays 13th-seeded Miami in the Pop-Tarts Bowl at 3:30 p.m. ET.
Another big game is No. 23 ranked Colorado plays No. 17 BYU in the Alamo Bowl at 7:30 p.m. ET, where top draft prospects Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter are expected to play.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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