The audience for Monday’s nail-biting College Football Playoff National Championship was huge. How could it not be? Clemson beat Alabama 35-31 in the very final second. It’s already being called one of the most memorable college games ever.
Sure enough, more than 26 million total viewers tuned in on various ESPN streaming and TV platforms, the network has reported. That includes ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.
But – wait, what? – that was actually down 3 percent compared with last year’s championship game between the same two teams (26.7 million).
What can we say? Ratings are funny things. But it should be pointed out that last year’s Clemson-Bama game was also a heart-pounder.