For the 5th straight year, the SEC on CBS is the highest-rated regular season college football package on sports television. The games averaged a 4.5 rating with a 10 share. In addition, three SEC on CBS games were the highest-rated college football contests of the 2013 season. Nice bookends for CBS as the SEC Championship between Auburn and Missouri and the season premiere of Alabama and Texas A&M were tied for first place. The Iron Bowl between Auburn and Alabama was the third highest-rated game.
The 4.5/10 number is 15% better than last year’s average of 3.9/9.
In addition, the SEC Championship last Saturday on CBS saw a rating of 8.6/17 and an average of 14.4 million viewers which is very good for college football.
Here’s the CBS press release.
“SEC ON CBS” SCORES HIGHEST RATING OF ANY COLLEGE FOOTBALL TELEVISION PACKAGE FOR FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR
“SEC ON CBS” DELIVERS TOP THREE RATED COLLEGE FOOTBALL BROADCASTS OF 2013 REGULAR SEASONSEC Championship is 2013 Season’s Most-Watched College Football Game-to-Date
CBS Sports’ national coverage of the SEC ON CBS for the 2013 season is the highest-rated regular-season college football package on any network for the fifth consecutive season, averaging a national household rating/share of 4.5/10, up 15% from last year (3.9/9).
The 4.5/10 is the highest average rating for a full season of SEC football on CBS since the Network began airing primarily an SEC-only schedule in 2001.
CBS Sports’ coverage of the SEC ON CBS was highlighted by the top three highest-rated college football telecasts of the 2013 regular-season.
#1 (Tie) – Auburn beating Missouri (8.6/17; 12/7/13; SEC Championship)
#1 (Tie) – Alabama beating Texas A&M (8.6/19; 9/14/13)
#3 – Auburn beating Alabama (8.2/17; 11/30/13)*****
CBS Sports’ national coverage of the SEC Championship game on Saturday, Dec, 7, which saw Auburn defeat Missouri, delivered a national average household rating/share of 8.6/17 and averaged 14.4 million viewers, making it the most-watched college football game of the 2013 regular-season.
The 8.6/17 for Auburn-Missouri is tied for the highest rating for a college football game during the 2013 regular season (Alabama-Texas A&M – 8.6/19; 9/14/13; CBS).
That’s it for now.
