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Georgia’s obliteration of TCU leads to lowest ratings in college football title game history

Georgia’s obliteration of TCU leads to lowest ratings in college football title game history

It appears fans did not feel like watching most of Monday’s College Football Playoff title game between Georgia and TCU, and it’s difficult to blame them. The 65-7 show of force from Georgia on its way to a second consecutive national championship drew only 17.223 million viewers for ESPN’s family of channels, according to Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal. That number reportedly makes the Bulldogs’ win the least-watched college football title game since the beginning of the BCS in… Source link

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Yahoo Sports’ way-too-early college football Top 25 rankings for 2023

Yahoo Sports’ way-too-early college football Top 25 rankings for 2023

Now that the 2022 college football season is over, it’s already time to start looking ahead to 2023. As always, this is simply a first look. Things are going to change. And this is for entertainment purposes only. We’ll have a better idea of what teams will look like over the next few weeks as players declare for the NFL draft before the Jan. 16 early entry deadline and coaches continue to add transfers and finalize their recruiting classes in February. Even with that said, it’s time to make… Source link

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Predicting the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season

Predicting the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season

The first College Football Playoff rankings are just days away. We’ll get our first glimpse of the committee’s thinking on Tuesday when it releases its top 25 for the first time. And we’re fascinated to see how the committee ranks the top teams. There are six undefeated teams through the first nine weeks of the season while one-loss teams like Alabama, Oregon and USC also have viable paths to the playoff if they win out. Here’s our best guess at what the top 10 will look like in Tuesday’s… Source link

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Could we have two semifinal rematches in the College Football Playoff?

Could we have two semifinal rematches in the College Football Playoff?

The semifinals of the College Football Playoff could look very familiar on New Year’s Eve. Four of the teams currently in the top five of the AP Top 25 made a playoff appearance in either 2020 or 2021. And while any of those five teams could easily make the playoff, we’re picking those teams with playoff experience to make the playoff field at the end of 2022 in our first set of bowl projections. Georgia is our provisional No. 1 seed as the Bulldogs can solidify their status as the top… Source link

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