ESPN sees lowest CFP ratings ever
Two lopsided semifinals games on New Year's Eve led to the lowest ratings ESPN has seen during the College Football Playoff era.
ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU averaged 16.9 million viewers for Alabama's 27-6 win over Cincinnati and Georgia's 34-11 rout over Michigan on Friday, per the Sports Business Journal. That's below the previous low of 17 million in 2016 -- the most recent time the semifinals were staged on New Year's Eve.