The following night, Friday’s Peach Bowl between No. 5 Oregon and No. 1 Indiana performed better, averaging 18.0 million viewers and peaking at 21.4 million. Despite the strong showing — making it one of the top-three most-watched Peach Bowls on record — it still dropped 16% (or about 13% in some reports) from the previous year’s Friday semifinal (Texas vs. Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl, 20.9 million, with some sources citing 20.6 million).
This is why citing numbers are down is stupid. It was a top 3 most-watched Peach Bowl. It’s not going to grow every year, not to mention it’s NFL playoffs plus so far from the momentum of the regular season.
I wish the college season would start sooner and then Championship game can be played on New Years. These month long breaks are killer not to mention all the portal and coaching carousel distractions.