David Barron released the Houston Area Bowl Ratings. Las Vegas Bowl came in fifth overall:
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Owing to the absence of the University of Houston from the mix, Houston ratings were down for the New Year’s Six bowl games on ESPN. The six games in Houston averaged a 6.7 Nielsen rating with a 13 share with an average audience of 302,500 viewers, down from 8.7/18 with 316,667 viewers on average in 2015.
BOWL RATINGS
2016 college football bowl viewership in Houston, based on information from the Nielsen Co.:
Bowl Teams Date Ch. Rating Viewers
Peach Alabama 24, Washington 7 12/31 ESPN 11.3/23 438,000
Fiesta Clemson 31, Ohio State 0 12/31 ESPN 9.2/18 418,000
Texas Kansas State 33, Texas A&M 28 12/28 ESPN 7.7/14 296,000
Sugar Oklahoma 35, Auburn 19 1/2 ESPN 7.5/12 257,000
Las Vegas San Diego State 34, Houston 10 12/17 13 7.3/18 255,000
Citrus LSU 29, Louisville 9 12/31 13 7.7/17 249,000
Rose Southern California 52, Penn State 49 1/2 ESPN 6.6/12 233,000
Orange Florida State 33, Michigan 32 12/30 ESPN 5.7/11 220,000
Belk Virginia Tech 35, Arkansas 24 12/29 ESPN 3.9/8 150,000
Alamo Oklahoma State 38, Colorado 8 12/29 ESPN 4.0/8 142,000
Russell Athletic Miami 31, West Virginia 14 12/28 ESPN 3.2/6 118,000
Music City Tennessee 38, Nebraska 24 12/30 ESPN 3.3/7 114,000
Cotton Wisconsin 24, Western Michigan 16 1/2 ESPN 3.1/7 100,000
Outback Florida 30, Iowa 3 1/2 13 3.1/7 97,000
Liberty Georgia 31, TCU 23 12/30 ESPN 2.9/8 87,000
Cactus Baylor 31, Boise State 12 12/27 ESPN 2.6/6 82,000
Holiday Minnesota 17, Washington State 12 12/27 ESPN 2.5/5 78,000
Sun Stanford 25, North Carolina 23 12/30 11 2.2/5 67,000
Pinstripe Northwestern 31, Pittsburgh 24 12/28 ESPN 1.9/5 74,000
Armed Forces Louisiana Tech 48, Navy 45 12/23 ESPN 2.1/5 73,000
Quick Lane Boston College 36, Maryland 30 12/26 ESPN 2.0/5 70,000
Dollar General Troy 28, Ohio 23 12/23 ESPN 1.9/4 64,000
Birmingham South Florida 46, S. Carolina 39 (OT) 12/28 ESPN 2.0/5 61,000
TaxSlayer Georgia Tech 35, Kentucky 18 12/31 ESPN 1.8/4 58,000
Military Wake Forest 34 Temple 26 12/27 ESPN 1.6/4 50,000
Poinsettia BYU 24, Wyoming 21 12/21 ESPN 1.5/3 47,000
Potato Idaho 61, Colorado State 50 12/22 ESPN 1.3/2 47,000
St. Petersburg Mississippi State 17, Miami (Ohio) 16 12/26 ESPN 1.2/3 43,000
Boca Raton Western Kentucky 51, Memphis 31 12/20 ESPN 1.4/2 40,000
New Orleans Southern Miss 28, La.-Lafayette 21 12/17 ESPN 1.4/3 39,000
Bahamas OId Dominion 24, Eastern Michigan 20 12/23 ESPN 1.3/3 38,000
Heart of Dallas Army 38, North Texas 31 (OT) 12/27 ESPN 1.2/3 35,000
Miami Beach Tulsa 55, Central Michigan 10 12/19 ESPN 1.2/3 34,000
Foster Farms Utah 26, Indiana 24 12/28 26 1.0/2 26,000
New Mexico New Mexico 23, UTSA 20 12/17 ESPN 0.8/2 26,000
Camelia Appalachian State 31, Toledo 28 12/17 ESPN 0.8/2 26,000
Hawaii Hawaii 52, Middle Tennessee 35 12/24 ESPN 0.5/1 14,000
Cure Arkansas State 31, Central Florida 13 12/17 CBSSN N/A N/A
Arizona Air Force 45, South Alabama 21 12/30 ASN N/A N/A
Independence North Carolina St. 42, Vanderbilt 17 12/26 ESPN2 1.1/2 36,000
