ESPN Sets Cable Ratings Record With First College Football Playoff Championship Game

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Ohio State’s feat in a initial championship diversion of a College Football Playoff constructed ESPN’s top overnight rating ever.

The network pronounced Tuesday that according to Nielsen a Buckeyes’ 42-20 win over Oregon generated an 18.5 overnight rating.

That’s a 21 percent boost over a 2014 BCS inhabitant championship on ESPN between Florida and Auburn, that drew a 15.3 rating.

Monday night’s pretension diversion also surfaced a 16.1 overnight rating for a 2011 BCS championship between Auburn and Oregon that had been a prior best in wire history.

Columbus, Ohio, was a No. 1 altogether marketplace during 51.2 while Portland, Oregon, was fourth during 37.6.

Overnight ratings magnitude a country’s largest markets. The rating is a commission of all homes with TVs, either or not they are in use. Final ratings are to come after Tuesday.

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