The NFL and school soccer had video games airing on the similar time final Saturday, and the NFL gained the scores battle.
Regardless of the 12-team Faculty Soccer Playoff format making its debut, it didn’t get almost the identical viewership the NFL did.
SMU and Penn State aired at 12 p.m. ET and averaged 6.4 million viewers on the TNT networks.
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell listens to a query throughout a information convention forward of Tremendous Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on Feb. 5, 2024 in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Photos)
The clashing NFL recreation, a matchup between Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and the Houston Texans, started at 1 p.m. ET and averaged 15.5 million viewers on NBC.
The NFL and school soccer clashed once more later within the afternoon, as Clemson-Texas was on at 4 p.m. ET whereas the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens recreation started shortly after, at 4:30 p.m. ET.
The Steelers-Ravens matchup averaged 15.4 million viewers on FOX, whereas Clemson-Texas drew 8.6 million viewers on TNT.
When the NFL wasn’t competing with the Faculty Soccer Playoffs, the scores have been method up for the opposite two video games.
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Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce celebrates with quarterback Patrick Mahomes after Mahomes’ landing towards the Houston Texans at GEHA Subject at Arrowhead Stadium. (Denny Medley-Imagn Photos)
Indiana-Notre Dame, the primary recreation of the brand new 12-team format, aired on Friday night time, and averaged 13.4 million viewers on ABC/ESPN.
The lone recreation on Saturday that wasn’t competing with the NFL did nicely, as Tennessee and Ohio State averaged 14.3 million viewers on ABC/ESPN.
The general common of 10.6 million viewers for the primary spherical of the Faculty Soccer Playoffs was greater than all however 4 school video games this season.
Faculty soccer and the NFL will conflict once more on Saturday, because the NFL has three video games all through the day towards a slate of bowl video games.
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Shedeur Sanders, left, and Travis Hunter of the College of Colorado Buffaloes communicate with the media on July 21, 2023, in Las Vegas. (Louis Grasse/Getty Photos)
The Los Angeles Chargers and New England Patriots play at 1 p.m. ET, the Denver Broncos and Cincinnati Bengals play at 4:30 p.m. ET, and the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams play at 8:10 p.m. ET.
One of many notable bowl video games on Saturday is No. 18 ranked Iowa State taking part in No. 13 ranked Miami within the Pop-Tarts Bowl at 3:30 p.m. ET.
One other large recreation is No. 23 ranked Colorado taking part in No. 17 ranked BYU within the Alamo Bowl at 7:30 p.m. ET, the place high draft prospects Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter are anticipated to play.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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