UGA Continues to Bring in Record TV Audiences

ATHENS - Georgia pulled in another game with 10 million or more viewers on Wednesday. 

That’s the Bulldogs’s 7th TV game over 10 million viewers in the last three years. The Bulldogs have played in the two-most watched games in college football over the last three years. 

ESPN said on Thursday that the 2020 Sugar Bowl pulled in 10,224,000 viewers. It is the second most-watched non-Semifinal Sugar Bowl of the College Football Playoff era. The most-watched was last year’s Sugar between Texas and UGA (13.3 million).

Most TV Viewers from 2017, 2018 and 2019 seasons as of Jan. 2, 2020

1. 2017 - 28,443,000 - Alabama - Georgia - 2018 CFP NCG
2. 2017 - 26,913,000 - Georgia - Oklahoma - 2018 Rose Bowl Game; CFP Semifinal
3. 2018 - 25,280,000 - Clemson - Alabama - 2019 CFP NCG
4. 2017 - 21,473,000 - Alabama - Clemson - 2018 Sugar Bowl; CFP Semifinal
5. 2019 - 21,150,000 - Clemson - Ohio State - 2019 Fiesta Bowl; CFP Semifinal
6. 2018 - 19,069,000 - Alabama - Oklahoma - 2019 Orange Bowl; CFP Semifinal
7. 2018 - 17,499,000 - Alabama - Georgia - 2018 SEC Championship Game
8. 2019 - 17,210,000 - LSU - Oklahoma - 2019 Peach Bowl; CFP Semifinal
9. 2018 - 16,809,000 - Clemson - Notre Dame - 2018 Cotton Bowl; CFP Semifinal
10. 2018 - 16,781,000 - Ohio State - Washington - 2019 Rose Bowl Game
11. 2019 - 16,640,000 - LSU - Alabama
12. 2019 - 13,700,000 - LSU - Georgia - 2019 SEC Championship Game

UGA games with viewership over 10 million since 2017

1. 2017 - 28,443,000 - Alabama - Georgia - 2018 CFP NCG
2. 2017 - 26,913,000 - Georgia - Oklahoma - 2018 Rose Bowl Game; CFP Semifinal
3. 2018 - 17,499,000 - Alabama - Georgia - 2018 SEC Championship Game
4. 2019 - 13,700,000 - LSU - Georgia - 2019 SEC Championship Game
5. 2017 - 13,466,000 - Auburn - Georgia - 2017 SEC Championship Game
6. 2018 - 13,298,000 - Georgia - Texas - 2019 Sugar Bowl
7. 2019 - 10,224,000 - Georgia - Baylor - 2020 Sugar Bowl