College Football on CBS Sports
College Football on CBS Sports | |
---|---|
Also known as | SEC on CBS (until 2023) Mountain West on CBS (since 2021) Big Ten on CBS (starting in 2023) |
Genre | College football telecasts |
Presented by | Brad Nessler Gary Danielson Jenny Dell Adam Zucker Rick Neuheisel Brian Jones Gene Steratore |
Theme music composer | Lloyd Landesman[1] |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 22 |
Production | |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 210 minutes or until game ends |
Production company | CBS Sports |
Original release | |
Network | CBS, CBSSN |
Release | 1950 |
College Football on CBS Sports is the blanket title used for broadcasts of college football games that are produced by CBS Sports, for CBS and CBS Sports Network.
CBS first televised regular season college football games in 1950, airing them on a weekly basis during periods in the 1950s and 1960s. After
After being outbid by ABC, CBS's college football coverage between 1991 and 1995 was again reduced to only a handful of bowl games. In 1996, CBS signed a deal with the
CBS acquired the now-
In 2019, CBS declined to renew its rights to SEC football, with the package ultimately going to the conference's main rightsholder ESPN beginning in 2024. CBS subsequently reached a deal to televise Big Ten football beginning in 2023, which will replace CBS's SEC package in its traditional and alternate timeslots beginning 2024.
CBS's SEC telecasts are billed as The Home Depot SEC on CBS, and all other televised college football games on the main network are usually billed as The Home Depot College Football on CBS. Starting in 2024, CBS’s Big Ten football broadcasts have been billed as The Home Depot Big Ten on CBS.
History
From 1946 through 1949, WCBS-TV aired Columbia Lions football home games locally. CBS began broadcasting games nationally in 1950, with Red Barber as the play-by-play commentator.[2]
1950s
CBS aired a weekly game during the
In 1953, CBS began covering the Orange Bowl annually, broadcasting the bowl annually until losing rights to ABC in 1962. CBS would add annual coverage of the Gator Bowl in 1954, broadcasting the bowl through 1963.
In 1955, CBS regular season coverage returned. CBS used Joe Hasel, Bob Neal, Mal Stevens, Jack Drees, Francis Wallace, Tom Harmon, and Gil Stratton as commentators. Drees was usually paired on commentary with Wallace on Midwest games, while Hasel and subsequently, Neal was paired with Stevens on Eastern regional games, and Harmon was paired with Stratton in games taking place on the West Coast. CBS would lose regular season rights to NBC the next year.
In 1958, CBS began annual coverage of the Cotton Bowl Classic, a tradition that would continue through 1996.
1960s
By 1960, CBS showed four bowl games annually with the addition of the Bluebonnet Bowl, which would air on CBS through 1963.
In 1962 and 1963, regular season coverage returned to CBS. Lindsey Nelson, Jim Simpson and former Notre Dame head coach Terry Brennan were the lead broadcasters.[3]
In 1966, ABC Sports gained exclusive rights to all regular season games and CBS was reduced to coverage of bowl games. The ABC exclusive contract would run through 1981.
CBS added the Sun Bowl in 1968, which continues to air on CBS as of 2022 in the longest-running contract with a single bowl and network.
1970s
From 1974 to 1977, CBS also aired the Fiesta Bowl, and from 1978 to 1986 it carried the Peach Bowl.
1980s
For the 1982 season, CBS was made an additional partner in the NCAA contract, and regular season coverage returned to the network. CBS and ABC would alternate the 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. slots from week to week during the seasons, carrying either a national game or several regional games in those frames, and also occasionally aired games in prime time, and on Black Friday. CBS broadcast games from every major conference, as well as the games of the then major independents such as Penn State (now a Big Ten member), Notre Dame (a temporary Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) member in 2020 only) and Miami (now in the ACC).
Per the September 1, 1982, edition of the Elyria (OH) Chronicle Telegram and the September 1, 1982, edition of Sports Illustrated, ABC and CBS officials met with NCAA representatives and flipped a coin to determine "control dates". This allowed the network with priority on a particular date to have first choice when selecting the game it wished to air and whether it wanted the 12:00 ET or 3:30 ET timeslot. CBS won the first toss and thus earned first choice on seven dates: September 18, September 25, October 2, October 9, October 16, November 6, and November 20. ABC then got first pick on six dates, September 11, October 23, October 30, November 13, November 27, and December 4. ABC and CBS also had the right to take away a game from WTBS as long as it did so no later than the Monday before the game. WTBS was only able to show teams that had not been on national TV in 1981 and a maximum of four teams that had been on regional TV on two occasions.
As required by the NCAA, the network also televised Division I-AA, II and III games to very small audiences, giving teams such as
Also during the 1982 NFL strike, CBS' NCAA football contract required the network to show four Division III games; the network initially intended to show those games on Saturday afternoons, with the broadcasts being received only in markets that were interested in carrying them. However, with no NFL games to show on October 3, 1982 (on what would have been Week 5 of the NFL season) due to the strike, CBS decided to show all of its NCAA Division III games on a single Sunday afternoon in front of a mass audience. CBS also used their regular NFL crews (Pat Summerall and John Madden at Wittenberg–Baldwin–Wallace, Tom Brookshier and Wayne Walker at West Georgia–Millsaps, Tim Ryan and Johnny Morris at Wisconsin–Oshkosh – Wisconsin–Stout, and Dick Stockton and Roger Staubach at San Diego–Occidental) and aired The NFL Today instead of using their regular college football broadcasters.
CBS originally wanted to air some
In 1984, after the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the NCAA contract in NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, and the University of Georgia, the College Football Association was formed to handle affairs between television networks and college football programs, the result was an exclusive contract with ABC that granted the network rights to all CFA partner conference games and the games of most major independents. However, the Big Ten and Pac-10 conferences were not included in this package, and signed their own agreement with CBS. Miami also reached an agreement for CBS to televise its most important home games, and in 1985, the Atlantic Coast Conference was added to CBS' list of college football properties. In 1985, Musburger took over the role of lead play-by-play voice, with Parseghian moving to the booth with him. Jim Nantz succeeded Musburger as studio host.
In 1987, CBS took over the CFA contract, which it would hold until 1990. CBS' tendency during this period was to air one marquee game each week, such as the legendary 1988 "Catholics vs Convicts" matchup between Notre Dame and Miami, though regional telecasts would occasionally be aired. For 1987 and 1988, Pat Haden joined Musburger in the booth, with John Dockery manning the sidelines. Nantz hosted what was now known as the "Prudential College Football Report", which was mostly a roundup of the day's scores and top headlines (including those in other sports), though sometimes key figures in the sport would be interviewed. Verne Lundquist, Tim Brant, Dick Stockton, Steve Zabriskie and Brad Nessler also called games for CBS during the CFA period. In 1989, Nantz became lead play-by-play announcer, but Haden remained the lead analyst for that year, being replaced by Brant in 1990.
1990s
After 1990, ABC obtained exclusive network coverage of regular season college football, as it won back the CFA and retained the Pac-10/Big Ten rights.
As the 1990s began, CBS' Division I-A college football coverage was reduced to its bowl game contracts, which it had with the then-John Hancock (reverted to Sun Bowl in 1994), Cotton and the then-
For 1995, CBS re-acquired the rights to the Cotton Bowl Classic and also gained rights to the Fiesta Bowl and the Orange Bowl from NBC. This was an important move for CBS as those two bowls would become part of the Bowl Alliance with the Sugar Bowl beginning that season; the goal was to try to guarantee an undisputed national champion in college football, something its predecessor the Bowl Coalition had also tried but did not fully succeed in doing.
Under the terms of the contract, which ran from 1995 through 1997, the Bowl Alliance games would be scheduled for New Year's Eve, New Year's Night, and January 2 with the last of the three serving as the national championship game. CBS would thus be guaranteed two national championship game matchups, with the Sugar Bowl airing on ABC.
CBS was the first network to air a Bowl Alliance national championship game, as
CBS resumed full-time college football coverage in 1996, as the network signed television contracts with the
CBS also televised games featuring non-Big East or SEC teams during this time. As part of the contract signed in 1996, CBS succeeded
On September 26, 1998, CBS planned to show UCLA @ Miami at noon, but this game was postponed due to Hurricane Georges. Sean McDonough and Terry Donahue were the scheduled announcers.
CBS lost the rights to three of its bowl games following the 1997 season, as ABC gained the rights to the Orange and Fiesta Bowls as the exclusive television home of the newly formed Bowl Championship Series and Fox acquired the rights to the Cotton Bowl Classic.
2000s
Beginning in 2001, CBS became the home of the SEC Championship Game, the rights to which had been retained by ABC following the SEC's move. Following the 2000 season, the Big East decided not to renew its contract with CBS and instead signed with ABC, leading to the telecasts taking on the SEC on CBS branding.
Until 2023, CBS aired the top SEC weekly in-conference games as well as rivalry games with various other conferences when the SEC team is the home team. The network shared the rights to SEC conference games with the ESPN family of networks, which also airs the interconference rivalry games when the SEC team is not the home team (with the exception of Notre Dame), as well as all Pac-12/SEC regular season games.
In 2000, CBS installed Verne Lundquist on its No. 1 team following Sean McDonough's departure from CBS Sports.
The events of September 11, 2001, resulted in postponements for games scheduled the weekend of September 15. The Tennessee-Florida game was rescheduled to December 1, which pushed the SEC title game one week later to December 8.
In 2005, CBS Sports Network, then operating as CSTV, signed a multi-year agreement to air select Conference USA football games.[4] CBS Sports Network has aired the Conference USA Football Championship Game since 2018.[5]
CBS aired the Gator Bowl from 2007 to 2010, its biggest bowl acquisition since the Orange and Fiesta Bowls.
2010s
Until 2014, CBS maintained SEC exclusivity during its 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time window. As part of an extension to CBS's contract with the SEC through the 2023–24 season, CBS no longer has exclusivity during its afternoon window, but still has the first choice of games.[6] CBS was limited to airing five games featuring a particular team per season, and was allowed to air one game in primetime per season.[7] In 2014, the Iron Bowl was given to ESPN in favor of the Egg Bowl, due to its potential effects on Mississippi State's participation in the College Football Playoff).[8][9]
Before 2019, CBS had rights to three non-SEC regular season matchups, including the Army-Navy Game. CBS and NBC Sports split coverage of the annual matchup between Notre Dame and Navy, with CBS televising the game in years where Navy served as the host team. CBS also added the Mountain West championship game to its coverage per a pre-existing contract that the network has with the conference (although most of the games air on CBS Sports Network); the game began in the last hour of primetime for the Eastern and Central time zones, meaning stations in those zones in most cases would not carry a late local newscast that evening. The Mountain West Championship Game was moved to ESPN networks beginning in 2015.
In 2011, in addition to Army–Navy, CBS also broadcast the other two service academy games: Navy–Air Force on October 1 and Army–Air Force on November 5, 2011 (a game which opened up as a result of CBS using its 8:00 p.m. game assignment for LSU-Alabama). Air Force's annual games vs. Army and Navy continue to air on CBS or CBS Sports Network.
In 2015, CBS Sports acquired the rights to 12 MAC football games through a sublicensing agreement with ESPN.[10] In 2019, CBS Sports extended its contract with the MAC for four more years.[11]
Verne Lundquist retired from his role as lead play-by-play commentator for CBS after the
2020s
After the 2020 season, CBS lost its alternating rights to the Navy–Notre Dame game to ESPN. The rights were bought as part of a new media rights contract signed between the network and the American Athletic Conference, which Navy has affiliated with for football since 2015.
On December 20, 2019, it was reported by
On May 11, 2020, CBS Sports agreed to a multi-year deal through the 2023 season to become the home of UConn Huskies home games, which will mostly air on CBS Sports Network.[16]
In August 2022, it was reported that CBS Sports was nearing a deal for rights to Big Ten football under its next round of broadcast contracts, expanding upon its rights to cover Big Ten basketball.[17][18][19][20]
On August 18, 2022, CBS reached a seven-year deal to broadcast Big Ten football and basketball beginning in the 2023 season. CBS will air up to 15 Big Ten football games per-season, including a Friday afternoon game on Thanksgiving weekend, and the Big Ten Football Championship Game in 2024 and 2028. In addition to the network's alternate 12:00 p.m. ET and 7:30 p.m. ET windows, Big Ten games will replace the SEC on CBS's traditional 3:30 p.m. ET window beginning in the 2024 season; CBS will carry seven Big Ten games in 2023 around its final season of SEC coverage, which will mostly be part of doubleheaders and tripleheaders with SEC and/or Mountain West games.[19][21]
In 2023, CBS Sports Network began airing football games from the FCS level Northeast Conference.[22]
Theme music
The instrumental theme music for CBS's college football broadcasts was written by New York composer Lloyd Landesman, and has been used since the 1987 season. The theme music was originally used for CBS's broadcast of Super Bowl XXI on January 25, 1987, but it was later decided that the piece was better suited for college football than the National Football League.[1] After CBS acquired the rights to air SEC games in 1996, the theme music became synonymous with that conference.[1][23] In August 2022, news of CBS's intention to continue using the theme music for its Big Ten games spawned outbursts from upset SEC fans on Twitter.[23][24][25]
Typical games
Typically only SEC on CBS games, Big Ten on CBS games, select Mountain West games featuring Boise State, games involving the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy (Army-Navy, Army-Air Force, and Air Force-Navy) and the Sun Bowl air on CBS with all other games airing on CBS Sports Network.
The games aired as part of the SEC package are the premiere SEC matchups of the week. Since 1996, Alabama has had the most appearances with 128 of their games broadcast by CBS, followed by Florida with 110, Georgia with 95, LSU with 82, and Tennessee with 77. The ESPN family of networks get the subsequent picks of games among the SEC's national television partners. Since 2001, the SEC Championship Game has been televised by CBS.
The Vanderbilt Commodores have appeared on the CBS package only seven times, with a 2013 game against Georgia (a 31–27 victory) marking their first appearance since 2001, and the first Vanderbilt home game televised by the network since 1982. Before their remarkable 2014 season, when they appeared four times (including the first Egg Bowl ever broadcast by CBS), Mississippi State had only seven CBS games as part of the package.
During the regular season, typical games that are shown almost every year include Florida–Tennessee (1996–2011, 2013, 2015–2017, 2020, and 2022),
In addition, the interconference rivalry games,
Team records
1996 through December 9, 2023 – does not include bowl games
Team | Appearances | Wins | Losses | Win Pct. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | 128 | 90 | 38 | .703 |
Florida | 110 | 72 | 38 | .655 |
Georgia | 95 | 59 | 36 | .621 |
LSU | 82 | 45 | 37 | .549 |
Tennessee | 77 | 32 | 45 | .416 |
Auburn | 61 | 26 | 35 | .426 |
Arkansas | 47 | 14 | 33 | .298 |
Navy | 40 | 19 | 21 | .475 |
Ole Miss | 27 | 8 | 19 | .296 |
Army | 27 | 9 | 18 | .333 |
South Carolina | 24 | 5 | 19 | .208 |
Miami (FL) | 21 | 13 | 8 | .619 |
Notre Dame | 19 | 16 | 3 | .842 |
Texas A&M | 24 | 9 | 15 | .368 |
Kentucky | 17 | 1 | 16 | .059 |
West Virginia | 15 | 5 | 10 | .333 |
Mississippi State | 14 | 5 | 9 | .357 |
Missouri | 14 | 7 | 7 | .500 |
Boston College | 13 | 0 | 13 | .000 |
Syracuse | 11 | 8 | 3 | .727 |
Florida State | 11 | 5 | 6 | .455 |
Air Force | 10 | 7 | 3 | .700 |
Virginia Tech | 9 | 6 | 3 | .667 |
Georgia Tech | 8 | 4 | 4 | .500 |
Pittsburgh | 8 | 4 | 3 1 | .571 |
Vanderbilt | 7 | 1 | 6 | .143 |
Penn State | 5 1 | 5 | 1 | .833 |
Boise State | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 |
San Diego State | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
Utah State | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
UCLA | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 |
Ohio State | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
Rutgers | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
Louisville | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
Fresno State | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
Indiana | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
Iowa | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
Memphis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
USC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
TCU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
Illinois | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Virginia | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Appalachian State | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
Nevada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
Arizona | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
Colorado | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Texas Tech | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
Northwestern | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
San Jose State | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
UNLV | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Note: 1 One Penn State win over Pittsburgh was vacated (later restored) following the NCAA investigation into the Jerry Sandusky case.
Notable personalities
Current
Play-by-play
- Brad Nessler: lead play-by-play (2017–present), No. 2 play-by-play (2016)
- Tom McCarthy: No. 2 play-by-play (2022–present)
- Rich Waltz: lead Mountain West Conference play-by-play
- Chris Lewis: play-by-play (2021–present); #4 play-by-play (2023–present)
- Jason Knapp: play-by-play (2019–present), No. 2 Mountain West Conference play-by-play (2019–2021)
- John Sadak: lead Navy play-by-play
- Chick Hernandez: play-by-play (2021–present)
- Ed Cohen: fill-in play-by-play (2013–present)
- Dave Ryan: play-by-play (2012–present)
- Alex Del Barrio: play-by-play (2020–present)
- Michael Grady: fill-in play-by-play (2018–present)
- Carter Blackburn: fill-in play-by-play (2022–present), lead Mountain West Conference play-by-play (2014–2020), No. 2 play-by-play (2014–2015; 2017–2020)
- Jordan Kent: No.2 Navy play-by-play (2023–present)
Color analysts
- Gary Danielson: lead color analyst (1983; 2006–present)
- Jason McCourty: No. 2 color analyst (2023–present)
- Ross Tucker: lead Army color analyst (2015–present); no. 3 color analyst (2023–present)
- Aaron Taylor: lead Mountain West Conference color analyst (2013–present); No. 2 color analyst (2013-2017)
- Randy Cross: lead Navy color analyst (2009–present)
- Christian Fauria: lead UConn color analyst (2022–present)
- Robert Turbin: color analyst (2022–present)
- Donte Whitner: color analyst (2021–present)
- Malik Zaire: color analyst (2019, 2023–present)
- Brock Vereen: color analyst (2023–present)
- Taylor McHargue: color analyst (2023–present)
- Adam Breneman: color analyst (2023–present)
Sideline reporters
- Jenny Dell: (2015–present, No. 1 since 2022, No. 2 2015-2016)
- Sheehan Stanwick Burch: Navy sideline reporter
- Tina Cervasio: Army sideline reporter (2016–present)
- Amanda Guerra: (2019–present)
- Brandon Baylor: (2021–present)
- Justin Walters: (2019–present)
- Tiffany Blackmon: (2023–present)
- Emily Proud: (2023–present)
- Keiana Martin: (2023–present)
Studio
- Adam Zucker: CBS host (2014–present), CBS fill-in host (2011–2013)
- Brian Jones: CBS analyst (2013–present)
- Rick Neuheisel: CBS analyst (2015–present)
- Brent Stover: CBSSN host (2011–present)
- Kevin Carter: CBSSN analyst (2018–present)
- Danny Kanell: CBSSN analyst (2018–present)
- Cardale Jones: CBSSN analyst (2023–present)
- Gene Steratore: rules analyst (2019–present)
Former
Play-by-play
- Gary Bender (1982–1983; 1984–1986)
- Craig Bolerjack (1999–2010)
- Tim Brando (1997; 2011–2013)
- Don Criqui (2008)
- Dick Enberg (2001)
- Frank Herzog (1982–83)
- Gus Johnson (1996–1997)
- Verne Lundquist (1982–1988); lead play-by-play (2000–2016)
- Sean McDonough lead play-by-play (1990–1999)
- Brent Musburger (1984–1988)
- Jim Nantz (1989–1990; 1996)
- Lindsey Nelson (1962–63; 1982–83)
- Tim Ryan (1996)
- Noah Eagle: No. 2 play-by-play (2021)
- Jason Horowitz: lead Army play-by-play
- Chris Hassel: fill-in play-by-play (2017–2022)
- Meghan McPeak: lead UConn play-by-play (2022)
Color commentary
- Trev Alberts (2008)
- Todd Blackledge: lead color analyst (1999–2005)
- Dean Blevins (2000–2001)
- Tim Brant
- Terry Brennan (1962–63)
- Steve Beuerlein (2006–2010; 2012)
- Ed Cunningham (1997–1999)
- Steve Davis (1982–1985; 1996 Cotton Bowl)
- Terry Donahue (1996–1998)
- Dan Fouts (2008)
- Dennis Franklin (1982–83)
- Pat Haden (1982–83; 1987–90)
- Craig James (2002)
- Dan Jiggetts
- Mike Mayock (1996–1999)
- Jack Snow (1982–1983)
- Scott Hunter (1983)
- Dan Dierdorf (2001 Army-Navy Game)
- Boomer Esiason (multiple Army-Navy Games)
- Aaron Murray: co-No. 2 color analyst (2019–2021); No.2 Mountain West Conference color analyst (2021)
- Tom Herman: color analyst (2022)
- Rick Neuheisel: No. 2 color analyst (2017–2022)
Sideline reporters
- Jill Arrington (lead, 2000–2003)
- John Dockery
- Mike Joy (1990 & 1991 Sun Bowl)
- Sam Ryan
- Lewis Johnson (2011)
- Allie LaForce (lead, 2014–2017)
- Otis Livingston (2011)
- Tracy Wolfson (lead, 2004–2013)
- John Schriffen: (2017–2019)
- Jamie Erdahl: (2018–2021)
- Lindsay Rhodes: (2021)
- Sherree Burress: (2021–2022, Southeastern Conference games only)
Studio hosts
- Tim Brando (1998–2013)
- Greg Gumbel (1989)
- Andrea Joyce (1990)
- Brent Musburger (1982–1983)
- Jim Nantz (1985–1988; 1997)
- Pat O'Brien (1984; 1995–1996)
Studio analysts
- Spencer Tillman (1999–2014)
- Ara Parseghian (1982–1989)
- Mike Francesa (1990)
- Boomer Esiason (1995)
- Butch Davis (1995)
- Craig James (1996–1998)
- Lou Holtz (1997–1998)
- Archie Manning (2005–2013)
- Houston Nutt (2017–2022)
Features
- College Football Kickoff presented by Mercedes-Benz (pregame show aired at 2:30 pm. Eastern Time)
- State Farm College Football Today (main pre-game show aired at 3:00 pm. Eastern Time and simulcast on CBS Sports Network prior to their 3:30 p.m. college game)
- Starting Lineups presented by Chick-fil-A
- Ford Update (throughout the game)
- Nissan Heisman Watch (throughout the game)
- Geico Halftime Report (formerly sponsored by EarthLinkuntil 2004)
- Preview of Sunday's NFL on CBS matchups
- First Half Trends Presented by Enterprise Rent-a-Car(at the start of second half)
- Aflac Trivia Question
- The Home Depot Tools for Success
- GeicoGame Recap (formerly showed only scoring plays until 2008 as the "Scoring Recap")
- Quicken Loans Scholar Athlete (formerly sponsored by Red Lobsteruntil 2016)
- NAPA Auto Parts Play of the Game (formerly named the "Wrangler 5-Star Play of the Game")
- College Football Post-game Show presented by Rocket Mortgage (formerly sponsored by Jeep until 2016, and by Dodge until 2018)
In addition, CBS Sports Network aired the hour-long SEC Post-Game Show Presented by Geico at 7:00 pm. Eastern Time, featuring the wrap-up of the CBS SEC game.
Nielsen ratings
Regular season
Rank | Date | Matchup | Network | Viewers (millions) | TV ratings | Significance | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | November 9, 2019, 3:30 ET | #2 LSU | 46 | #3 Alabama | 41 | CBS | 16.64 | 9.7 | Alabama-LSU football rivalry
|
2 | November 25, 2017, 3:30 ET | #1 Alabama | 14 | #6 Auburn | 26 | 13.66 | 7.6 | Iron Bowl | |
3 | November 5, 2022, 3:30 ET | #1 Tennessee | 13 | #3 Georgia | 27 | 13.06 | 6.7 | College GameDay, Rivalry | |
4 | October 15, 2022, 3:30 ET | #3 Alabama | 49 | #6 Tennessee | 52 | 11.56 | 6.1 | Third Saturday in October | |
5 | November 3, 2018, 8:00 ET | #1 Alabama | 29 | #3 LSU | 0 | 11.54 | 6.6 | Alabama-LSU football rivalry
| |
6 | November 30, 2019, 3:30 ET | #5 Alabama | 45 | #15 Auburn | 48 | 11.43 | 6.3 | Iron Bowl | |
7 | November 7, 2015, 8:00 ET | #2 LSU | 16 | #4 Alabama | 30 | 11.06 | 6.4 | Alabama-LSU football rivalry
| |
8 | November 5, 2016, 8:00 ET | #1 Alabama | 10 | #13 LSU | 0 | 10.38 | 5.8 | ||
9 | November 27, 2021, 3:30 ET | #3 Alabama | 24 | Auburn | 22 | 10.37 | 5.3 | Iron Bowl | |
10 | October 17, 2020, 8:00 ET | #3 Georgia | 24 | #2 Alabama | 41 | 9.61 | 5.3 | Alabama-Georgia football rivalry
|
Conference championships
Year | Conference | Matchup | Network | Viewers (millions) | TV ratings | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | SEC | #18 Florida | 15 | #2 Alabama | 29 | CBS | 12.8 | 7.8 |
2016 | SEC | #1 Alabama | 54 | #18 Florida | 16 | 11.09 | 6.6 | |
2017 | SEC | #6 Georgia | 28 | #2 Auburn | 7 | 13.47 | 8.0 | |
2018 | SEC | #1 Alabama | 35 | #4 Georgia | 28 | 17.5 | 10.1 | |
C-USA | UAB | 27 | Middle Tennessee | 25 | CBSSN
|
n.a | n.a | |
2019 | SEC | #4 Georgia | 10 | #2 LSU | 37 | CBS | 13.70 | 7.9 |
C-USA | UAB | 6 | Florida Atlantic | 49 | CBSSN
|
n.a | n.a | |
2020 | SEC | #1 Alabama | 52 | #7 Florida | 46 | CBS | 8.92 | 4.9 |
C-USA | UAB | 22 | Marshall | 13 | CBSSN
|
n.a | n.a | |
2021 | Patriot League
|
Holy Cross | 33 | Bucknell | 10 | n.a | n.a | |
2021 | SEC | #1 Georgia | 24 | #3 Alabama | 41 | CBS | 15.27 | 8.2 |
C-USA | WKU | 41 | UTSA | 49 | CBSSN
|
n.a | n.a | |
2022 | SEC | #14 LSU | 30 | #1 Georgia | 50 | CBS | 10.89 | 5.6 |
C-USA | North Texas | 27 | UTSA | 48 | CBSSN
|
n.a | n.a |
Bowl games
References
- ^ a b c Wolken, Dan (December 6, 2013). "Lloyd Landesman and the sound that makes the SEC on CBS". USA Today. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
- ^ https://archive.506sports.com/wiki/1950_College_Football_Season[bare URL]
- ^ https://archive.506sports.com/wiki/1962_College_Football_Season[bare URL]
- ^ "2005 FB Media Guide (PDF) - Conference USA" (PDF).
- ^ "C-USA Announces Multimedia Rights Partnerships". March 14, 2018.
- ^ Jeremy Fowler (May 14, 2013). "SEC, CBS rework long-term contract". CBSsports.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
- ^ "SEC memo says they "do not believe that CBS has any first refusal rights"". Awful Announcing. November 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
- ^ "How ESPN landed the Iron Bowl, plus more Media Circus". Sports Illustrated. November 24, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
- ^ "Paul Finebaum hears 'train wreck' predictions for live Iron Bowl show, phones ready this time". AL.com. November 26, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
- ^ "CBS Sports Network Reaches Four-Year Deal with MAC".
- ^ "MAC & CBS Sports Network Announce Four Year Contract Extension".
- ^ "Brad Nessler, the new voice of SEC on CBS, hopes to 'match' Verne Lundquist's success". USA Today. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
- ^ "SEC Football Leaving CBS After 2023, Likely For ESPN/ABC". Sports Business Daily. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
- ^ "Report: SEC closing in on 'US$300m-a-year' ESPN broadcast deal". SportsPro Media. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ "UConn and CBS Sports Agree to Multi-Year Television Deal for Home Football Games". May 11, 2020.
- ^ Dellenger, Ross (August 11, 2022). "How the ESPN-Big Ten Split Impacts Everyone in College Sports". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
- ^ Smith, Gerry (August 9, 2022). "CBS Is Nearing a Deal for Big Ten TV Rights After ESPN Bows Out". Bloomberg. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ a b Bucholtz, Andrew (August 18, 2022). "Big Ten announces deals with Fox, CBS, NBC, including championship game splits". Awful Announcing. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
- ^ "Big Ten formally announces six-year media rights deal with ESPN, FOX and CBS". Washington Post. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
- ^ Lucia, Joe (June 1, 2023). "Early season schedule emphasizes change in Big Ten media deals". Awful Announcing. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ "Ready for Prime Time: NEC Unveils Football TV Package, Secures First-Ever National TV Linear Broadcasts". northeastconference.org (Press release). August 9, 2023. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
- ^ a b Traina, Jimmy (August 18, 2022). "CBS Is Using Its SEC Theme Song for Big Ten Games, and College Football Fans Are Losing It". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
- ^ D'Andrea, Christian (August 18, 2022). "The Big Ten took over the SEC's old CBS theme music and fans were not pleased". USA Today. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
- ^ Gay, Collin (August 18, 2022). "'This feels so wrong:' Fans react to Big Ten using CBS Sports college football theme song". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved August 23, 2022.