re: Will the SEC continue to win the big one once the playoffs arrive?(*2013)

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The SEC, far and away, has had the highest TV ratings for years.

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Apples = regular season ratings
Oranges = post season ratings (BCS games, as that will be the draw pool for playoff type games)

Pretty sure the highest rated game was USC vs TX and neither is in the SEC. You are quoting a SB Nation site, here is the BCS's site and pretty sure the 21.7 in 05-06 set the bar. LINK

Top 20 all time : B1G on Bold, SEC underlined, and PAC in italic
1 21.7 2006 Texas vs Southern California
2 17.8 2001 Florida State vs Oklahoma
3 17.5 2000 Florida State vs Virginia Tech
4 17.4 2007 Florida vs Ohio State
4 17.4 2008 LSU vs Ohio State
6 17.2 2003 Ohio State vs Miami
6 17.2 1999 Florida State vs Tennessee
6 17.2 2010 Texas vs Alabama
9 15.8 2009 Florida vs Oklahoma
10 14.5 2004 LSU vs Oklahoma
11 14.4 2004 Michigan vs Southern California
12 14.1 2000 Wisconsin vs Stanford
13 14.0 2001 Washington vs Purdue
14 13.9 2007 Southern California vs Michigan
14 13.9 2002 Miami vs Nebraska
16 13.7 2005 Southern California vs Oklahoma
17 13.3 1999 Wisconsin vs UCLA
18 13.2 2010 Ohio State vs Oregon
19 12.9 2001 Miami vs Florida
19 12.9 2006 Ohio State vs Notre Dame

Cross index that with Top 10 states by population. B1G states in Bold
1 California, PAC monopoly : 6 of 40 or 15%
2 Texas, B12 and SEC split state : 2 of 40 or 5%
3 New York : 0 of 40 or 0%
4 Florida, ACC and SEC split state : 9 of 40 or 22.5%
5 Illinois, B1G monopoly : 0 of 40 or 0%
6 Pennsylvania, B1G monopoly : 0 of 40 or 0%
7 Ohio, B1G monopoly : 5 of 40 or 12.5%
8 Georgia, ACC and SEC split state : 0 of 40 or 0%
9 Michigan, B1G monopoly : 1 of 40 or 2.5%
10 North Carolina, ACC monopoly : 0 of 40 or 0%