re: Is SEC football losing popularity?

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Losing popularity? hell no....

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In 2010, there were five regular season SEC games that attracted more than 7.5 million viewers. Here were the Top games of the 2010 season (prior to the bowls):

1. Auburn @ Alabama- 12,520 M viewers
2. S. Carolina vs. Auburn- 10,093 M viewers
3. Boise State vs. Virginia Tech- 9,999 M viewers
4. Nebraska vs. Oklahoma- 8,981 M viewers
5. Florida @ Alabama- 8,595 M viewers
6. Georgia @ Auburn- 8,262 M viewers
7. Alabama @ Arkansas- 8,138 M viewers
8. Arizona @ Oregon- 7,787 M viewers
9. Alabama @ South Carolina- 7,662 M viewers

So in 2010, six of the Top 9 games of the college football season were SEC vs. SEC... five of those were regular season games.

That's 5 regular season SEC game garnering over 7.5 million viewers. This football season has so far produced just one SEC matchup with over 7.5 million viewers.

When you compare the stats to the top rated games so far this season, it appears viewership for the SEC is down since that time, but viewership for games outside the SEC region seem to be sharply up.

I just think this is interesting.