Georgia’s win over Florida most-watched afternoon game of season
By Andrew Olson
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A top-10 showdown in Jacksonville with Atlanta implications resulted in big ratings for CBS.
The network announced Sunday that Georgia-Florida was the most-watched afternoon game on any network of the 2018 college football season.
The game earned a 4.5/10 average household rating/share, up 105 percent from last year (2.2/5, Georgia-Florida), in the metered markets.
It appears the fact that the game was relatively close for three quarters with Georgia pulling away late helped with the ratings. CBS says the rating/share peaked at a 5.3/12 in Saturday’s game from (6:00-6:30 p.m. ET)
The network hopes another 3:30 p.m. ET kickoff for the Bulldogs in Week 10 will lead to more big ratings. UGA travels to Kentucky to play for the SEC East championship, which could be another top-10 showdown for the Dawgs.
The Wildcats were No. 12 in the AP Top 25 entering Week 9, but losses by No. 6 Texas and No. 9 Florida could lift UK to No. 10 or higher. UK knocked off Missouri 15-14 Saturday scoring on the final play of the game.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
