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[TyBull]

BOWL RATINGS

Wednesday's Rose Bowl earned a 21.7 rating, up 59 percent from last year's title game, a 13.7 for USC-Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. The game earned the highest rating for a college football game since 1987 (Fiesta Bowl, Penn State-Miami, 25.1).

Among the metered markets, Austin led the way with a 47.7 rating, followed by a 35.4 in Houston, a 34.8 in Los Angeles and a 34.5 in Dallas. Locally, the game earned a 15.6 rating.

Here are the local Nielsen ratings for the 28 college football bowl games. One ratings point equals 17,104 households.

Rk. Game (Teams)

Rating

1. Rose (Texas/USC)

15.6

2. Orange (FSU/Penn St.)

15.07

3. Fiesta (Ohio St./N. Dame)

10.97

4. Outback (Florida/Iowa)

9.64

5. Sugar (Georgia/West Va.)

9.14

6. Peach (Miami/LSU)

6.51

7. Alamo (Mich./Nebraska)

5.58

8. Meinke (USF/N.C. State)

5.19

9. Capital One (Wisc./Aub.)

4.35

10. Gator (Va. Tech/Louisville)

4.27

11. Holiday (Okla./Oregon)

4.00

12. Independence (Mo./S.C.)

3.98

13. Cotton (Ala./Texas Tech)

3.92

14. Insight (Ariz. St./Rutgers)

3.76

15. Hawaii (UCF/Nevada)

3.70

16. Emerald (Utah/Ga. Tech)

2.88

17. Fort Worth (Hous./Kansas)

2.71

18. Las Vegas (BYU/California)

2.65

19. MPC Comp. (Boise St./BC)

2.64

20. Music City (Va./Minn.)

2.34

21. Champ Sports (Clem./Col.)

2.31

22. Motor City (Akron/Mem.)

2.27

23. N. Orl. (Ark. St./So. Miss.)

2.16

24. Houston (TCU/Iowa St.)

2.09

25. Liberty (Fresno St./Tulsa)

1.96

26. GMAC (UTEP/Toledo)

1.89

27. Sun (Northwestern/UCLA)

1.41

28. Poinsetta (Colo. St./Navy)

0.84

[GetAHobby]

So the Bulls were being watched in 88,085.6 households...that's not to shabby

[AgingBull]

whoaaaaaa what are you like a math major or something

[smazza]

that is why big east has a bcs bid

[bulls96go]

true but usf games should be better in tampa

[Joe]

These are the Tampa ratings. Nationally the WVU game was 4th most watched. We were 16th.