Online publications can only list the top 25 events for a given week. We have interpreted that to mean we could show the ratings for the top 25 bowl games. As ratings are only available for 18 games (22 later this week), this is an easy rule to comply with.
Here are the top
Updated January 12, 2010
Network
Game
Rating/Households (000's)
ABC
BCS Championship Game (Alabama 37 Texas 21)
17.2/19730
ABC
Rose Bowl (Ohio State 26 Oregon 17)
13.2/15143
FOX
Sugar Bowl (Florida 51 Cincinnati 24)
8.5/9766
FOX
Fiesta Bowl (Boise State 17 TCU 10)
8.2/9455
ABC
Capital One Bowl (Penn State 19 LSU 17)
6.8/7843
FOX
Orange Bowl (Iowa 24 Georgia Tech 14)
6.8/7815
ESPN
Valero Alamo Bowl (Texas Tech 41 Michigan State 31)
4.8/5553
ESPN
Emerald Bowl (USC 24 Boston College 13)
4.6/5289
FOX
AT&T Cotton Bowl (Ole Miss 21 Oklahoma State 7)
4.5/5220
ESPN
Chick-Fil-A Bowl ( Virginia Tech 37 Tennessee 14)
4.2/4852
CBS
Gator Bowl (Florida State 33 West Virginia 21)
3.9/4533
ESPN
Chanps Sports Bowl (Wisconsin 20 Miami (FL) 14)
3.9/4488
ESPN
Meineke Car Care Bowl (Pittsburgh 19 North Carolina 17)
3.9/4521
ESPN
AutoZone Liberty Bowl (Arkansas 20 East Carolina 17)
3.8/4332
ESPN
Pacific Life Holiday Bowl (Nebraska 33 Arizona 0)
3.7/4267
ESPN
Outback Bowl (Auburn 38 Northwestern 35)
3.5/4020
CBS
Sun Bowl (Oklahoma 31 Stanford 27)
3.3/3804
ESPN
Little Caesars Bowl (Marshall 21 Ohio 17)
2.6/2944
ESPN
Poinsettia Bowl (Utah 37 California 27)
2.4/2779
ESPN
New Mexico Bowl (Wyoming 35 Fresno State 28)
2.4/2750
ESPN
GMAC Bowl (Central Michigan 44 Troy 41 (2OT))
2.4/2705
ESPN2*
Independence Bowl (Georgia 44 Texas A&M 20)*
2.4/2334*
ESPN
MAACO Las Vegas Bowl (BYU 44 Oregon State 20)
2.2/2557
Source: The Nielsen Company
*From ESPN
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