Quote Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer View Post
50% of all viewership of football is 18 schools. Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Tennessee, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Oklahoma are in this group.

In 2024 numbers 8 of top 10 were SEC and only Michigan and Ohio State were the non-SEC. The chart is logarithmic so #1 and #18 are miles apart.

Of this group, Florida State and Clemson are the ACC schools.

Come to think about it, I have never watched an ACC football game, without MSU involvement, since the UVA-FSU game with Ronde and Tiki Barber about 30 years ago.
Viewership is huge, but they want to sell commercials in new spaces too. Florida already has the panhandle, so it makes me question Florida State. Same with Clemson/SC. That said, I think FSU and Clemson are much more closely aligned with SEC schools from a cultural standpoint. I'd be ok with Miami or Florida State. I'd be ok with Clemson too, but I 100% expect them to push in North Carolina and possibly Virginia for at least two teams.