The amazing ratings for the Pac-12 Final Championship were revealed, and they only made fans sad.
The Pac-12 is no longer relevant; let it continue on. In the final championship game of the league, Washington defeated Oregon 34–31 to end the tenure of one of college football’s most enduring leagues. A fitting farewell to the century-old epicentre of power-conference football on the West Coast, the well-played game was played. Furthermore, according to a Saturday ESPN release, it was meant to become a trivia question full with bitter irony. The Pac-12, a league split up primarily for television income, stated on its network that its final championship game had received the highest viewership ever. Even with the game’s top-five matchup, ABC’s peak viewing audience of 11.1 million viewers was an incredible number for a Friday night.
Remarkably, the game attracted almost fifty percent more viewers than it did in 2022—even after taking into consideration that Ohio State’s large fan base carefully followed the USC vs. Utah game last season for CFP criteria.
The final Pac-12 championship game was the most watched ever. pic.twitter.com/VnJegmAzIR
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) December 2, 2023
Maybe the league would have survived if TV networks had only known how interesting a conference the Pac-12 would out to be in 2023. But, it was not to be, and starting in 2024, its institutions will inevitably connect with Rutgers, UCF, and Boston College.
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