Even though it featured two of the biggest name brands in college football, Monday night's national championship game didn't draw as large of a TV audience as usual.
Alabama's 52-24 win over Ohio State drew an audience of 18.7 million TV viewers, the lowest for any national championship game since the national championship game began with the Bowl Championship Series in 1998.
The national championship game also drew less viewership than both Ohio State's Sugar Bowl win over Clemson (19.1 million) and Alabama's Rose Bowl over Notre Dame (18.9 million), though it was the most-watched non-NFL sporting event of the past year other than the College Football Playoff semifinals.