Playoff Bowls Matter, Non-Playoff Bowls Don't

Here are the television audiences for all the bowl games. 

My first takeaway was that over 2 million people saw Illinois lose.

The bigger point is that people tune into the playoff bowls FAR more than the others.

The best non-playoff bowl rating was the Cotton with 9.09M, 8 million more viewers than the worst.

The lowest playoff bowl rating was the Rose at 28M, 19 million more than the Cotton.