Former Duke forward Sean Stewart, a five-star recruit in the 2023 class, commits to Ohio State.
Last night's championship was the biggest (and best) bowl game of the season, but it didn't deliver the ratings of the 2015 title game.
Semifinal ratings fell 36% after the College Football Playoff inexplicably held firm to its "new tradition" of New Year's Eve games.
Though America wasn't ringing in a new year on Monday night, overnight ratings were still down over last year's Ohio State–Oregon contest (18.6 rating).
Source: Last night's CFP championship game pulled a 15.8 overnight rating on ESPN, down 15 percent from last year.
— John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ) January 12, 2016
Championship ratings: Duke-Wisconsin (CBB): 17.1 overnight (CBS). Alabama-Clemson (CFB): 15.8 overnight (ESPN).
— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) January 12, 2016
Perhaps this is the blood debt to be paid by the CFP for excluding Ohio State, the sport's ratings king.