NOTABLE NUMBERS

10%

Drop in viewership for NFL broadcasts during the regular season, according to data provided to USA TODAY. The number includes the average audience across the NFL’s broadcast partners — CBS, Fox, NBC, ESPN and NFL Network. While 33 of the top 50 TV programs since Week 1 in September were NFL games, this season’s decline follows an 8% drop in 2016. NFL broadcasts had an average minute audience of 14.9 million compared with 16.5 million in 2016. CBS, Fox, NBC and ESPN had a smaller audience than 2016. ESPN, which included its streaming audience, had the lowest drop among the networks at 7.7%. Fox had a 9.1% drop, NBC 10.4% and CBS 11.2% compared with 2016.

$1.35 million

In bonuses so far for Georgia coach Kirby Smart, more than at least nine FBS schools paid their head coach and nine assistants — combined — this season.

499

Career qualified rides for two-time World Champion J.B. Mauney, who hopes to become the third rider to hit 500 when the Professional Bull Riders kicks off its 25th Anniversary Tour Friday through Sunday (CBS, CBS Sports Network) at Madison Square Garden.