ESPN gets a 9% boost in viewers over 2018’s second semifinal

ESPN said Clemson-Ohio State drew an average of 21.2 million viewers, up 9% from last year’s late semifinal game and the most for a non-New Year’s Day semifinal in the sixyear history of the playoff.

Even with LSU taking all the suspense out of the first game Saturday, the two games combined to bring in an average of 19.285 million viewers, up 6% from last year.