Sugar Bowl viewers went up by 154% and Rose Bowl viewers increased by 51% over last year after switching to a playoff.

I see the playoff number increasing to 8 very soon. Money talks.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/bow ... ngs-record

http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/02/media/c ... ?hpt=hp_t4

Mega ratings for ESPN's college football playoffs make cable TV history