Rascasse Audience Intelligence

College Football Playoff Fan Demographics in United States

College Football Playoff has an estimated audience of 4M people in United States.

#119among American football in United States
#90among events in United States#717in Sports

College Football Playoff has an estimated audience of 4M people in United States. 33.8% are female, 66.2% are male, average age 42.4. Top affinities: Big Ten Conference, Buffalo Bills, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos.

Its fans are 4.9 years older than the group average of 37.5.

Women make up 33.8% of the fan base, 1.1 percentage points fewer than the group average.

Top affinities include Big Ten Conference, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, with strongest over-indexing on Big Ten Conference (22.04× the country average).

Demographically, the College Football Playoff audience skews more male with an average age of 42.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Career Orientation.

The typical College Football Playoff fan in United States is more male, around 42.4 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Big Ten Conference.

Category: Sports · Type: Event · Subtype: American football

Data status: Q3/2026 · Source & method

Section 01

At a glance

Audience size
4M
in United States
Gender
33.8%♀
66.2% male
Age
42.4
average years
Country rank
#8268
among all objects in United States
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Solution
Section 02

Demographics of College Football Playoff fans

33.8% are female, 66.2% are male, average age 42.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

33.8%
Female
66.2%
Male
Demographic split for College Football Playoff audience in United States
MetricValue
Female33.8%
Male66.2%
Average age42.4
Estimated audience size4M
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.4
average years
Age distribution of the College Football Playoff audience in United States
Age bracketShare%
16-2417%
25-3416%
35-4418%
45-5421%
55+28%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

96.0%

of the worldwide College Football Playoff audience comes from United States.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for College Football Playoff
CountryShare
United States96.0%
Canada1.8%
Germany0.9%
Section 04
Brands and objects ranked by affinity with this audience. Values above 1.0× mean over-representation compared with the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Affinities of the College Football Playoff audience vs. the country average
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Big Ten ConferenceSports22.04×
02Jacksonville JaguarsSports12.34×
03Tampa Bay BuccaneersSports11.31×
04Cincinnati BengalsSports11.13×
05New York JetsSports11.09×
06Indianapolis ColtsSports10.95×
07Miami DolphinsSports9.84×
08Arizona CardinalsSports9.43×
09New York GiantsSports9.30×
10Minnesota VikingsSports9.17×
11Buffalo BillsSports8.98×
12Los Angeles RamsSports8.94×
13Carolina PanthersSports8.92×
14Denver BroncosSports8.61×
15Baltimore RavensSports8.44×
16Cleveland BrownsSports8.33×
17Seattle SeahawksSports8.30×
18Detroit LionsSports7.80×
19Green Bay PackersSports7.20×
20Pittsburgh SteelersSports6.91×
Section 05
Strongest and weakest personality traits of this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the College Football Playoff audience

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

↑ What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Personality traits of the College Football Playoff audience vs. the country average · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.84×
Career OrientationPOWER1.35×
IndulgenceJOY1.33×
0×1.00× baseline2×
↓ Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Personality traits of the College Football Playoff audience vs. the country average · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
CreativityOPEN0.68×
MindfulnessBALANCE0.77×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.78×
0×1.00× baseline2×
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Source & method

Source
Rascasse Solution, own modelling
What “fans” means here
Estimated number of people in United States with measurable interest in College Football Playoff over the last 12 months. Modelled, not counted; people interested in several events count for each of them.
Data basis
Anonymised behavioural signals: search demand, social media signals, sponsorship and event data. Not a survey.
Period
10/2025 – 09/2026 · updated quarterly · data status Q3/2026
Confidence
high gender and age data available and an audience of at least 100,000 people

Cite as: “Rascasse Solution, Q3/2026, rascasse.com/explore/us/college-football-playoff-94005” · Methodology