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SEC Championship sets ratings mark

Here's a quick look at how Georgia battled Alabama in Saturday's SEC title game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Dec 4, 2018

The SEC Championship game between Georgia and Alabama was the most-watched and highest-rated regular-season college football game on any network in the past seven years, CBS announced Tuesday. It was the second most-watched SEC Championship in the 26 years since the game debuted in 1992.

This year’s SEC Championship, won by Alabama 35-28, had a 10.1/23 rating/share and 17.5 million viewers.

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