On the surface his claim is legit.
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college...v-ratings/
Game: Viewers (Network)
Cincinnati-UCF: 3.098 million (ABC)
UCF-USF: 1.741 million (ESPN)
Miami-BC: 1.36 million (ESPN)
Pitt-UVA: 1.359 million (ESPN2)
FSU-NC St: 1.347 million (ABC)
USF-Tulsa: 1.17 million
Temple-UCF: 1.191 million (ESPN)
Louisville-Syracuse: 1.062 million (ESPN2)
GT-Louisville: 996K (ESPN)
GT-VT: 968K (ESPN)
Pitt-Miami: 919K (ESPN)
Miami-UVA: 870K (ESPN2)
BC-Wake Forest: 863K (ESPN)
Syracuse-BC: 765K (ESPN)
WF-NC St: 744K (ESPN)
VT-Duke: 728K (ESPN2)
Memphis-Tulane: 738K (ESPN2)
Miami-VT: 733K (ESPN)
Tulsa-Temple: 728K (ESPN)
BC-FSU:716K (ESPN2)
NC St-Syracuse: 680K (ESPN2)
Memphis-SMU: 623K (ESPN2)
Duke-Miami: 620K (ESPN2)
Wake Forest-FSU: 576K (ESPN2)
Miami-GT: 551K (ESPN2)
Tulsa-Houston: 538K (ESPN)
UCF-ECU: 486K (ESPN2)
UCF-UCONN: 444K (ESPNU)
VT-N Carolina: 389K (ESPNU)
Navy-UCF: 385K (ESPN2)
Tulane-Houston: 378K (ESPN)
Pitt-VT: 344K (ESPNU)
Even though he exempted Clemson and FSU, even some of Clemson's games were not that impressive for a Top 4 team...
Clemson-Wake Forest: 966K (ESPN)
Clemson-Louisville: 1.55 million (ABC)
The area where the AAC falls short is consistency. We had several games that had n.a. listed instead of a number of viewers. I assumed that meant a number so low it was not worth computing/reporting...but one of those games was on ABC, which doesn't make sense. Those games were...
Tulane-Cincinnati (ESPNU)
SMU-UCF (ESPNU)
ECU-Temple (ESPNews)
SMU-Tulane (ESPNU)
Cincinnati-Tulsa (ESPNU)
Tulane-Tulsa (ESPNU)
Memphis-ECU (ESPNU)
Navy-Cincinnati (ESPNU)
Houston-SMU (ESPNU)
Tulsa-Memphis (ESPNU)
USF-Cincinnati (ESPNU)
ECU-Tulane (ESPNews)
Houston-Memphis (ABC) ???
Temple-UCONN (ESPNU)
Navy-Tulane (ESPNU)