It was billed as one of the biggest games (perhaps the grandest) in a day full of extraordinary games.

It lived up to the hype , for the most part, despite Alabama getting the best of Georgia 24-21 Saturday night.

America was tuned in, but not as heavily as one would have believed. The game was not viewed as much as Georgia 's win at Tennessee two weeks prior.

Here's how the numbers stacked up based on Nielsen Ratings.

Georgia football vs. Alabama ratings

The primetime game in the 7:30 p.m. window drew 10.4 million viewers on ABC Saturday night, ESPN said Tuesday.

That was more than 2 million fewer than the Georgia-Tennessee game from two weeks prior, which drew 12.58 million viewers during a 3:30 p.m. viewing window.

ESPN says the game drew 13 million viewers during its peak

See Full Page