CFP games top 10M average, but NFL wins head-to-head

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The NFL won the head-to-head battle for viewers with the College Football Playoff.

Front Office Sports, citing figures from Nielsen, reported Tuesday that the Kansas City Chiefs' 27-19 win over the Houston Texans on Saturday averaged 15.5 million viewers on NBC, more than double the average of 6.4 million people who watched Penn State defe