The Seven Richest Athletic Programs In College Sports

[GoSooners]

It kind of took me by surprise me when I saw Oregon was on top. But you have to keep in mind that Oregon had most everything given to them. $125 mil out of $196 mil of their revenues were contributions. So it's not like they had to fight their way to the top. Something tells me they won't stay there for long. I just saw that Under Armour was going to make a big offer to Texas. As if their uniforms weren't ugly enough already, just wait until UA gets a hold of them!

http://www.cheatsheet.com/sports/th...departments-in-college-sports.html/?a=viewall

 

[BigdaddyQH]

Look how much money the Athletic departments actually make. That is the bottom line. Texas is not even in the ballgame.

 

[RunLeeRun]

Just curious as to why 7? 8, 9 and 10 aren't that far behind. Here is the top 50. (link)

SCHOOL	CONF	TOTAL REVENUE	TOTAL EXPENSES	TOTAL SUBSIDY	% SUBSIDY
Oregon	PAC-12	$196,030,398	$110,378,432	$2,155,099	1.10
Texas	Big 12	$161,035,187	$154,128,877	$0	0.00
Michigan	Big Ten	$157,899,820	$142,551,994	$256,316	0.16
Alabama	SEC	$153,234,273	$120,184,128	$5,997,100	3.91
Ohio State	Big Ten	$145,232,681	$113,937,001	$0	0.00
LSU	SEC	$133,679,256	$122,945,710	$0	0.00
Oklahoma	Big 12	$129,226,692	$113,366,698	$0	0.00
Wisconsin	Big Ten	$127,910,918	$125,096,235	$8,073,360	6.31
Florida	SEC	$124,611,305	$109,690,016	$4,308,442	3.46
Texas A&M	SEC	$119,475,872	$95,663,483	$1,241,457	1.04
Oklahoma State	Big 12	$117,803,302	$109,648,000	$7,521,475	6.38
Penn State	Big Ten	$117,590,990	$117,440,639	$0	0.00
Auburn	SEC	$113,716,004	$126,470,602	$4,384,800	3.86
Tennessee	SEC	$107,499,732	$106,153,854	$1,250,000	1.16
Minnesota	Big Ten	$106,176,156	$106,176,156	$7,011,066	6.60
Iowa	Big Ten	$105,958,954	$102,278,847	$683,917	0.65
Florida State	ACC	$104,774,474	$98,866,182	$7,980,366	7.62
Michigan State	Big Ten	$104,677,456	$107,422,832	$1,094,958	1.05
Georgia	SEC	$103,495,587	$92,560,956	$3,274,712	3.16
Washington	PAC-12	$100,275,187	$86,097,137	$3,549,679	3.54
Arizona	PAC-12	$99,911,034	$95,524,260	$7,901,134	7.91
South Carolina	SEC	$98,619,479	$95,762,786	$5,631,976	5.71
Kansas	Big 12	$97,681,066	$90,056,511	$2,564,374	2.63
Arkansas	SEC	$96,793,972	$94,640,408	$1,936,405	2.00
Kentucky	SEC	$96,685,489	$94,612,431	$861,548	0.89
Nebraska	Big Ten	$94,797,692	$90,939,273	$0	0.00
California	PAC-12	$90,262,142	$90,108,023	$4,982,173	5.52
Louisville	AAC	$88,745,348	$88,174,474	$7,768,599	8.75
UCLA	PAC-12	$86,426,780	$86,426,780	$2,711,272	3.14
Indiana	Big Ten	$84,668,779	$80,386,732	$3,008,362	3.55
North Carolina	ACC	$83,771,913	$83,463,221	$9,078,593	10.84
Missouri	SEC	$83,718,587	$80,230,179	$1,515,000	1.81
Virginia	ACC	$83,697,971	$87,426,105	$13,235,814	15.81
Illinois	Big Ten	$80,848,569	$83,112,351	$3,927,372	4.86
West Virginia	Big 12	$77,626,819	$76,618,251	$4,441,522	5.72
Texas Tech	Big 12	$76,723,413	$69,659,608	$4,086,756	5.33
Rutgers	AAC	$76,656,339	$76,656,339	$36,340,665	47.41
Mississippi	SEC	$75,849,000	$73,293,496	$3,886,423	5.12
Clemson	ACC	$74,793,322	$73,456,221	$4,375,745	5.85
Arizona State	PAC-12	$74,729,269	$74,553,104	$10,073,205	13.48
Maryland	ACC	$73,434,869	$72,952,894	$18,121,113	24.68
Virginia Tech	ACC	$73,065,186	$69,597,779	$8,110,828	11.10
Kansas State	Big 12	$72,935,044	$62,576,606	$1,347,921	1.85
Connecticut	AAC	$71,519,433	$71,396,255	$27,203,031	38.04
Purdue	Big Ten	$71,372,206	$74,604,756	$0	0.00
North Carolina State	ACC	$70,500,811	$63,958,569	$6,708,651	9.52
Georgia Tech	ACC	$68,469,538	$68,818,267	$7,107,777	10.38
Iowa State	Big 12	$68,170,381	$67,967,712	$1,957,396	2.87
Colorado	PAC-12	$64,226,758	$64,303,100	$12,209,473	19.01
Oregon State	PAC-12	$63,301,794	$73,020,003	$12,285,453	19.41

 

[RunLeeRun]

It kind of took me by surprise me when I saw Oregon was on top. But you have to keep in mind that Oregon had most everything given to them. $125 mil out of $196 mil of their revenues were contributions. So it's not like they had to fight their way to the top. Something tells me they won't stay there for long. I just saw that Under Armour was going to make a big offer to Texas. As if their uniforms weren't ugly enough already, just wait until UA gets a hold of them!

http://www.cheatsheet.com/sports/th...departments-in-college-sports.html/?a=viewall

If you go to the USA Today link, you can actually click on the team and see the last few years. Oregon received almost 80 million more in contributions in 2014 from the previous year. That's one way of getting to the top. Nice to have a sugerdaddy.

 

[GoSooners]

If you go to the USA Today link, you can actually click on the team and see the last few years. Oregon received almost 80 million more in contributions in 2014 from the previous year. That's one way of getting to the top. Nice to have a sugerdaddy.

It's funny that the net between #2 and #3 is almost 50%. The Big Oilies in Texas barely contributed more than OU. And OU jumped from 7th to 3rd in profit. They also compete better in rights and licensing than I would have thought. Some weird stuff going on here. I can kind of see why Texas program is so bloated and they see little profit. Bama received $25 million from "other areas." I wonder what "other" is? I know it's a lot more than the other schools got..I also thought it was a little funny that Bama got $6 million in school funds, yet another of the Bama state group had to shut it's doors on the football program...

 

[Wanger]

That's one way of getting to the top. Nice to have a sugerdaddy.

His generosity is more than just athletics, he and his wife are set to give OHSU 500 million after already giving the Hospital 100+ million, they say the two are getting ready to announce a 1 billion dollar donation to Oregon Academics, if true that would be over 1.5 billion in donations to Oregon and that isn't even counting what he and his wife have already given to the Athletic Department.

 

[RunLeeRun]

It's funny that the net between #2 and #3 is almost 50%. The Big Oilies in Texas barely contributed more than OU. And OU jumped from 7th to 3rd in profit. They also compete better in rights and licensing than I would have thought. Some weird stuff going on here. I can kind of see why Texas program is so bloated and they see little profit. Bama received $25 million from "other areas." I wonder what "other" is? I know it's a lot more than the other schools got..I also thought it was a little funny that Bama got $6 million in school funds, yet another of the Bama state group had to shut it's doors on the football program...

I was going to post the same question about others. There is a methodology link at the bottom that says: Other: All other sources of revenue including game guarantees, support from third-parties guaranteed by the school such as TV income, housing allowances, camp income, etc.; tournament/bowl game revenues from conferences; endowments and investments; revenue from game programs, novelties, food or other concessions; and parking revenues and other sources.

Really, Alabama is in the black. No need for them to even take subsidies.

 

[loomis41973]

The article is so wrong it's sad.

 

[RunLeeRun]

His generosity is more than just athletics, he and his wife are set to give OHSU 500 million after already giving the Hospital 100+ million, they say the two are getting ready to announce a 1 billion dollar donation to Oregon Academics, if true that would be over 1.5 billion in donations to Oregon and that isn't even counting what he and his wife have already given to the Athletic Department.

Don't get me wrong. I'd take it too.

Nebraska's got this fan floating around Omaha, but as far as I can tell (considering the measly 11 million in donations) he aint getting off much. He's only worth some 72 billion.

 

[RunLeeRun]

The article is so wrong it's sad.

USC's not on the list either.

 

[GoSooners]

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[GoSooners]

I wonder how much Nebraska gets out of the Cable Guy? Git R Done

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[Wanger]

USC's not on the list either.

USC is a private school so they don't have to release figures, all the schools listed are public record.

 

[loomis41973]

USC is a private school so they don't have to release figures, all the schools listed are public record.

Which is one of the reasons why this list is a sad joke.

 

[GoSooners]

USC is a private school so they don't have to release figures, all the schools listed are public record.

Yeah, when you throw Notre Dame in there with USC, we're talking about two schools that have more money than Jerry's Kids...

 

[RunLeeRun]

I wonder how much Nebraska gets out of the Cable Guy? Git R Done

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Ticket sales for sure. I know he has a sky box.

We get all 3 of these guys on board, we be #1.

 

[GoSooners]

Which is one of the reasons why this list is a sad joke.

They stated at the top of the article it's only about the public schools..

 

[GoSooners]

I'm waiting for 87 year old sugar daddy T-Boone Pickens to keel over and die so Okie Lite and get back to winning 3 games a year...

 

[RunLeeRun]

I'm waiting for 87 year old sugar daddy T-Boone Pickens to keel over and die so Okie Lite and get back to winning 3 games a year...

Hey, he's only worth 1 billion. I'm starting to get a bit miffed at Buffett. We could have floating satellite facilities all over the south. 500 feet and above, ain't tresspassing!

 

[loomis41973]

They stated at the top of the article it's only about the public schools..

Yes, i can read.