Forbes 2018 Most Valuale College Football Teams

Highlights:

  • Texas teams reign at the top
  • 10 SEC schools
  • Only 1 ACC school (FSU) but they have the highest travel expense

Biggest take for me:

Outside of Miami's (lack there of) revenue and Clemson winning it in 2016, you pretty much have to be in the top 20 in revenue to even to play in/win a NC. I expect Clemson to jump into the top 20 very soon though.

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Edit for those who don't want to read it slide by slide:

1) Texas A&M ($148 mil. revenue / $107 mil. profits)
2) Texas ($133 mil. / $87 mil.)
3) Michigan ($127 mil. / $75 mil.)
4) Alabama ($127 mil. / $59 mil.)
5) Ohio State ($120 mil / $69 mil.)
6) Oklahoma ($118 mil. / $72 mil.)
7) Notre Dame ($112 mil./ $72 mil.)
8) Auburn ($112 mil. / $61 mil.)
9) LSU ($112 mil. / $56 mil.)
10) Florida ($111 mil. / $ 67 mil.)
11) Tenn ($108 mil. / $60 mil.)
12) Oregon ($92 mil. / $54 mil.)
13) Arkansas ($92 mil. / $54 mil.)
14) Penn State ($92 mil. / $48 mil.)
15) South Carolina ($90 mil. / $54 mil.)
16) Georgia ($89 mil. / $55 mil.)
17) FSU ($88 mil. / $41 mil.)
18) Southern Cal ($87 mil. / $47 mil.)
19) Washington ($84 mil. / $36 mil.)
20) Nebraska ($83 mil. / $46 mil.)
21) Ole Miss ( $80 mil. / $42 mil.)
22) Mich. St. ($80 mil. / $39 mil.)
23) Iowa ($79 mil. / $38 mil.)
24) Wisconsin ($78 mil. / $43 mil.)
25) Texas Tech ($60 mil. / $31 mil.)

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Comments

Why do websites run slide shows?

It's embarrassing how far the ACC, Swofford and Tobacco Road mafia have held back the other teams in the conference.

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I agree, slide shows like this and what Bleacher Report does, are for the birds.

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They are done for one reason. Page view clicks for ad revenue.

oh absolutely... just annoying as fuck

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Makes me less likely to read anything and close that tab.

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Maybe I missed it, but where did you see the Clemson and VT rankings?

Needed that ACC Network 3 years ago. #ThanksSwofford

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Yeah but if we would have done that, Swofford's son wouldn't have gotten that sweet sweet bonus check from Raycom for helping to extend the agreement they had.

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

Baylor, Boston College, Brigham Young, Duke, Miami, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Rice, Southern California, Southern Methodist, Stanford, Syracuse, Texas Christian, Tulane, Tulsa, Vanderbilt and Wake Forest aren't required to report their revenues because they're private schools; only the public schools are.

For all we know, Notre Dame and Miami could be raking in more revenue than any of the teams on this list but we'll never know for sure.

Also a good read on the topic:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristidosh/2017/06/12/the-biggest-misconceptions-about-the-finances-of-college-sports/#79322362366f

My biggest take away is what does Tenn. do differently than us besides play in the SEC?

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Bigger fan base would be my first thought

Edit: Enrollment for VT is actually 5k more undergrad than Tennessee

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Fan base for UT is based mostly within the state. Outside of the Titans beginning in 2002 and the Preds in 1998, there isn't a pro team in the state or really close to the alumni base. The alumni base is VT is closer to DC, and there's plenty of pro teams. In addition, let's not kid ourselves, cost of living in the DMV and surroudning areas is higher than in Tennessee.

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Oh yea, I think we all know and seen if our stadium was near NoVA, we could easily filled up a 70k+ (if not more) stadium every weekend.

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Titans/Oilers franchise has been in Nashville since 1997. The Grizzlies moved to Memphis in 2001.

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Be a historically great team, although not in the last 15 years.

Of course I talk to myself, sometimes I need expert advice.

VT is relatively new to the "big time football" club.

They have a massive stadium and rank in the top-10 of average attendance the last 5 years. That brings in a lot of cash.

I think in terms of revenue, attendance at games has to be the least of our worries even in a down year. I think most sports programs are more concerned about where the additional revenue comes from.

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They also have a handful of donors who (relatively frequently) give 8 digit donations.

Must be nice to have so much money you can give (multiple) 8 digit gifts to a football program, or have 8 digits in your net worth period haha.

My dream is to one day be able to make at least one 9 digit donation

Onward and upward

the Haslams are pretty rich

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