Top-50 Highest College Athletics Department Revenues

[teedubya]

http://businessofcollegesports.com/2...ment-revenues/

This week, BusinessofCollegeSports.com has shown you the revenues, expenses and net income (profit) of athletics departments in the BCS AQ conferences. To conclude this series, BusinessofCollegeSports.com will rank the top-5o athletics departments with the highest revenues, expenses and net income (profits). First up is athletics department revenues.

The data was obtained from the Department of Education and is from 2010-11. While this data is not perfect, it is the only data publicly available for both public and private institutions.

School	Athletic Department Revenue	Conference
Texas-----	$150,295,932.00	Big 12
Ohio State	$131,815,819.00	Big Ten
Alabama--	$123,910,432.00	SEC
Florida-----	$123,008,257.00	SEC
Michigan--	$122,486,490.00	Big Ten
Penn State	$116,118,026.00	Big Ten
LSU--------	$106,421,671.00	SEC
Oklahoma	$104,338,843.00	Big 12
Auburn----	$103,982,441.00	SEC
Tennessee	$102,495,204.00	SEC
Notre Dame	$94,507,919.00	Big East
Wisconsin	$93,594,766.00	Big Ten
Iowa-------	$92,903,555.00	Big Ten
Georgia----	$92,341,067.00	SEC
Arkansas---	$91,768,113.00	SEC
Louisville--	$87,736,320.00	Big East
Florida St--	$86,946,503.00	ACC
Oregon-----	$85,740,068.00	Pac-12
Kentucky---	$84,878,315.00	SEC
S Carolina-	$83,704,667.00	SEC
Nebraska--	$83,679,756.00	Big Ten
Stanford---	$81,125,476.00	Pac-12
Michigan St	$80,963,182.00	Big Ten
Minnesota-	$78,924,683.00	Big Ten
Virginia----	$78,439,006.00	ACC
USC--------	$75,707,273.00	Pac-12
Texas A&M	$74,944,301.00	Big 12
UNC--------	$71,369,784.00	ACC
Washington	$70,231,336.00	Pac-12
Indiana----	$70,172,641.00	Big Ten
Ok State---	$70,123,206.00	Big 12
Kansas-----	$70,028,683.00	Big 12
Kansas St-	$68,875,266.00	Big 12
Duke-------	$67,986,188.00	ACC
Purdue-----	$66,066,303.00	Big Ten
UCLA-------	$66,003,893.00	Pac-12
California--	$65,006,338.00	Pac-12
Boston Col	$64,078,272.00	ACC
UConn-----	$63,043,322.00	Big East
Clemson---	$61,174,977.00	ACC
Virginia Tech	$61,077,122.00	ACC
Colorado---	$60,923,253.00	Pac-12
Miami------	$60,325,003.00	ACC
Baylor------	$59,859,235.00	Big 12
Mizzou-----	$59,005,954.00	Big 12
Arizona----	$58,274,431.00	Pac-12
WVU-------	$58,003,719.00	Big East
Maryland---	$57,765,018.00	ACC
Illinois-----	$57,539,367.00	Big Ten
Northwestern	$56,214,293.00	Big Ten

Several things stand out in this list. First, every Big Ten team made the list. This is notable, as the SEC is typically viewed as the “power conference” when it comes to all things finance. The SEC had a great showing in the top-50, but only nine of its twelve athletics departments made the list. The conference with the least athletics departments on the list was the Big East, which only placed four of its members on the list.

The chart below depicts how many places each conference held in the list.

Conference	# of Athletics Departments on List	% of Conference
ACC	9	75%
Big 12	8	80%
Big East	4	25%
Big Ten	12	100%
Pac-12	8	67%
SEC	9	75%

[WV]

Hoping WVU's goes up now that they are in the Texas 12.

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by Fritz88

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[DaKCMan AP]

True, all Big 10 teams made the list. Impressive.

True, 9/12 SEC teams made the list. Not bad.

Those 9 SEC teams that made the list... they're all in the top-20. Ridiculous.

[Saulbadguy]

Means nothing.

[LiveSteam]

Botarded

[Shox]

Pretty good business model. Huge top line revenue and workers cost vitually nothing. And college athletics is not about big business.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Hoover

Look at the Big Ten, wow. Surprised to see Iowa that high considering our BB program is still recovering.

I think the Big 10 Network has a lot to do with that. That's my guess, at least.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

But, but, but what about the endowments!!!!

[DaKCMan AP]

Originally Posted by Shox

Pretty good business model. Huge top line revenue and workers cost vitually nothing. And college athletics is not about big business.

Right, because coaches, trainers, equipment, facilities, etc. cost nothing. Revenue and profit are not the same thing. The profit margin most of the university's athletic programs make is not that impressive. If you eliminated the programs that big time athletics are subsidizing then the profits would look better.

[Old Dog]

Originally Posted by PGM

But, but, but what about the endowments!!!!

Your parents are probably to blame for you not being well endowed. It's not our fault.

[Stewie]

Too bad more Oklahoma State old boosters didn't kick the bucket. They would have skyrocketed up that list!

[vailpass]

B1G has the most well-rounded athletic programs of any conference.

[Graystoke]

Originally Posted by Hoover

Look at the Big Ten, wow. Surprised to see Iowa that high considering our BB program is still recovering.

Recovering from what? They have sucked since Tom Davis left years ago.

[DaKCMan AP]

Originally Posted by vailpass

B1G has the most well-rounded athletic programs of any conference.

Eh, not sure I agree with that statement.

Some of the PAC-10 schools are extremely well rounded. The Pac-10 generally dominates women's softball and volleyball.

The SEC schools also do well in many sports. Florida, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt all were CWS semi-finals last year. Florida, Bama, Georgia, and Tennessee all have excellent women's softball teams. Florida often dominates in track & golf.

Stanford consistently finishes at or near the top in the Director's Cup. In fact, if you look at the DC final standings Stanford is usually first with a good mix of SEC/Big XII/Big Ten/ACC teams in the top-10.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NACDA_D...e_current_year

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by Graystoke

Recovering from what? They have sucked since Tom Davis left years ago.

Hey! George Raveling wore a sweatsuit. During games.
That is all.