The Orlando Sentinel is running a series on the "Tough times: College sports and the economy." It is a very good read so far, and in their college football blog there is post today -- a must read for any college fan -- about the revenue each FBS school took in from 2008.
The total for the MWC was $276,800,202 a quarter of a billion dollars is not bad, but the top three schools alone are over $340 million. The MWC teams are listed in bold, and a few things surprised me.
First is that TCU was highest MWC and non-BCS school on the list and by a good margin. The biggest surprise was that Utah ranked 7th in revenue for the timeframe.
There is no surprise that the BCS schools make more money but the amount is staggering, just look at the bottom of the list with Louisana-Monroe who pulled in less then seven million!
This makes what any non-BCS school accomplish seem to be even greater then we thought. Just look at Utah they defeated Alabama who took in $88 million which is more then three times what Utah brought in last year who was just under $27 million.
The list is after the jump.
| Rank | School | Total Revenue | Conference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Texas | $120,288,370 | Big 12 |
| 2nd | Ohio State | $117,953,712 | Big Ten |
| 3rd | Florida | $106,030,895 | Southeastern Conference |
| 4th | Michigan | $99,027,105 | Big Ten |
| 5th | Wisconsin | $93,452,334 | Big Ten |
| 6th | Penn State | $91,570,233 | Big Ten |
| 7th | Auburn | $89,305,326 | Southeastern Conference |
| 8th | Alabama | $88,869,810 | Southeastern Conference |
| 9th | Tennessee | $88,719,798 | Southeastern Conference |
| 10th | Oklahoma State | $88,554,438 | Big 12 |
| 11th | Kansas | $86,009,257 | Big 12 |
| 12th | Louisiana State | $84,183,362 | Southeastern Conference |
| 13th | Georgia | $84,020,180 | Southeastern Conference |
| 14th | Notre Dame | $83,352,439 | Independent |
| 15th | Iowa | $81,148,310 | Big Ten |
| 16th | Michigan State | $77,738,746 | Big Ten |
| 17th | Oklahoma | $77,098,009 | Big 12 |
| 18th | Stanford | $76,661,466 | Pac-10 |
| 19th | University of Southern California | $76,409,919 | Pac-10 |
| 20th | Nebraska | $75,492,884 | Big 12 |
| 21st | Texas A&M | $74,781,640 | Big 12 |
| 22nd | Kentucky | $71,186,184 | Southeastern Conference |
| 23rd | Duke | $67,820,335 | ACC |
| 24th | South Carolina | $66,545,953 | Southeastern Conference |
| 25th | UCLA | $66,088,264 | Pac-10 |
| 26th | Virginia | $65,400,485 | ACC |
| 27th | Arkansas | $64,197,470 | Southeastern Conference |
| 28th | California | $63,884,710 | Pac-10 |
| 29th | Minnesota | $63,782,454 | Big Ten |
| 30th | Purdue | $62,093,614 | Big Ten |
| 31st | North Carolina--Chapel Hill | $61,263,269 | ACC |
| 32nd | Boston College | $61,203,340 | ACC |
| 33rd | Washington | $60,729,016 | Pac-10 |
| 34th | Clemson | $59,126,212 | ACC |
| 35th | Illinois | $57,167,843 | Big Ten |
| 36th | Oregon | $56,623,902 | Pac-10 |
| 37th | Virginia Tech | $56,029,172 | ACC |
| 38th | Indiana | $54,839,398 | Big Ten |
| 39th | Connecticut | $54,721,742 | Big East |
| 40th | West Virginia | $54,262,716 | Big East |
| 41st | Maryland | $54,171,741 | ACC |
| 42nd | Arizona State | $53,479,441 | Pac-10 |
| 43rd | Colorado | $52,631,896 | Big 12 |
| 44th | Louisville | $52,203,604 | Big East |
| 45th | Rutgers | $50,181,300 | Big East |
| 46th | Missouri | $49,113,786 | Big 12 |
| 47th | Kansas State | $48,160,113 | Big 12 |
| 48th | Oregon State | $47,185,827 | Pac-10 |
| 49th | Georgia Tech | $47,126,247 | ACC |
| 50th | Arizona | $46,988,400 | Pac-10 |
| 51st | Miami (Fla.) | $46,849,990 | ACC |
| 52nd | Vanderbilt | $45,521,855 | Southeastern Conference |
| 53rd | Florida State | $45,414,953 | ACC |
| 54th | Syracuse | $44,702,831 | Big East |
| 55th | North Carolina State | $44,553,795 | ACC |
| 56th | Baylor | $44,151,763 | Big 12 |
| 57th | Texas Christian University | $43,439,777 | Mountain West |
| 58th | Texas Tech | $42,844,855 | Big 12 |
| 59th | Northwestern | $41,835,733 | Big Ten |
| 60th | Wake Forest | $39,961,624 | ACC |
| 61st | Pittsburgh | $39,741,621 | Big East |
| 62nd | Washington State | $39,621,059 | Pac-10 |
| 63rd | Iowa State | $38,642,013 | Big 12 |
| 64th | BYU | $36,695,623 | Mountain West |
| 65th | Mississippi | $34,769,709 | Southeastern Conference |
| 66th | USF | $34,727,263 | Big East |
| 67th | Cincinnati | $33,886,561 | Big East |
| 68th | Memphis | $33,393,717 | Conference USA |
| 69th | SMU | $33,031,503 | Conference USA |
| 70th | Hawaii | $33,012,865 | Western Athletic Conference |
| 71st | UNLV | $32,796,515 | Mountain West |
| 72nd | San Diego State | $31,697,560 | Mountain West |
| 73rd | Houston | $30,856,264 | Conference USA |
| 74th | Air Force Academy | $30,604,249 | Mountain West |
| 75th | Mississippi State | $30,440,090 | Southeastern Conference |
| 76th | East Carolina | $29,268,128 | Conference USA |
| 77th | New Mexico | $28,806,308 | Mountain West |
| 78th | UCF | $28,775,770 | Conference USA |
| 79th | Temple | $27,478,056 | Mid-American Conference |
| 80th | Utah | $26,949,005 | Mountain West |
| 81st | Rice | $26,767,228 | Conference USA |
| 82nd | Fresno State | $26,273,405 | Western Athletic Conference |
| 83rd | Tulsa | $25,797,664 | Conference USA |
| 84th | New Mexico State | $25,065,502 | Western Athletic Conference |
| 85th | Wyoming | $23,717,482 | Mountain West |
| 86th | Miami (Ohio) | $23,263,940 | Mid-American Conference |
| 87th | UTEP | $23,182,621 | Conference USA |
| 88th | Colorado State | $22,093,683 | Mountain West |
| 89th | Boise State | $21,777,002 | Western Athletic Conference |
| 90th | UAB | $21,566,166 | Conference USA |
| 91st | Central Michigan | $21,493,640 | Mid-American Conference |
| 92nd | Marshall | $21,340,076 | Conference USA |
| 93rd | Nevada | $21,057,972 | Western Athletic Conference |
| 94th | Ohio | $20,448,176 | Mid-American Conference |
| 95th | Florida International | $20,230,655 | Sun Belt Conference |
| 96th | Tulane | $20,029,935 | Conference USA |
| 97th | Western Kentucky | $19,957,909 | Independent |
| 98th | Eastern Michigan | $19,341,287 | Mid-American Conference |
| 99th | Northern Illinois | $19,199,427 | Mid-American Conference |
| 100th | Western Michigan | $19,190,254 | Mid-American Conference |
| 101st | Buffalo | $19,080,151 | Mid-American Conference |
| 102nd | Kent State | $18,891,133 | Mid-American Conference |
| 103rd | San Jose State | $18,318,325 | Western Athletic Conference |
| 104th | Toledo | $18,127,253 | Mid-American Conference |
| 105th | Bowling Green | $18,087,524 | Mid-American Conference |
| 106th | Akron | $17,942,424 | Mid-American Conference |
| 107th | Ball State | $17,427,728 | Mid-American Conference |
| 108th | Middle Tennessee State | $17,254,577 | Sun Belt Conference |
| 109th | North Texas | $15,762,952 | Sun Belt Conference |
| 110th | Florida Atlantic | $14,751,549 | Sun Belt Conference |
| 111th | Southern Miss | $14,472,618 | Conference USA |
| 112th | Utah State | $13,205,337 | Western Athletic Conference |
| 113th | Troy | $13,134,964 | Sun Belt Conference |
| 114th | Idaho | $12,896,488 | Western Athletic Conference |
| 115th | Louisiana Tech | $12,465,865 | Western Athletic Conference |
| 116th | Louisiana-Lafayette | $11,134,598 | Sun Belt Conference |
| 117th | Arkansas State | $10,456,754 | Sun Belt Conference |
| 118th | Louisiana-Monroe | $7,733,035 | Sun Belt Conference |
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