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Forbes recently released its annual list of the most valuable college football programs in the country.
The leading publication for measuring wealth among high-profile executives, public companies and sports, Forbes uses a complex set of financial data to come up with the value of each university’s football program.
Of the Top 20 teams in terms of value in 2014, the SEC claims nine. Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt are the only conference schools not among the 20 most valuable in all of college football.
Here is the full list.
1. Texas Longhorns, $131 million
2. Notre Dame, $122 million
3. Michigan, $117 million
4. Alabama, $107 million
5. LSU, $103 million
6. Auburn, $97 million
7. Tennessee, $94 million
8. Oklahoma, $93 million
9. Ohio State, $87 million
10. Georgia, $83 million
11. Florida, $82 million
12. Penn State, $80 million
13. Texas A&M, $78 million
14. Washington, $77 million
15. Nebraska, $73 million
T16. South Carolina, $72 million
T16. Michigan State, $72 million
18. Arkansas, $71 million
19. USC, $69 million
20. Oregon, $68 million
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
