It is no secret that college football runs collegiate athletics. Forbes magazine just made it official with its list of the 25 most power people in college sports.

A vast majority of the 25 people on the list work in some capacity in college football. The SEC was well represented as well.

Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany topped the list. Forbes credited him with starting and stopping conference realignment by bringing schools such as Nebraska, Maryland and Rutgers to the Big Ten. Delany is also ranked No. 1 because the upcoming television contract for the conference may be the largest in television history.

NCAA president Mark Emmert, ESPN president John Skipper and  Duke athletic director Kevin White followed Delany at Nos. 2, 3 and 4 on the list, respectively.

At No. 6, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey was the highest-ranked person from the SEC. Sankey replaced long-time conference commissioner Mike Slive this year. Though new to his position, Sankey holds a powerful position at the top of college sports’ most powerful conference.

Senior vice president of college sports programming at ESPN Burke Magnus was ranked 11th. He plays an important role in ESPN earning rights packages to college sports and was responsible for creating the SEC Network.

Six different athletic directors made Forbes’ ranking, including Arkansas AD Jeff Long, who has worked more than 30 years in the administration business and was the first-ever member of the College Football Playoff Committee.

Alabama coach Nick Saban was the highest ranked coach at No. 15. Forbes credits Saban’s $7 million salary, the highest among all college coaches, and his influence on amateur football as the reason for his ranking.

Ohio State coach Urban Meyer and Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski were the only other college coaches on the list at No. 17 and 19, respectively.

Other notables on Forbes’ list are Under Armour founder Kevin Plank, former Nike CEO Phil Knight and College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock. Plank, Knight and Hancock were ranked 12th, 16th and 22nd, respectively.

Knight and Nike are responsible for many of the unique and unusual uniform combinations fans see throughout college football. In recent years, though, Plank and Under Armour have built their own apparel brand in college football. Under Armour outfits more than 30 universities, including Notre Dame and Wisconsin.

Hancock is the former head of the BCS and now overseas the College Football Playoff, which is second to only the Super Bowl in terms of media value, according to Forbes.

Here is the complete list:

25. Jay Bilas, ESPN basketball analyst
24. Sandy Barbour, Penn State AD
23. Donald Remy, NCAA VP of legal affairs and general counsel
22. Bill Hancock, executive director of the College Football Playoff
21. Jim Phillips, Northwestern AD
20. Val Ackerman, Big East commissioner
19. Mike Krzyzewski, Duke basketball coach
18. Jeffrey Kessler, Partner at Winston & Strawn LLP
17. Urban Meyer, Ohio State football coach
16. Phil Knight, Nike co-founder and former CEO
15. Nick Saban, Alabama football coach
14. Oliver Luck, NCAA executive VP of regulatory affairs
13. Jeff Long, Arkansas AD
12. Kevin Plank, Under Armour founder and president
11. Burke Magnus, ESPN senior VP of college football programming
10. John Swofford, ACC commissioner
9. Gene Smith, Ohio State AD
8. Larry Scott, Pac-12 commissioner
7. Jack Swarbrick, Notre Dame AD
6. Greg Sankey, SEC commissioner
5. Bob Bowlsby, Big 12 commissioner
4. Kevin White, Duke AD
3. John Skipper, ESPN president
2. Mark Emmert, NCAA president
1. Jim Delan, Big Ten commissioner