College football is king, as made apparent by this ranking of the athletic programs with the most revenue from last season.
College football and sports overall remain a business and, when you look at the receipts from each passing year, it's a more lucrative business than ever before. According to the numbers from financial reporting released by Sportico, it's a good time to be a member of the Big Ten or the SEC.
A year ago, the NCAA brought in nearly $1.3 billion in revenue, with most of that number -- $945 million to be exact -- coming expectedly from media deals, and half of the total figure was distributed back to its Division I members. Athletic departments across the country handed in their financial reports to the NCAA for the 2023 fiscal year, and the numbers were stunning. Nine schools made over $200 million, compared to five
Football predictably led the way among all college sports, with men's basketball coming in second, and, as expected, the SEC and Big Ten lead among the schools making the most money.A notable drop for the Crimson Tide, which placed No. 3 in these rankings a year ago, and that was despite making the College Football Playoff in Nick Saban's final season. Men's basketball receipts grew by $1 million, but football tickets fell by $3 million.
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