ND earned more football $$ than all but 7 schools; will be independent for a long time

[11NCs]

The University of Texas at Austin - $121.4
The University of Alabama - $97
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville - $94.4
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor - $88.3
Auburn University - $86.7
University of Georgia - $86.7
Louisiana State University - $86.3
University of Notre Dame - $86.1
Ohio State University-Main Campus - $83.5
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus - $78.7
University of Florida - $74.7
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus - $71.3
Florida State University - $70.3
University of Washington-Seattle Campus - $66.9
University of Arkansas - $66.2
Texas A & M University-College Station - $62.2
University of Oregon - $61
University of Nebraska-Lincoln - $60.6
University of South Carolina-Columbia - $59.8
Michigan State University - $59.2

Fiscal year ended 2015

 

[ivan brunetti]

I wonder how much Texas would have made if they were any good? Also, if you can believe what you read, the Longhorn Network is not long for this world.

 

[tommika]

Since ND keeps money matters confidential because they are a private university; I wouldn't trust those numbers. ND raised 400 million dollars awful quickly to begin the Crossroads Project. I've often thought ND has a gold mine or three somewhere in Northern Indiana around South Bend.

Let’s take a look at the top 20 in collective athletic program revenue, aka the $100 Million Revenue Club, with football-only revenues/profits in parentheses.

1. Oregon – $196 million in revenue, $110.4 million in expenses ($56 million revenue/$29 million profit).
2. Texas – $161 million in revenue, $154.1 million in expenses ($113 million revenue/$74 million profit).
3. Michigan – $157.9 million in revenue, $142.6 million in expenses ($91 million revenue/$65 million profit).
4. Alabama – $153.2 million in revenue, $120.2 million in expenses ($95 million revenue/$53 million profit).
5. Ohio State – $145.2 million in revenue, $113.9 million in expenses ($66 million revenue/$39 million profit).
6. LSU – $133.7 million in revenue, $123 million in expenses ($88 million revenue/$50 million profit).
7. Oklahoma – $129.2 million in revenue, $113.4 million in expenses ($71 million revenue/$43 million profit).
8. Wisconsin – $127.9 million in revenue, $125.1 million in expenses ($47.3 million revenue, profit not listed).
9. Florida – $124.6 million in revenue, $109.7 million in expenses ($69 million revenue/$46 million profit).
10. Texas A&M – $119.5 million in revenue, $95.7 million in expenses ($58 million revenue/$34 million profit).
11. Oklahoma State – $117.8 million in revenue, $109.6 million in expenses ($49 million revenue/$39 million profit).
12. Penn State – $117.6 million in revenue, $117.4 million in expenses ($68 million revenue/$37 million profit).
13. Auburn – $113.7 million in revenue, $126.5 million in expenses ($50 million revenue/$39 million profit).
14. Tennessee – $107.5 million in revenue, $106.2 million in expenses ($70 million revenue/$49 million profit).
15. Minnesota – $106.2 million in revenue, $106.2 million in expenses ($39.8 million revenue, profit not listed).
16. Iowa – $106 million in revenue, $102.3 million in expenses ($53.6 million revenue, profit not listed).
17. Florida State – $104.8 million in revenue, $98.9 million in expenses ($57.4 million revenue, profit not listed).
18. Michigan State – $104.7 million in revenue, $107.4 million in expenses ($53 million revenue/$26 million profit).
19. Georgia – $103.5 million in revenue, $92.6 million in expenses ($77 million revenue/$39 million profit).
20. Washington – $100.3 million in revenue, $86.1 million in expenses ($68 million revenue/$39 million profit).

Private schools were not included in the USA Today analysis, thus omitting legendary football schools such as Notre Dame and USC. Notre Dame would have come in fifth on the football revenue list with $81 million in football revenue and $48 million in football profits, and USC would have been 15th in revenue at $59 million with $29 million in profits.

 

[11NCs]

Since ND keeps money matters confidential because they are a private university; I wouldn't trust those numbers. ND raised 400 million dollars awful quickly to begin the Crossroads Project. I've often thought ND has a gold mine or three somewhere in Northern Indiana around South Bend.

Reporting is a Title IX requirement.

http://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/

http://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/institution/details

 

[Bodizephax]

Since ND keeps money matters confidential because they are a private university; I wouldn't trust those numbers. ND raised 400 million dollars awful quickly to begin the Crossroads Project. I've often thought ND has a gold mine or three somewhere in Northern Indiana around South Bend.

 

[11NCs]

Let’s take a look at the top 20 in collective athletic program revenue, aka the $100 Million Revenue Club, with football-only revenues/profits in parentheses.

1. Oregon – $196 million in revenue, $110.4 million in expenses ($56 million revenue/$29 million profit).

Private schools were not included in the USA Today analysis, thus omitting legendary football schools such as Notre Dame and USC. Notre Dame would have come in fifth on the football revenue list with $81 million in football revenue and $48 million in football profits, and USC would have been 15th in revenue at $59 million with $29 million in profits.

The data you referenced above is fiscal year ended 2014. Save donations not specifically assigned to a sport, such as those from Phil Knight at Oregon, the data is absolutely available for both private and public institutions.

In 2015, excluding unassigned donations, ND's total revenue of $96.6M ranked 11th among all universities. USC's $73.8M ranked 24th. The athletic programs at schools like Oregon and USC do not generate enough revenue on their own to close in on the $100M threshold.

 

[onlyonenow]

any way you put it ND has lots of money and thus money will not be a big consideration for what the university does. Which pretty much destroys all the gomers arguments about joining a conference.