The Big Ten Conference had their fiscal year end on June 30, and the conference brought in $781,5 million in the last fiscal year. From that revenue pool, Michigan State earned $55.6 million in payouts from the last year.
The Big Ten actually had the highest per-school payouts last year, which might surprise some who view the SEC as the big money conference. It is important to note, however, that the Big Ten makes large revenue from both football AND basketball, whereas the SEC is highly reliant on football and has less basketball revenue.
Below are the per-school payout breakdowns from each conference. Note that some of these conferences have some caveats. For example, in the Big Ten, Maryland and Rutgers received a smaller payout.
- Big Ten: $55.6 million
- Big-12: $38.2 million to $42 million
- ACC: $27.6 million to $34 million
- Pac-12: $32.2 million
- SEC: $45.3 million
