Having more money doesn’t always equate to success, but it certainly doesn’t hurt. Penn Live recently conducted its annual study of the richest college football programs (based on revenue and profits) with data from Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act.
In the study, you’ll find the usual suspects as college football’s blue bloods top the list. What is interesting is that great wealth doesn’t guarantee wins on the field.
The Top Five:
No. 1: Texas – $156.1 million
No. 2: Georgia – $123.1 million
No. 3: Michigan – $122.3 million
No. 4: Notre Dame – $115.5 million
No. 5: Ohio State – $115.1 million
This might be the only poll we see Michigan ahead of the Buckeyes for quite some time. But putting the right people in the right place at the right time might have more to do with winning national championships than money. That and a little luck… good or bad.
Defending champ, LSU comes in on the list at No. 11 with $92 million. Right people, right place, right time with a little bit of good fortune.
Other Big Ten schools on the list include: No. 64 Rutgers – $26.7 million, No. 39 Maryland – $46.6 million, No. 32 Indiana – 52.6 million, No. 31 Purdue – $54.8 million, No. 28 Illinois – $58.2 million, No. 26 Minnesota – $63 million, No. 24 Northwestern – $63.2 million, No. 18 Michigan State – $75.6 million, No. 16 Iowa – $81 million, No. 13 Wisconsin – $89.9 million, No. 10 Nebraska – $94.3 million, and No. 6 Penn State – $100.1 million.
Seems like Buckeye Nation is doing a pretty good job in the one poll that we, the fans have control over. Keep up the good work and maybe we’ll jump TTUN in this poll as well. O-H!
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