Most Valuable College Football Programs

[IrishLax]

ND is #2.

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emdm45el/college-footballs-most-valuable-teams/

 

[4irishnation]

3. Penn St. Lets check this in 2012

 

[GreatGolson]

give it 5 years, we will be #1

 

[phork]

give it 5 years, we will be #1

This ranking does not include TV revenue. Which means Texas is even farther ahead.

 

[NDPhilly]

Hard to believe LSU is #4.

 

[BGIF]

Forbes Stakes A Claim On ND's Money QB

Forbes Stakes A Claim On ND's Money QB

The guy in the photo has one career game with more than 10 snaps.


Look's like Forbes is telling us to "BANK IT!"

 

[BGIF]

Hard to believe LSU is #4.

OSU would have been higher but they didn't declare the revenue from player sales this year.

 

[Buster Bluth]

The Big Ten schools would all be higher if TV revenue were included. Why isn't it?

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Surprised to see OSU so low and MSU & Iowa so high on the list.

 

[irishog77]

The Big Ten schools would all be higher if TV revenue were included. Why isn't it?

My guess is because programs get that regardless. Just by membership alone (and let's face it, the work of others), Vandy and the Miss. schools share in the SEC's TV money. If Vanderbilt fielded a team composed of cheerleaders (and many years they have come close), they'd still be entitled to all the money the SEC shares as a conference.

I'm guessing it's the same thing with the Big Ten schools and their rankings by Forbes. I know it mentioned one of Arkansas' revenue streams was increasing ticket prices (I also know the university there has negotiated some beneficial radio and tv contracts within the state), so I guess the rankings really only dealt with each institution on its own, separate from any conference/shared money.

BTW- that list and the parameters it used didn't seem very thorough to me.