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Top college football revenue producers

Bill Sullivan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:14:35 +0000

As any season ticket-holding alum can tell you, college football is big business. Combine donations required for the right to purchase those seats and $75 a ticket to watch the likes of Louisiana Monroe, and it’s no surprise that the most powerful of the powerhouse schools are raking in the millions.

Who is the biggest cash cow? Fittingly enough, it’s a program with a steer for a mascot.

Here’s the Top 10, according to Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal, using figures from the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act.

1. Texas: $72.95 million

2. Georgia: $67.05 million

3. Florida: $66.01 million

4. Ohio State: $65.16 million

5. Notre Dame: $59.77 million

6. Auburn: $59.67 million

7. Michigan: $57.46 million

8. Alabama: $57.37 million

9. Penn State: $53.76 million

10. LSU: $52.68 million

Most Final Four appearances

Bill Sullivan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:00:12 +0000

Dynasties may be a thing of the past in the super-competitive world of college basketball, but the list of schools with the most Final Four appearances is made up of the bluest of hoops blue bloods.

Who has made the final weekend with the most regularity? By advancing through the 2009 tournament, North Carolina stands alone atop the list:

18 – North Carolina
17 – UCLA*
14 – Duke
13 – Kentucky
13 – Kansas
10 – Ohio State
8 – Indiana
8 – Louisville
7 – Michigan State
6 – Arkansas
6 – Cincinnati
7 – Michigan State
6 – Oklahoma State

* Does not include vacated years

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Richest college basketball teams

Bill Sullivan — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:32:16 +0000

College basketball is all about breathless finishes, buzzer-beaters, pep bands, frenzied crowds and heated rivalries.

Oh, and money, too.

Sold out home schedules help, but the real cash pours in when your team makes a deep run in the NCAA Tournament. Success brings out more folks wanting a piece of the action, many of them willing to donate money and pay premium prices for premium seats and perks.

Recently, Forbes set out to determine which schools had the most lucrative programs. The publication’s second annual ranking of the Most Valuable College Basketball Teams is based on how much cash the program brings to four areas: the university (including scholarship payments for basketball players); the athletic department (profit generated by the basketball program retained by the department); the conference (distribution of post-season tournament revenue); and local communities (estimated spending by visitors).

Here are the top 10:

1. North Carolina

2, Kentucky

3. Louisville

4. Indiana

5. Kansas

6. Arizona

7. Illinois

8. Duke

9. Maryland

10. Ohio State

To get the details, and to see the rest of the list, visit Forbes.

Consecutive Final Four appearances

Bill Sullivan — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:20:09 +0000

With so much money being spent on college basketball programs these days, just about anyone can put together a few good players, catch a couple of lucky breaks, and find themselves in the Final Four.

Putting together a sustained run of excellence is quite another matter. As hard as it is to get there once or twice, consider the magnitude of UCLA’s unmatched streak of 10 consecutive trips to the game’s final weekend.

Who else has the most consecutive Final Four appearances?

Here’s the list:

10 – UCLA (1967-76)
5 – Cincinnati (1959-63)
5 – Duke (1988-92)
3 – Houston (1982-84)
3 – Kentucky (1996-98)
3 – Michigan State (1999-01)
3 – North Carolina (1967-69)
3 – Ohio State (1944-46)
3 – Ohio State (1960-62)
3 - San Francisco (1955-57)
3 – UCLA (2006-2008)

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Most Final Four games

Bill Sullivan — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:18:27 +0000

While the usual suspects don’t quite have the stranglehold on the Final Four that they once did, you still won’t have much trouble recognizing the schools at the top of the list of most Final Four games.

Here goes, with Carolina’s 2009 run included:

32 – UCLA*
30 – North Carolina
25 – Duke
23 – Kentucky
21 – Kansas
17 – Ohio State
15 – Indiana
13 – Louisville
13 – Michigan
11 – Cincinnati

* Does not include vacated years.

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National Signing Day 2009

Bill Sullivan — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:06:08 +0000

Another college football national signing day (or National Signing Day, if you are really into this sort of thing) has come and gone, and the recruiting services have assigned their grades in terms of which programs landed the best overall talent.

According to Rivals.com, Nick Saban and Alabama took the top spot with a big late push, outdistancing LSU, USC, Ohio State and Texas.

Here’s a look at the top 10, with total players signed, those rated as 5-star, 4-star and 3-star talents by Rivals, average stars in each class and total points scored according to Rivals’ rating system.

Team	Signed	5-star	4-star	3-star	Avg.	Total
Alabama	27	4	14	9	3.81	2,786
LSU	25	5	11	9	3.84	2,762
USC	20	4	12	2	3.90	2,554
Ohio State	25	2	15	8	3.76	2,478
Texas	20	3	11	6	3.85	2,375
Florida State	21	2	10	8	3.62	2,154
Michigan	22	1	13	6	3.59	2,124
North Carolina	29	1	13	10	3.341	2,084
Georgia	18	1	13	4	3.83	2,053
Florida	16	3	9	4	3.94	2,017

To see how the other schools did, and to find out who signed where, visit Rivals.com.

Top college football teams 2009

Bill Sullivan — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:34:50 +0000

If it seems like just a few weeks ago that we were deciding college football’s national championship…well, actually, it WAS just a few weeks ago.

Sure, they’re barely done cleaning up all the confetti from Florida’s celebration of its Bowl Championship Series national title game win over Oklahoma, but that doesn’t mean it’s too early to start thinking about 2009. Already, Rivals.com is out with its first rankings for the season to come, and here’s a look at the Top 10:

1. Florida

2. Texas

3. USC

4. Oklahoma

5. LSU

6. Ohio State

7. Virginia Tech

8. Alabama

9. Boise State

10. Oklahoma State

If that doesn’t have you ready to tee it up all over again, check out the rest of the Top 25 at Rivals.com. Let the bickering and arguing begin again!

BCS title game results

Bill Sullivan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:23:41 +0000

Florida beat Oklahoma on Thursday, January 8, 2009, to win college football’s 2008 national championship.

Here are the results of the Bowl Championship Series national title game showdowns:

2008 Season: Florida defeated Oklahoma, 24-14

2007 Season: LSU defeated Ohio State, 38-24

2006 Season: Florida defeated Ohio State, 41-14

2005 Season (Rose Bowl): Texas defeated USC, 41-38

2004 Season (FedEx Orange Bowl): USC defeated Oklahoma, 55-19

2003 Season (Nokia Sugar Bowl): LSU defeated Oklahoma, 21-14

2002 Season (Tostitos Fiesta Bowl): Ohio State defeated Miami, 31-24 (2OT)

2001 Season (Rose Bowl): Miami defeated Nebraska, 37-14

2000 Season (FedEx Orange Bowl): Oklahoma defeated Florida State, 13-2

1999 Season (Nokia Sugar Bowl): Florida State defeated Virginia Tech, 46-29

1998 Season (Tostitos Fiesta Bowl): Tennessee defeated Florida State, 23-16

Source: ESPN.com

Winningest NCAA football programs

Bill Sullivan — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:36:36 +0000

The University of Michigan has racked up the most victories in NCAA football history, coming out on the positive side of the score 872 times in 129-plus years of competition. The catch: The Wolverines have a natural advantage, having fielded teams for nine more seasons than Notre Dame and 13 more than Texas.

Here’s a list of the five winningest programs of all time, through games of Jan. 5, 2009:

1. Michigan: 872

2. Texas: 832

3. Notre Dame: 831

4. Nebraska: 817

5. Ohio State: 807

Source: Longhorns Gameweek

Most Heisman winners by school

Bill Sullivan — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 02:55:43 +0000

Each summer, as another college football season beckons, the drumbeat begins again.

Who is the best of the best? Which player will end the season with a trip to New York to pick up the latest replica of that famous fellow flashing the stiffarm? Public relations directors at all the usual suspects are kept doubly busy when their school has a legitimate contender.

Not coincidentally, the schools with the most Heisman Trophy winners are also among college football’s most storied institutions. Success attracts talent, and more talent tends to bring more success.

Your leaders through the 2008 season:

7 – Southern California (Mike Garrett, 1965; O.J. Simpson, 1968; Charles White, 1979; Marcus Allen, 1981; Carson Palmer, 2002; Matt Leinart, 2004; Reggie Bush, 2005)
7 – Notre Dame (Angelo Bertelli, 1943; John Lujack, 1947; Leon Hart, 1949; John Lattner, 1953; Paul Hornung, 1956; John Huarte, 1964; Tim Brown, 1987)
7 - Ohio State (Les Horvath, 1944; Vic Janowicz, 1950; Howard Cassady, 1955; Archie Griffin, 1974 & ‘74; Eddie George, 1995, Troy Smith, 2006)
5 – Oklahoma (Billy Vessels, 1952; Steve Owens, 1969; Billy Sims, 1978; Jason White, 2003, Sam Bradford, 2008)

Source: Heisman.com