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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

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

SEC football champions

Bill Sullivan — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:26:47 +0000

College football resonates deeply with its fans, and nowhere more than in the Southeastern Conference. The league annually produces some of the season’s most passionate battles, and rarely is the winner far removed from the national championship race.

Last year’s survivor — LSU — added the national title to its resume for the second time in five seasons.

Here’s the list of SEC football champions since the conference went to the championship game format back in 1992:

2008 — Florida

2007 — LSU

2006 – Florida

2005 — Georgia

2004 — Auburn

2003 — LSU

2002 — Georgia

2001 — LSU

2000 — Florida

1999 — Alabama

1998 — Tennessee

1997 — Tennessee

1996 — Florida

1995 — Florida

1994 — Florida

1993 — Florida

1992 — Alabama

Source: collegefootballpoll.com

NCAA Attendance Leaders

Bill Sullivan — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:25:49 +0000

College football stadiums are getting bigger every day, and there’s a good reason for that: More and more people want to get in on the action.

You know all about “The Big House” in Ann Arbor, “The Horseshoe” in Columbus, “The Swamp” in Florida and the Tennessee Navy docking for the big game in Knoxville. But who are the other top draws around the nation?

Here’s a list of the 2007 home attendance leaders, with average per game:

1. Michigan: 110,264

2. Penn State: 108,917

3. Ohio State: 105,110

4. Tennessee: 103,918

5. Georgia: 92,746

6. LSU: 92,619

7. Alabama: 92,138

8. Florida: 90,388

9. Southern California: 87,476

10. Texas: 85,144

Note: With the expansion of Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium to a capacity of more than 98,000 for 2008, UT is likely to move into the top five after numbers are crunched at the end of the current season.

Source: NCAA.org

NCAA Football National Champions

Austin Sullivan — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:07:55 +0000

The NCAA Football National Championship Trophy is among the most coveted awards in the college sports world. Many schools have never won it, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t tried. There have been many of these trophies given out over the years, but a few teams have been able to dominate and win more titles than anyone else.

Since the advent of the Bowl Championship Series, which employs a mixture of computer and human polls to determine the No. 1 and 2 teams at the end of the regular season, the process has been a bit more orderly. That doesn’t mean fans aren’t every bit as passionate – and argumentative – concerning whether their team got a fair deal or not.

Here’s the list of all the National Champions since 1970:

Bowl Championship Series Era

2009 Alabama
2008 Florida
2007 LSU
2006 Florida
2005 Texas
2004 USC
2003 LSU (BCS Champions, USC (#1 in AP Poll)
2002 Ohio State
2001 Miami, Fla.
2000 Oklahoma
1999 Florida State
1998 Tennessee

Pre-BCS
1997 Michigan (AP), Nebraska (Coaches)
1996 Florida
1995 Nebraska
1994 Nebraska
1993 Florida State
1992 Alabama
1991 Miami, Fla. (AP), Washington (Coaches)
1990 Colorado (AP), Georgia Tech (UPI)
1989 Miami, Fla.
1988 Notre Dame
1987 Miami, Fla.
1986 Penn State
1985 Oklahoma
1984 Brigham Young
1983 Miami, Fla.
1982 Penn State
1981 Clemson
1980 Georgia
1979 Alabama
1978 Alabama (AP), USC (UPI)
1977 Notre Dame
1976 Pittsburgh
1975 Oklahoma
1974 Oklahoma (AP), USC (UPI)
1973 Notre Dame (AP), Alabama (UPI)
1972 USC
1971 Nebraska
1970 Nebraska (AP), Texas (UPI)

Source: NCAA.com

Best College Athletics Programs

Bill Sullivan — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:00:05 +0000

College sports fans can easily keep up with who’s No. 1 (or close, at least) in their favorite sport. But which NCAA programs do the best job overall in terms of keeping the customers satisfied?

Get your Horns up, Texas. Your Longhorns are No. 1.

Of course, all of this depends on how you base the rankings. In this case, Rivals.com used results in football, men’s basketball and baseball.

The survey began with just football and baseball. Through those two seasons, Oklahoma ranked No. 1 overall. But Texas’ four baseball national championships (1975, ‘83, 2002 and ‘05) skewed the numbers the Longhorns’ way after a third sport was added to the mix.

Data was analyzed back to the 1974-75 school year, which was the first in which more than one team from a conference could receive a bid to the NCAA basketball tournament. Texas also ranked No. 1 when schools were rated in the BCS era, which dates back to 1998.

You can read more about the methodology and how points were allocated in the different sports by visiting the Rivals site. If you just want to see who made the Top 10, here you go:

1. Texas (212.5)

2. Florida State (200)

3. Oklahoma (184)

4. LSU (178)

5 North Carolina (172.5)

6. Michigan (170.5)

7. USC (168)

8. Florida (164)

9. Alabama (146)

10 UCLA (138.5)

Source: Rivals.com