Which US College Sports Teams Produce the Largest Profits?
Rank | School | Revenue | Expenses | Profit |
1 | University of Texas (Football) | $93,942,815 | $25,112,331 | $68,830,484 |
2 | Univ. of Georgia (Football) | $70,838,539 | $18,308,654 | $52,529,885 |
3 | Penn State Univ. (Football) | $70,208,584 | $19,780,939 | $50,427,645 |
4 | Univ. of Michigan (Football) | $63,189,417 | $18,328,233 | $44,861,184 |
5 | Univ. of Florida (Football) | $68,715,750 | $24,457,557 | $44,258,193 |
6 | Louisiana State Univ. (Football) | $68,819,806 | $25,566,520 | $43,253,286 |
7 | Univ. of Alabama (Football) | $71,884,525 | $31,118,134 | $40,766,391 |
8 | Univ. of Tennessee (Football) | $56,593,946 | $17,357,345 | $39,236,601 |
9 | Auburn Univ. (Football) | $66,162,720 | $27,911,713 | $38,251,007 |
10 | University of Oklahoma (Football) | $58,295,888 | $20,150,769 | $38,145,119 |
11 | Univ. of South Carolina (Football) | $58,266,159 | $22,794,211 | $35,471,948 |
12 | Notre Dame (Football) | $64,163,063 | $29,490,788 | $34,672,275 |
13 | University of Nebraska (Football) | $49,928,228 | $17,843,849 | $32,084,379 |
14 | Ohio State Univ. (Football) | $63,750,000 | $31,763,036 | $31,986,964 |
15 | Univ. of Iowa (Football) | $45,854,764 | $18,468,732 | $27,386,032 |
16 | Michigan State Univ. (Football) | $44,462,659 | $17,468,458 | $26,994,201 |
17 | Univ. of Arkansas (Football) | $48,524,244 | $22,005,104 | $26,519,140 |
18 | Texas A&M (Football) | $41,915,428 | $16,599,798 | $25,315,630 |
19 | Univ. of Kentucky (Football) | $31,890,572 | $13,905,724 | $17,984,848 |
20 | Oklahoma State (Football) | $32,787,498 | $15,479,410 | $17,308,088 |
21 | University of Louisville (Basketball) | $25,890,003 | $9,089,769 | $16,800,234 |
22 | Univ. of Wisconsin (Football) | $38,662,971 | $22,041,491 | $16,621,480 |
23 | Univ. of Mississippi (Football) | $28,409,774 | $11,920,510 | $16,489,264 |
24 | West Virginia University (Football) | $29,467,612 | $14,330,236 | $15,137,376 |
25 | Univ. of Minnesota (Football) | $32,322,688 | $17,433,699 | $14,888,989 |
26 | Virginia Tech (Football) | $31,155,870 | $16,302,767 | $14,853,103 |
27 | Univ of Washington (Football) | $33,919,639 | $19,207,560 | $14,712,079 |
28 | Clemson Univ. (Football) | $30,994,503 | $16,305,528 | $14,688,975 |
29 | Duke (Basketball) | $26,667,056 | $12,286,475 | $14,380,581 |
30 | Univ. of Illinois (Football) | $25,301,783 | $11,092,122 | $14,209,661 |
31 | North Carolina (Basketball) | $20,551,168 | $6,647,459 | $13,903,709 |
32 | University of Colorado (Football) | $26,233,929 | $12,558,503 | $13,675,426 |
33 | Univ of Arizona (Basketball) | $19,285,038 | $5,806,535 | $13,478,503 |
34 | Ohio St. (Basketball) | $16,190,723 | $4,554,908 | $11,635,815 |
35 | University of Missouri (Football) | $25,378,066 | $13,759,649 | $11,618,417 |
36 | North Carolina State (Football) | $22,018,738 | $10,408,938 | $11,609,800 |
37 | Arizona State (Football) | $29,587,236 | $17,977,987 | $11,609,249 |
38 | Texas Tech (Football) | $26,201,009 | $14,688,382 | $11,512,627 |
39 | Univ of Oregon (Football) | $29,505,906 | $18,071,012 | $11,434,894 |
40 | Univ of Arizona (Football) | $24,398,253 | $13,685,931 | $10,712,322 |
41 | Syracuse University (Basketball) | $18,309,470 | $8,086,376 | $10,223,094 |
42 | Wisconsin (Basketball) | $17,666,311 | $7,539,418 | $10,126,893 |
43 | Illinois (Basketball) | $14,413,222 | $4,980,589 | $9,432,633 |
44 | Georgia Tech (Football) | $24,870,064 | $15,519,206 | $9,350,858 |
45 | Indiana Univ. (Football) | $21,783,185 | $12,822,779 | $8,960,406 |
46 | Indiana (Basketball) | $16,570,158 | $7,653,945 | $8,916,213 |
47 | Univ. of Arkansas (Basketball) | $15,515,830 | $6,839,213 | $8,676,617 |
48 | Univ of Southern California (Football) | $29,080,117 | $20,820,468 | $8,259,649 |
49 | Minnesota (Basketball) | $13,733,316 | $5,692,149 | $8,041,167 |
50 | Michigan St. (Basketball) | $16,138,167 | $8,250,450 | $7,887,717 |