Orlando Sentinel - How much revenue did your favorite Football Bowl Subdivision school take in in 2007-08? This chart will tell you by Josh Robbins
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Today's Orlando Sentinel includes the second installment in the newspaper's six-part series "Tough times: College sports and the economy." In the piece, we look at the issue of subsidies for athletic departments. At a time when universities across the country are cutting back on academic programs because of the recession, will the subsidies that help fund intercollegiate sports programs become a political issue?
The chart in this blog entry ranks all Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-A) schools by the total revenue they took in during the 2007-08 reporting year. These revenues include generated revenue (such as proceeds from ticket sales and sponsorships) and allocated revenue (such as tuition waivers, money from student fees and direct institutional support.)
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RankSchoolTotal RevenueConference
1st Texas $120,288,370 Big 12
2nd Ohio State $117,953,712 Big Ten
3rd Florida $106,030,895 Southeastern Conference
4th Michigan $99,027,105 Big Ten
5th Wisconsin $93,452,334 Big Ten
6th Penn State $91,570,233 Big Ten
7th Auburn $89,305,326 Southeastern Conference
8th Alabama $88,869,810 Southeastern Conference
9th Tennessee $88,719,798 Southeastern Conference
10th Ok State $88,554,438 Big 12