Football revenues
(Source: Revenues for college football programs reported by institutions to the U.S. Department of Education as required by the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act/2008 data)
Top 25
1. Texas 87.6 million
2. Ohio State 68.2
3. Florida 66.2
4. Georgia 65.2
5. Alabama 64.6
6. LSU 61.9
7. Penn State 61.8
8. Auburn 58.6
9. South Carolina 57.1
10. Notre Dame 56.9
11. Nebraska 55.2
12. Michigan 52.2
13. Michigan State 43.5
14. Tennessee 42.8
15. Oklahoma 42.6
16. Wisconsin 40.0
17. Iowa 38.9
18. Arkansas 38.6
19. Texas A&M 38.4
20. Clemson 35.2
21. Southern Cal 35.2
22. Washington 34.2
23. Oregon State 30.9
24. Arizona State 29.9
25. Virginia Tech 27.7
Attendance
Conferences: ranked by average football attendance in 2008 (per game)
1. SEC: 76,844 (6,378,085 fans)
2. Big Ten: 70,125
3. Big 12: 62,956
4. Pac-10: 57,350
5. ACC: 52,737
Source: NCAA
Top 25: average attendance in 2008 (per game)
1. Michigan 108,571
2. Penn State 108,254
3. Ohio State 104,976
4. Tennessee 101,448
5. Texas 98,046
6. Georgia 92,746
7. LSU 92,383
8. Alabama 92,138
9. Florida 90,544
10. Auburn 86,915
11. Southern California 86,793
12. Oklahoma 85,075
13. Nebraska 85,071
14. Texas A&M 82,193
15. Wisconsin 81,088
16. Notre Dame 80,795
17. South Carolina 80,529
18. Clemson 78,001
19. Florida State 77,968
20. Michigan State 74,858
21. UCLA 72,795
22. Iowa 70,169
23. Kentucky 69,434
24. Arkansas 68,740
25. Virginia Tech 66,233
(Source: NCAA)
SEC financial ledger
Total revenue: $161.56 million
Total expenses: $153.97 million
Net assets: $65.2 million
Distribution to member schools: $135.01 million (12 schools)
Commissioner compensation: Mike Slive -- $720,561
Other: Florida's share was $11,199,254; distribution is for TV revenues, fee and ticket sales for regular and postseason football, basketball and baseball games
(Source: IRS 990 filings for 2007 -- through June 30, 2008)
Conference financial comparisons
Total revenue
Big Ten: $217.72 million
ACC: $162.76 million
SEC: $161.56 million
Big 12: $129.87 million
Pac-10: $96.083 million
Big East: $93.35 million
Conference USA: $45.12 million
WAC: $19.24 million
MAC: $10.1 million
Mountain West: $9.8 million
Net assets
SEC: $65.2 million
ACC: $34.08 million
Big Ten: $11.42 million
Big 12: $10.94 million
Conference USA: $8.73 million
Big East: $8.18 million
Mountain West: $4.3 million
Pac-10: $1.251 million
WAC: $936,954
MAC: ($553,198)
COMMISSIONER'S COMPENSATION
Big Ten: $1,232,835 (Jim Delaney)
ACC: $888,116 (John Swofford)
SEC: $720,561 (Mike Slive)
Big 12: $712,990 (Dan Beebe)
Conference USA: $571,557 (Britton Banowsky)
Pac-10 Conference: $550,000 (Tom Hansen)
Mountain West: $548,245 (Craig Thompson)
Big East: $526,739 (Michael Tranghese)
WAC: $427,924 (Karl Benson)
MAC: $253,000 (Rick Chryst)
(Source: IRS 990 filings for 2007 through June 30, 2008)
SEC REVENUE DISTRIBUTION (MONEY DISTRIBUTED TO ITS 12 MEMBER SCHOOLS)
2010: TBA (speculation it could approach $200 million, fueled by new TV deals)
2009: $132.5 million
2008: $127.6 million
2007: $122 million
2006: $116.1 million
2005: $110.7 million
2004: $108.8 million
2003: $101.9 million
2002: $95.7 million
2001: $78.1 million
2000: $73.2 million
1999: $68.5 million
1998: $61.2 million
1997: $58.9 million
1996: $45.5 million
1995: $40.3 million
1994: $34.36 million
1993: $34.34 million
1992: $27.7 million
1991: $20.6 million
1990: $16.3 million
1989: $13.85 million
1988: $14.34 million
1987: $13.56 million
1986: $13.1 million
1985: $9.34 million
1984: $18.4 million
1983: $9.53 million
1982: $7.24 million
1981: $5.57 million
1980: $4.1 million
(Source: Southeastern Conference)
SEC REVENUE SOURCES (2008-09)
$52 million: football television
$25.4 million: bowls
$14.3 million: SEC football championship
$13.6 million: basketball television
$4.1 million: SEC men's basketball tournament
$23.1 million: NCAA championships
(Source: Southeastern Conference)
NCAA major violations (SEC profile)
• 49 major violations
• 22 major violations cited since 1990 (All are football or men's basketball except two: Arkansas track and Vanderbilt women's basketball. At least one SEC school has been on probation every year since 1990.)
• 53 years in total probation handed out since 1990
• Nine major violations since 2000 -- totaling 30 years of probation
• Six different schools -- half the conference -- cited for major violations during a hot stretch of 2002 to '04
• Longest-ever conference streak of at least one member on probation since the University of Georgia football program was placed on a one-year probation Jan. 4, 1985 (because of improper financial aid and transportation, extra benefits and improper recruiting contact). The streak is 24 years and is guaranteed to extend another three years. The Big 12 went 17 years (from Jan. 21, 1986, to Dec. 21, 2002, dating back to former Big Eight/Southwest Conference); Big Ten has current streak of 13 years dating back to Sept. 16, 1996 (Indiana remains on probation).
• Two SEC schools are currently serving probation – Arkansas (three years beginning Oct. 25, 2007) and Alabama (three years commencing June 11, 2009)
• Every conference member has committed major violations, but Vanderbilt is the lone school not to have served probation (women's hoops was charged but not placed on probation).
(Source: NCAA, dating to 1953)
Leading conference offenders (major violations since 1990)
SEC: 22
Big 12: 19
ACC: 12
Big Ten: 10
Big East: 8
Pac-10: 7
Conference USA: 5
MAC: 3
Mountain West: 3
WAC: 2
(Source: NCAA)