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On to the top 20 most profitable football teams in the country.

1. Texas $92 million
2. Tennessee $70 million
3. LSU $58 million
4. Michigan $56 million
5. Notre Dame $54 million
6. Georgia $50 million
6. Ohio State $50 million
8. Oklahoma $48 million
9. Auburn $47 million
10. Alabama $46 million
11. Oregon $40 million
12. Florida State $39 million
13. Arkansas $38 million
13. Washington $38 million
15. Florida $37 million
15. Texas A&M $37 million
17. Penn State $36 million
18. Michigan State $32 million
19. Southern Cal $29 million
20. South Carolina $28 million

If you want to see the revenue numbers, check out Forbes. But, needless to say, these profit margins are staggering. Tennessee made $70 million in football profit off of revenue of $94 million. That's insane.




By conference there are 9 SEC schools, 4 Big Ten, 3 Pac 12, 2 Big 12, 1 ACC school and 1 independent school in the top 20.




Or another way of looking at it -- all of college football combined has 11 of the most profitable teams in the country and the SEC by itself has nine.
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