Value of College Football Teams by Forbes Magazine

Forbes® magazine recently unveiled its second annualranking of the "most valuable teams in college football."

They base the rankings on four "beneficiaries": the university (the value of contributions from football to the institution for academic purposes, including scholarship payments for football players); the

athletic department (the net profit generated by the football program ultimately retained by the department); the conference (the distribution of bowl game revenue); and the local communities with a vested interest in the team (incremental spending in the county during home-game weekends)

The top 10:

Notre Dame, $101 million

Texas, $92 million

Georgia, $90 million

Michigan, $85 million

Florida, $84 million

LSU, $76 million

Tennessee, $74 million

Auburn, $73 million

Alabama, $72 million

Ohio State, $71 million.

Please note that six of the Top 10 are SEC teams and two are Big 10 schools.

Just thought you all would like to know this as you watch the bowl games with family and friends.