A recent report by USA Today showed that conference athletic departments earned a massive amount of money collectively in the fiscal year 2014-15 – with each of the 14 schools averaging a profit of $16,907,834.
The next closest conference: the Big 12, at $4,844,753 average profit. The average Pac-12 school actually lost $1,519,285.
Texas A&M was the top earner in college athletics in the 2014-15 fiscal year,
making $83,295,225. The SEC had five schools in the top 10, with Alabama, Florida, LSU and Tennessee joining A&M.
The Big Ten has a chance to close the gap on the SEC in 2016, thanks to a pending $250 million TV rights deal with Fox.