WSJ: Huskers Worth $444M, #11 Nationally

[Mavric]

Brewer analyzed each program’s revenues and expenses and made cash-flow adjustments, risk assessments and growth projections to calculate what a college team would be worth on the open market, if it could be bought and sold like a professional franchise.

Overall, the value of Football Bowl Subdivision teams has dropped 1.8% on average from last year despite cash flows increasing 18% and revenues growing 9.6% year over year. The reasons for the drop were concerns about concussions and football’s safety, declining youth football participation, lack of resolution over pay-for-play concerns, and the scheduling of the College Football Playoff, which saw ratings for the semifinals fall by nearly 40% when played on New Year’s Eve this year, as opposed to New Year’s Day. Ohio State’s value dipped from more than $1.1 billion last year while the Buckeyes are also the lone team now worth more than $900 million, down from four such teams a year ago.

 

Rank-School-Value ($M)

1 - Ohio State - 946.61

2 - Texas - 885.05

3 - Michigan - 811.30

4 - Notre Dame - 723.59

5 - Alabama - 694.87

6 - Oklahoma - 674.34

7 - Florida - 670.86

8 - Georgia - 636.44

9 - LSU - 612.30

10 - Penn State - 481.39

11 - Nebraska - 444.13

12 - Iowa - 439.57

13 - Tennessee - 401.98

14 - South Carolina - 398.18

15 - Washington - 378.23

16 - Texas A&M - 359.14

17 - Wisconsin - 352.67

18 - Oregon - 338.64

19 - Auburn - 319.32

20 - Arkansas - 311.85

 

WSJ

[Bigred_inSD]

So you're saying when I win the powerball on Wednesday I can buy them?

[cm husker]

That's some serious drop off from 1 to 10 and from 10 to 15.

[Blackshirt96]

It would be interesting to know if they even considered UNMC, NCTA, UNO & UNK. My guess is they did not even though they are part of the system. The University of Nebraska is a four campus University. Nebraska has split the University unlike most, & never gets looked at as a whole. This was the big AAU fight that NU won until they left the Big 12.

 

http://nebraska.edu/

[Landlord]

It would be interesting to know if they even considered UNMC, NCTA, UNO & UNK. My guess is they did not even though they are part of the system. The University of Nebraska is a four campus University. Nebraska has split the University unlike most, & never gets looked at as a whole. This was the big AAU fight that NU won until they left the Big 12.

 

http://nebraska.edu/

 

 

 

Tons of schools are like this and I doubt it matters much, but regardless it's not really a fair or equal comparison.

[hskrpwr13]

It would be interesting to know if they even considered UNMC, NCTA, UNO & UNK. My guess is they did not even though they are part of the system. The University of Nebraska is a four campus University. Nebraska has split the University unlike most, & never gets looked at as a whole. This was the big AAU fight that NU won until they left the Big 12.

 

http://nebraska.edu/

 

The ranking is strictly a hypothetical of "team" worth, not that of the entire university. UN schools don't share teams.

[BigRedBuster]

OK...these lists always has baffled me.

 

The reason? Really, the football program at a college isn't worth anything. It can't be sold and never will be sold so how can you put a value on something that can never be purchased?

[Guy Chamberlin]

Merchandising.

 

Who sells the most branded swag?