A look at college football’s most valuable teams as conference expansion unfolds

A look at college football’s most valuable teams as conference expansion unfolds.

The landscape of college football is changing again with conference expansion.

UCLA and USC are leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten. The Bruins and Trojans will begin Big Ten competition in 2024.

Oklahoma and Texas are leaving the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference with 2025 as a potential start date.

A list from Forbes in 2019 shows which college football teams have the most monetary value.

“So much for amateur athletics—the sport’s 25 most valuable programs combine to earn an average of $1.5 billion in profit on annual revenues of $2.7 billion,” Forbes noted when detailing college football’s most valuable teams.

Forbes’ three-year average revenue and profit data can be viewed here.

How the SEC was formed by leaving a 23-team super conference

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Below is Forbes’ top-25 most valuable college football teams.