Where does OU fall among most ‘valuable’ college programs?

When you take into account the most profitable or winningest college soccer packages on document, Oklahoma soccer is correct there among the perfect.

If you modify the analysis foundation, nonetheless, to most beneficial, based mostly on income creation, how do the Sooners stack up towards the very best of the very best?

The top-25 groups on that record may not shock you, however the top-10 definitely ought to. And if not, the order of the groups most positively will.

According to the monetary news and information web site gobankingrates.com, which researched the athletics knowledge for college soccer’s high packages, utilizing the most latest income numbers out there (2019-20 earlier than the Covid-19 pandemic), Oklahoma heads the record with an annual income of $101.1 million.

“Oklahoma is the only school to surpass the nine-figure mark in these rankings,” wrote James Parks of FanNation.com, a sports activities web site affiliated with Sports Illustrated. “Oklahoma has been a consistent winner this century and is the winningest school since World War II.

“OU has been on a firm foundation since 2000, first under Bob Stoops, and then Lincoln Riley, who guided it into the College Football Playoff era, but is starting over with Brent Venables, the sport’s most respected defensive strategist,” he wrote.

The top-10 groups, based mostly on the gobankingrates evaluation are:

1. Oklahoma Sooners ($101.1 million)
2. Texas Longhorns  ($97.2 million)
3. Georgia Bulldogs  ($85.4 million)
4. Notre Dame Fighting Irish ($83.7 million)
5. Michigan Wolverines ($72.3 million)
6. Alabama Crimson Tide ($61.4 million)
7. Tennessee Volunteers ($60.8 million)
8. Texas A&M Aggies ($55.8 million)
9. Utah Utes ($53.1 million)
10. Arkansas Razorbacks ($52.0 million

Eleven via 15: Auburn Tigers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Florida Gators, Ole Miss Rebels and Wisconsin Badgers.

Sixteen via 20: Oregon Ducks, Penn State Nittany Lions, Iowa State Cyclones, Washington Huskies, Minnesota Gophers.

Twenty-one via 25: South Carolina Gamecocks, Ohio State Buckeyes, Clemson Tigers, North Carolina Tarheels and Iowa Hawkeyes.