After a run of success few athletic departments in the country could dream of matching, UConn has become even more synonymous with college sports royalty.
Still, without membership in a power football conference, there remains a wide gap between UConn and the most valuable athletic programs in the country, according to CNBC.
The Huskies came in at No. 71 in CNBC’s ranking of the most valuable programs in college sports, released last week.
The top programs, as you would expect, are from the Big Ten and SEC, due to those conference’s massive media rights deals.
No. 1 Ohio State is valued at $1.32 billion, followed by Texas ($1.28B), Texas A&M ($1.26B), Michigan ($1.06B) and Alabama ($978M).
Notre Dame ($969M), Georgia ($950M), Nebraska ($943M), Tennessee ($940M) and Oklahoma ($928M) round out the top ten.
UConn was valued at $178 million, with $93 million in revenue, according to the Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics Data Analysis and the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for the 2023 fiscal year.
The school ranks just below the University of Central Florida ($181M valuation, $85M in revenue), a former American Athletic Conference opponent, which moved to the Big 12 last year. It’s just ahead of Boise State ($171M valuation, $61M in revenue), East Carolina ($153M, $63M) and the University of South Florida ($150M, $71M).
The top 13 schools on CNBC’s list all brought in more than $200 million in revenue in 2023, with Ohio State leading the way at $280 million.
You can see the full list here.
