Other interesting facts about the top 20 most lucrative athletic programs include:

Four schools were valued at over $1 billion
University of Notre Dame and University of Southern California are the only two private schools.
The states of Texas and Alabama each had two institutions on this list.
No school from the Big 12 made this list. The conference's top performer, Texas Tech University, ranked 33 on CNBC's extended list.

Rank	Program	Valuation	Revenue*	Conference
1.	Ohio State University	$1.32B	$280M	Big Ten
2.	University of Texas at Austin	$1.28B	$271M	SEC
3.	Texas A&M University	$1.26B	$279M	SEC
4.	University of Michigan	$1.06B	$230M	Big Ten
5.	University of Alabama	$978M	$200M	SEC
6.	University of Notre Dame	$969M	$224M	ACC
7.	University of Georgia	$950M	$210M	SEC
8.	University of Nebraska	$943M	$205M	Big Ten
9.	University of Tennessee	$940M	$202M	SEC
10.	University of Oklahoma	$928M	$199M	SEC
11.	Penn State University	$924M	$202M	Big Ten
12.	University of Southern California	$923M	$212M	Big Ten
13.	Louisiana State University	$916M	$200M	SEC
14.	University of Florida	$865M	$189M	SEC
15.	University of Wisconsin	$838M	$198M	Big Ten
16.	Clemson University	$800M	$196M	ACC
17.	University of Oregon	$780M	$151M	Big Ten
18.	University of Arkansas	$776M	$167M	SEC
19.	University of Kentucky	$775M	$174M	SEC
20.	Auburn University	$772M	$195M	SEC

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Here are the 20 most lavishly lucrative athletic programs