For conferences that have contracts for their champions to participate in the Orange, Rose, or Sugar Bowl, the base combined with the full academic performance pool will be approximately $66 million for each conference.
Each independent institution will also receive $300,000 when its football team meets that standard.Įach of the 10 conferences will also receive a base amount. The following estimates of the CFP revenue distribution are based on preliminary calculations for the 2019-2020 season and are only approximate projections of potential revenue distribution from each component:Įach conference will receive $300,000 for each of its schools when the school's football team meets the NCAA's APR for participation in a post-season football game. Again, the bulk of the difference came from the additional payouts from the Rose and Sugar Bowls. If you include the College Football Playoff Distribution Policy explained below, the total payout was $647,975,001 in 2018 for an increase of $87,380,566 over the $560,594,435 total payout in 2017. Most of the difference came fom an additional Rose Bowl payout of $76,239,890 and additional Sugar Bowl payout of $10,500,000. Some bowl agreements call for higher payouts to one conference than the other, depending on such factors as which is the "host" conference. Conferences have different methods by which bowl money is divided among its membership and participating teams. #1 Louisiana State (15-0) 42, #3 Clemson (14-1) 25Īmounts shown are actual 2018-2019 (updated 12/9/19) total payouts per information available from the NCAA. Louisville (8-5) 38, Mississippi State (6-7) 28 Western Kentucky (9-4) 23, *-Western Michigan (7-6) 20