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Pride, bragging rights and more than $115M at stake when final college playoff rankings come out

Pride, bragging rights and more than $115M at stake when final college playoff rankings come out
CHANCE AT THE TITLE. SATURDAY’S GAME AGAINST ARIZONA STATE KICKS OFF AT AT&T STADIUM IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS. THERE’S PLENTY OF ACTIVITY IN AMES AND MARCUS MCINTOSH IS THERE AFTER TALKING TO SOME BUSINESSES, SEEING ALL THE EXCITEMENT FIRSTHAND. WE ARE ON MAIN STREET IN AMES, WHERE WE JUST MET A LONG TIME IOWA STATE FOOTBALL FAN WHO TELLS US THERE’S DEFINITELY A BOOST TO BUSINESS WITH THE CLONES PLAYING IN THE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. BUT ADDS THERE’S ALSO AN INTANGIBLE EFFECT THAT’S PRIDE AT BEING ON THE NATIONAL STAGE. NATIONALLY, WE NEVER GET THE ATTENTION WE THINK WE SHOULD GET, AND WE’RE STILL NOT GETTING THE ATTENTION WE THINK WE SHOULD GET BECAUSE THERE 16TH NOW IN THE POLL AND YOU THINK, WELL, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO? WELL, WE HAVE TO WIN. WE JUST HAVE TO GO OUT AND WIN THE GAME. SHE HAS BEEN BUYING CYCLONE GEAR FOR DECADES. IN FACT, THIS FAN MAY BE SUPERFAN BEST DESCRIBES HER, SAYS SHE HAS BEEN TO EVERY IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME AT JACK TRICE STADIUM. I’VE MISSED WEDDINGS. I’VE MISSED FUNERALS. I’VE MISSED SOME REUNIONS. BUT I’VE NEVER MISSED A FOOTBALL GAME. LUCK WILL BE BEAMING WITH PRIDE DURING THE FOOTBALL GAME SATURDAY MORNING, PULLING FOR AN IOWA STATE VICTORY BEFORE KICKOFF SATURDAY. SOME IN THE AMES BUSINESS COMMUNITY ARE ALREADY FEELING VICTORIOUS, KNOWING THEY WILL SCORE BIG ON GAME DAY WITH A RUSH OF CUSTOMERS. I GOT TO BELIEVE OUR OUR OUR BARS AND GRILLS AND RESTAURANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT HAVE BIG TVS WILL BE PACKED ON SATURDAY AT 11 A.M. DAN CULHANE IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE AMES REGIONAL ECONOMIC ALLIANCE. HE SAYS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM THE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCE BY THE CLONES IS A CONTINUATION OF WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN AMES ALL FOOTBALL SEASON, WHEN THE FOOTBALL TEAM IS MORE CONSISTENTLY WINNING, MORE PEOPLE SHOW UP, AND THAT’S REFLECTED IN TICKET SALES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO THE MORE PEOPLE THAT COME TO TOWN TO SEE THE TEAM PLAY, THE BETTER IT IS. THE HOPE IS THE CYCLONES WILL WIN THE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND EXTEND THAT BUSINESS BUMP AND NATIONAL PRIDE IN AMES MARCUS MCINTOSH vlog EIGHT NEWS. IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. VERY EXCITING. THE GAME IS SATURDAY AT AT&T STADIUM IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS. HOME OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS. KICK OFF IS AT 11:00. YO
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Pride, bragging rights and more than $115M at stake when final college playoff rankings come out
There's more than just school pride and bragging rights to all that bellyaching over who might be in and who might be out of college football 's first 12-team playoff.Try the more than $115 million that will be spread across the conferences at the end of the season, all depending on who gets in and which teams go the farthest.According to the College Football Playoff website, the 12 teams simply making the bracket earn their conferences $4 million each. Another $4 million goes to conferences whose teams get into the quarterfinals. Then, there's $6 million more for teams that make the semifinals and another $6 million for those who play for the title.Most of this bonanza comes courtesy of ESPN, which is forking over $1.3 billion a year to televise the new postseason. A lot of that money is already earmarked — more goes to the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference than the Big 12 or Atlantic Coast — but a lot is up for grabs in the 11 games that will play out between the opening round on Dec. 20 and the final on Jan. 20.In all, the teams that make the title game will bring $20 million to their conferences, all of which distribute that money, along with billions in TV revenue and other sources, in different ways. In fiscal 2022-23, the Big Ten, for instance, reported revenue of nearly $880 million and distributed about $60.5 million to most of its members.The massive stakes might help explain the unabashed lobbying coming from some corners of the football world, as the tension grows in advance of Sunday's final rankings, which will set the bracket.Earlier this week, Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark lit into the selection committee, which doesn't have a single team higher than 15 in the rankings.That does two things: It positions the Big 12 as a one-bid league, and also threatens to makes its champion — either Arizona State or Iowa State — the fifth-best among conference titlists that get automatic bids. Only the top four of those get byes, which could cost the Big 12 a spot in the quarterfinals — or $4 million."The committee continues to show time and time again that they are paying attention to logos versus resumes," Yormark said this week, while slamming the idea of teams with two losses in his conference being ranked worse than teams with three in the SEC.WATCH: Big 12 title game: vlog's Scott Reister takes you inside 'Jerry's World' — AT&T StadiumThe ACC is also staring at a one-bid season with only No. 8 SMU inside the cut line of this week's projected bracket. Miami's loss last week all but bumped the Hurricanes out of the playoffs, a snub that ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said left him "incredibly shocked and disappointed.""As we look ahead to the final rankings, we hope the committee will reconsider and put a deserving Miami in the field," Phillips said in a statement.The lobbying and bickering filters down to the campuses that feel the impact. And, of course, to social media.One of the most entertaining episodes came earlier this week when athletic directors at Iowa State and SMU went back and forth about whose team was more deserving.There are a few stray millions that the selection committee cannot really influence, including a $3 million payment to conferences that make the playoff.In a reminder that all these kids are going to school, after all, the conferences get $300,000 per football team that meets academic requirements to participate in the postseason. (That's basically everyone).

There's more than just school pride and bragging rights to all that bellyaching over who might be in and who might be out of college football 's first 12-team playoff.

Try the more than $115 million that will be spread across the conferences at the end of the season, all depending on who gets in and which teams go the farthest.

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According to the College Football Playoff website, the 12 teams simply making the bracket earn their conferences $4 million each. Another $4 million goes to conferences whose teams get into the quarterfinals. Then, there's $6 million more for teams that make the semifinals and another $6 million for those who play for the title.

Most of this bonanza comes courtesy of ESPN, which is forking over $1.3 billion a year to televise the new postseason. A lot of that money is already earmarked — more goes to the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference than the Big 12 or Atlantic Coast — but a lot is up for grabs in the 11 games that will play out between the opening round on Dec. 20 and the final on Jan. 20.

In all, the teams that make the title game will bring $20 million to their conferences, all of which distribute that money, along with billions in TV revenue and other sources, in different ways. In fiscal 2022-23, the Big Ten, for instance, reported revenue of nearly $880 million and distributed about $60.5 million to most of its members.

The massive stakes might help explain the unabashed lobbying coming from some corners of the football world, as the tension grows in advance of Sunday's final rankings, which will set the bracket.

Earlier this week, Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark lit into the selection committee, which doesn't have a single team higher than 15 in the rankings.

That does two things: It positions the Big 12 as a one-bid league, and also threatens to makes its champion — either Arizona State or Iowa State — the fifth-best among conference titlists that get automatic bids. Only the top four of those get byes, which could cost the Big 12 a spot in the quarterfinals — or $4 million.

"The committee continues to show time and time again that they are paying attention to logos versus resumes," Yormark said this week, while slamming the idea of teams with two losses in his conference being ranked worse than teams with three in the SEC.

WATCH: Big 12 title game: vlog's Scott Reister takes you inside 'Jerry's World' — AT&T Stadium

The ACC is also staring at a one-bid season with only No. 8 SMU inside the cut line of this week's projected bracket. Miami's loss last week all but bumped the Hurricanes out of the playoffs, a snub that ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said left him "incredibly shocked and disappointed."

"As we look ahead to the final rankings, we hope the committee will reconsider and put a deserving Miami in the field," Phillips said in a statement.

The lobbying and bickering filters down to the campuses that feel the impact. And, of course, to social media.

One of the most entertaining episodes came earlier this week when athletic directors at Iowa State and SMU went back and forth about whose team was more deserving.

There are a few stray millions that the selection committee cannot really influence, including a $3 million payment to conferences that make the playoff.

In a reminder that all these kids are going to school, after all, the conferences get $300,000 per football team that meets academic requirements to participate in the postseason. (That's basically everyone).