How LSU Football Ticket Sales Rank Against Other SEC Foes

(KMDL-FM) If you're a fan of the Southeastern Conference and the athletic teams associated with that league, you know the phrase "It Just Means More."  As fans, we like to think the "more" is passion and ability. But in reality, the "more" as far as the SEC is concerned is about money. And no other sport drives revenue in Louisiana quite like LSU Football, a longstanding standard bearer for the SEC.

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We all know it takes a lot of money to run successful athletic endeavors. A lot of that money comes from ticket sales. So, how does LSU football, the flagship sport for the Tigers in the Southeastern Conference, fare in ticket sales revenue compared to the other schools in the league?

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If You Want To See Who Spends Money in the SEC, Just Look at The Standings

This might come as a total non-surprise, but if you look at the football standings for the Southeastern Conference for the past few years, you can see which schools have the money and which schools are Mississippi State.

The lowly Bulldogs are the bottom feeders of the conference. Mississippi State only brought in $13.5 million in ticket sales in fiscal year 2025. They couldn't even afford to pay for the coaches LSU fired with that kind of money.

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Last year, LSU earned $46.6 million in ticket sales revenue. No, it was not the most money generated by ticket sales in the conference. But as a matter of pride for LSU fans, the amount was more money than Alabama collected in ticket sales receipts.

Alabama was number seven on the SEC's ticket revenue list, and LSU was at number six, besting the "Bama Bunch" by about $5 million. But both Alabama and LSU have a long way to go if they want to reach the top of the ticket sales revenue mountain.

What SEC Schools Earn More Ticket Revenue Than LSU?

They'll have to climb through Arkansas at number four and Oklahoma at number three. The top two slots on the football ticket revenue report belonged to those Texas schools. Texas A&M had $53.9 million in ticket revenue, while the T-Sips, the Texas Longhorns, led the league with $62.8 million in football ticket revenue.

If you expand the revenue report to include all sports, then LSU's position in the conference doesn't change. Texas and Texas A&M still lead the way, followed by Arkansas and Oklahoma. Then comes LSU, followed by Tennessee. Alabama drops one place when you include revenue numbers for all sports.

We should note that these figures did not include the suddenly viable Vanderbilt Commodores. Because Vanderbilt is a private institution, it is not subject to the same transparency in finances as public universities are.