Auburn receives $50 million payout in SEC distribution for 2023 fiscal year

Auburn receives $50 million payout in SEC distribution for 2023 fiscal year

Auburn received a $50,160,177 payout from the SEC in its annual revenue distribution from the league, according to Auburn revenue records provided to AL.com in a records request and a press release from the SEC.

The payout comes from the SEC’s total $741 million in revenue distribution for the 2022-23 fiscal year, averaging out to $51.3 million per school.

Those payouts come from media rights deals, bowl games, the College Football Playoff, the SEC Football Championship Game, the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament, NCAA Championships and a supplemental surplus distribution.

“The distribution amount does not include an additional $8.1 million of NCAA and SEC grants divided among the fourteen member universities,” according to the SEC’s press release.

Auburn’s payout is divided up into $48,001,566 from media deals and an additional $2,158,611 from the league office. Auburn did not make any money in bowl revenue for the 2022-23 after not playing in a bowl game following the 2022 season.

The $741 million in total revenue distribution was an increase from the SEC compared to the $721.8 million in the previous fiscal year, but Auburn received less in its total payouts.

In the 2021-22 fiscal year, Auburn received $51,506,110 in media rights deals and $3,699,903 in additional revenue from the league office. Auburn also received $1,602,507 in bowl revenue from its 2021 Birmingham Bowl appearance.

Matt Cohen covers Auburn sports for AL.com. You can follow him on X at @Matt_Cohen_ or email him at [email protected]