ACC reports $497 million in revenue for fiscal year 2020

Revenue growth declined substantially for the power conferences in the 2020 fiscal year, not surprisingly, but all five still raked in at least $400 million, with the Big Ten tops at $768 million. USA Today’s Steve Berkowitz has the full breakdown.

The ACC pulled in about $497 million, increasing revenue by $40 million over 2019 thanks to the ACC Network. That put the ACC fourth in total revenue, ahead of only the Big 12.

In terms of per-school payouts for fiscal 2020:

— Big Ten: $54.3 million
— SEC: $45.5 million
— Big 12: $37 million to $40.5 million
— Pac-12: $33.6 million
— ACC: $30.9 million to $37 million (and $10.8 million to Notre Dame)

Among other challenges, new ACC commissioner Jim Phillips has to figure out how he can get the league a more advantageous television deal in the nearer term. We’ll have to hope that ACC Network revenues continue to grow as well. But the gap between the Big Ten/SEC and the ACC isn’t going anywhere regardless.