Big 12 gets MORE payout per team than any Power-5 conference. So WVU has been better off in Big 12 than another other Power-5 conference financially.
The first six years of the College Football Playoff saw it distribute $2.7 billion to FBS conferences and independents. As was the tradition under the Bowl Championship Series, FCS conferences receive annual fixed payouts as well.
College Football Playoff Payouts from 2014-2020 by Conference
Here are the totals by conference for the first six years of the College Football Playoff (from the 2014-15 season to 2019-20):
CONFERENCE TOTAL
Southeastern Conference$32.3M $452,329,310
Atlantic Coast Conference$27.6M $415,026,040
Big Ten Conference$34.5M team $414,478,180
Big 12 Conference $41M a team $410,816,228
Pac-12 Conference $33.8M a team $406,003,943
American Athletic Conference $138,376,487
Mountain West Conference $116,587,690
Mid-American Conference $99,547,896
Conference USA $92,863,191
Sun Belt Conference $91,812,887
Notre Dame University $31,300,962
Brigham Young University $1,859,785
U.S. Military Academy $1,859,785
Big Sky Conference $1,598,581
Big South Conference $1,598,581
Colonial Conference $1,598,581
Mid-Eastern Conference $1,598,581
Missouri Valley Conference $1,598,581
Ohio Valley Conference $1,598,581
Southern Conference $1,598,581
Southland Conference $1,598,581
Southwestern Conference $1,598,581
University of Massachusetts $1,242,845
Patriot League $536,965
Liberty University $310,396
New Mexico State University $310,396
U.S. Naval Academy $307,544
TOTAL $2,689,957,756
The first six years of the College Football Playoff saw it distribute $2.7 billion to FBS conferences and independents. As was the tradition under the Bowl Championship Series, FCS conferences receive annual fixed payouts as well.
College Football Playoff Payouts from 2014-2020 by Conference
Here are the totals by conference for the first six years of the College Football Playoff (from the 2014-15 season to 2019-20):
CONFERENCE TOTAL
Southeastern Conference$32.3M $452,329,310
Atlantic Coast Conference$27.6M $415,026,040
Big Ten Conference$34.5M team $414,478,180
Big 12 Conference $41M a team $410,816,228
Pac-12 Conference $33.8M a team $406,003,943
American Athletic Conference $138,376,487
Mountain West Conference $116,587,690
Mid-American Conference $99,547,896
Conference USA $92,863,191
Sun Belt Conference $91,812,887
Notre Dame University $31,300,962
Brigham Young University $1,859,785
U.S. Military Academy $1,859,785
Big Sky Conference $1,598,581
Big South Conference $1,598,581
Colonial Conference $1,598,581
Mid-Eastern Conference $1,598,581
Missouri Valley Conference $1,598,581
Ohio Valley Conference $1,598,581
Southern Conference $1,598,581
Southland Conference $1,598,581
Southwestern Conference $1,598,581
University of Massachusetts $1,242,845
Patriot League $536,965
Liberty University $310,396
New Mexico State University $310,396
U.S. Naval Academy $307,544
TOTAL $2,689,957,756