Each SEC School’s Sports Priority List

Well if you're talking admins the only school I would say that legitimately doesn't prioritize football is Kentucky, and even then it's closer than you might think.

Football is generally where the money is.

There's probably only a few schools where there is even a somewhat close 2nd to football.

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LSU: Football, Baseball, Women’s Basketball, Gymnastics, Men’s Basketball

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Pretty accurate ranking of them right now... but you gotta put softball ahead of MBB for a true list.

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Alabama: Football, Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball, Softball, Baseball

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Nobody gives a rip about women's basketball here. Gymnastics or softball is a clear #3. Baseball sadly is #5

I think if you gave the option of a football national championship and a basketball national championship, a lot of Auburn people would chose football.

Basketball is our best shot right now so we arent trying to mess that up by not paying Pearl what hes worth.

If you want to be objective, you can go find out. It's public information.

For Mizzou, 2024

Which sports had the most expenses?
Football: $52,836,720
Men’s basketball: $17,208,023
Women’s basketball: $5,407,301
Baseball: $4,877,874
Softball: $3,464,791

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There's not a snowballs chance in hell that Arkansas prioritizes football over baseball

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Uh baseball isn’t even #2

only thing certain about UGA is that we pretty obviously prioritize football first. But after a couple of decades of largely penny pinching our whole athletic department, we’re finally starting to make good hires and build out facilities in non-football. So it’s hard to say what’s next in line in priority after football when virtually everything is getting some much needed attention and money right now (baseball just got an expansion, basketball is at least making an effort in NIL and Stegeman got a refurb, track and field is building a brand new complex, softball got an expansion, tennis just got a complete indoor/outdoor overhaul, Gymnastics hired Simone Biles coach, volleyball and soccer spent money to make good coaching hires).

Only sport that hasn’t really gotten some direct love is Golf but there may be a less direct play going on there as our PGA/LIV contingent is currently building a private links course outside Athens that will serve as the golf teams second home.

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Alabama: Football, Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball, Softball, Baseball

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Women's Basketball? It's AT BEST the 6th or 7th most important sport to Alabama fans. It's goes more like.....

1) Football

2) Men's Basketball


3) Softball
T4) Women's Gymnastics
T4) Baseball


T6) Women's Basketball
T6) Men's Golf

If Women's Basketball at Alabama continues to improve at the rate it currently is it will slowly creep up and with continued success especially NCAA tourney success it could eventually close the gap with softball, women's gymnastics, and baseball

Same with Baseball. If the baseball program manages to dramatically improve it will eventually creep it's way to a close 3rd place behind men's basketball.

Football and Men's Basketball are and have been far and away the two most important sports traditionally to Alabama fans for as long as I can remember

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What do you think your school’s top 5 priority list is when it comes to sports?

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Let me say this a different way - your fans top 5 priority list when it comes to WINNING.

Texas:

1) Football
2) Baseball
3) Basketball
4) Softball
5) W Basketball

and for extra credit:

6) Volleyball

And I mean the money fans (grads), not t-shirts or casual followers