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Typically if you follow the paper trail<\/a>, you\u2019ll see which college football teams are the most successful, but when it comes to the College Football Playoff<\/a>, that isn\u2019t necessarily true. Aside from the ACC and teams named Notre Dame, the money made in the CFP by participating conferences usually gets distributed to all the conference teams regardless of how their season went.\u00a0<\/p>\n The SEC uses a hybrid model, but the Big Ten, every team gets their fair share. The ACC is the only Power 4 conference that gives the participating schools all the money they earned by being one of the top 12 teams in the country. It\u2019s a model some of the others might adopt as well if the top schools put pressure on them.\u00a0That said, how exactly do the payouts work, how much money does each conference get and how much more do the schools that played in the CFP get over the teams that missed? Here\u2019s a deep dive into how the money is paid out.<\/p>\n How far each team advances determines how much they get. Just for making the CFP, all 12 teams receive $4 million each. You get an additional $4 million for reaching the quarterfinals. That means Indiana, Texas Tech, Ohio State and Georgia each received $8 million before playing a game.\u00a0<\/p>\n The teams that reach the semifinals each get an additional $6 million and another $6 million for playing in the national championship game. Here\u2019s what the current payouts are for the semifinals round.<\/p>\nHow much does each team get for making the College Football Playoff?<\/h2>\n
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