Business Insider: Gators Most Dominant College Sports Program in Country
Friday, November 14, 2014 | Baseball, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Football, Men's Golf, Women's Golf, Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving, Men's Tennis, Women's Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball, Cross Country, Scott Carter
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- From top to bottom, from football to gymnastics to lacrosse, the University of Florida's athletic department is the most dominant college sports program in the country.
No, that's not some random opinion from a guy who writes for GatorZone.com, the UAA's official website.
Instead, the ranking comes from a poll released Thursday by BusinessInsider.com, which explained its ranking system in the following paragraph:
To create the ranking we used data compiled by Niche for its college rankings as well as athletic department revenues compiled by USA Today.
A number of factors go into the rankings with the most weight given to athletics revenue, Niche's NCAA championship score (with more weight given to bigger sports), average home football attendance, average home men's basketball attendance, as well as Niche's student survey responses.
Bottom line, not only do Gator fans think highly of UF's athletic department, so do many others.
The top five: 1. Florida; 2. Alabama; 3. North Carolina; 4. Texas; 5. LSU.
