How much is Virginia Tech football worth?

The Los Angeles Lakers were just sold for $10 billion, setting a new record for the largest sale of a professional sports franchise in North American history. This came after one of the Lakers’ primary rivals, the Boston Celtics, sold for $6.1 billion. Two years ago, the NFL’s Washington Commanders were sold for $6.05 billion.

College teams can’t be sold — at least not yet. In all seriousness, we don’t think that will ever happen, but enough craziness has happened that you can never say never. But what if a college football team could be sold? What would they be worth? Which “franchise” would be the most valuable?

Matt Baker of The Athletic recently explored the valuations of every Power Four…