Be True to Your School: Which Schools Have the Most Fans Buying Licensed Stuff?

We've all bought those caps and shirts and other souvenirs or apparel with the "officially licensed" tag on it. Sales of merchandise that is licensed by the university creates another revenue stream for the school.

Let's take a look at who that company is and how the rankings went.

The Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC) is a division of a division of global sports and entertainment company IMG. Founded in 1981, CLC is the oldest and largest collegiate licensing agency in the U.S. and currently represents nearly 200 colleges, universities, bowl games and athletic conferences, as well as the Heisman Trophy and the NCAA.

The mission of CLC is to be the guiding force in collegiate trademark licensing and one of the top sports licensing firms in the country. CLC is dedicated to being a center of excellence in providing licensing services of the highest quality to its member institutions, licensees, retailers and consumers.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., CLC is a full-service licensing representative, which employs a staff of more than 80 licensing professionals who provide full-service capabilities in brand protection, brand management and brand development. For more information on CLC, visit: www.clc.com or www.imgworld.com.

And here is their latest list of top-selling universities. Note that the BCS winner and runner-up didn't even make the top 10, and more shocking is the ranking of Notre Dame, which claims to have to biggest national following. 

Top 20 Universities

1. The University of Texas at Austin

2. The University of Alabama

3. University of Florida

4. The University of Michigan

5. University of Georgia

6. Louisiana State University

7. University of North Carolina

8. The Pennsylvania State University

9. University of Kentucky

10. University of Notre Dame

11. University of Nebraska

12. The University of Oklahoma

13. University of Tennessee

14. Auburn University

15. West Virginia University

16. University of Wisconsin

17. University of Arkansas

18. University of Missouri

19. University of South Carolina

20. Texas A&M University

The Rest

21. The University of Kansas

22. Florida State University

23. University of Illinois

24. Texas Tech University

25. Clemson University

26. University of Miami

27. Oklahoma State University

28. University of Washington

29. Purdue University

30. University of California Los Angeles

31. Oregon State University

32. University of Minnesota

33. University of Louisville

34. Boise State University

35. University of California Berkeley

36. The University of Arizona

37. University of Mississippi

38. Duke University

39. Syracuse University

40. University of Utah

41. Washington State University

42. University of Pittsburgh

43. University of Maryland

44. Georgia Institute of Technology

45. The University of Virginia

46. Texas Christian University

47. University of Colorado

48. University of Cincinnati

49. Stanford University

50. State University of New Jersey

51. East Carolina University

52. Brigham Young University

53. Boston College

54. University of Connecticut

55. University of South Florida

56. The University of Montana

57. Fresno State University

58. United States Military Academy

59. Colorado State University

60. University of Central Florida

61. The University of New Mexico

62. The University of Wyoming

63. The University of Memphis

64. Vanderbilt University

65. University of Nevada

66. Northwestern University

67. Marshall University

68. Villanova University

69. Georgetown University

70. Gonzaga University

71. University of Idaho

72. Montana State University

73. University of Delaware

74. James Madison University

75. Temple University