$3 million plus
3. Urban Meyer, Florida SEC $4,000,000
4. Nick Saban, Alabama SEC $3,900,000
6. Les Miles, LSU SEC $3,800,000
$2 million plus
10. Bobby Petrino, Arkansas SEC $2,900,000
11. Mark Richt, Georgia SEC $2,900,000
T12. Houston Nutt, Ole Miss SEC $2,500,000
T21. Lane Kiffin, Tennessee SEC $2,000,000
T21. Gene Chizik, Auburn SEC $2,000,000
Everyone Else
T28. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina SEC $1,800,000
T45. Rich Brooks, Kentucky SEC $1,250,000
T49. Dan Mullen, Mississippi State SEC $1,200,000
T55. Bobby Johnson, Vanderbilt SEC $1,100,000
OBSERVATIONS:
$3mil +
Florida belongs at the top, Bama could just as easily be at the top, LSU has no business being at the top but they are convinced they do and have demonstrated the willingness to do what is necessary to compete
$2mil +
Arkansas way over paid for their coach, UGA belongs in the group competing for the top and could easily move up if they needed to do so, Ole Miss is paying their coach the same as Michigan, Ole Miss is paying their coach more than Tennessee and Auburn
$1mil +
South Carolina clearly belongs in the group closer to the top based on their attendance and fan base, and the bottom three in pay are the bottom three in performance
Overall
It seems that the schools pay about where they belong in terms of their performance