Other times -- much more often these days given the record number of players departing for the transfer market -- a team loses players it wanted to keep, whether that's seeing proven commodities leave for a pay day or to play for a contender, or promising underclassmen exiting t0 find a clearer path to playing time.

The bowls are wrapping up and we're onto the College Football Playoff semifinals. Here's what the numbers look like.

Notre Dame has made $14 million due to making the semifinal while the conferences for the other teams that made