Stupid money is driving college football success

I'm noticing a correlation between success in college football and a statistic I call Stupid Money. Look for centers of economic power ( Atlanta, Chicago, maybe Ohio/Michigan, Texas) and then combine that with the stupid factor (oil and pizza versus technology for example). I'm trying to predict what the next 10 years will look like. The logic is someone with millions of dollars wants to fund his alma mater.

Indiana is an outlier. Illinois will be top 20 ( lots of money but the people with only modetate stupid have the money in my state). Alabama will drop out for lack of money. Texas will easily have 4 of the top 10 for the forseable future. Northwestern and New England schools will never be contenders.

It's easy to find economic statistics but it's much harder to quantify how they earned it. Any suggestions?