Pay For Play Michigan and Nebraska lead the way as college football teams will shell out $12.9 million to visiting smaller-budget schools this weekend. The top 10 payouts: Payer Amount Payee Michigan $1M Appalachian St Nebraska $1M FAU Florida $975K Idaho Oklahoma $975K La Tech Texas $875K North Texas NC State $700K Ga. Southern Mich. St. $620K Jacksonville St Illinois $560K Youngstown St Iowa $550K No. Iowa Purdue $525K W. Michigan Oregon $525K South Dakota

College football teams will pay their opponents at least $12.9 million this weekend.

Big Ten teams will pony up the most money in the so-called "guarantee" games, which compensate smaller budget opponents for playing at the bigger opponent's stadium without returning to play at their stadium.

Michigan will pay $1 million to Appalachian State, the school that shocked the Wolverines in 2007. Nebraska will also pay $1 million to its opponent, FAU.

Florida, which paid Georgia Southern $550,000 last season and lost to it, will pay Idaho $975,000 for Saturday's game at "The Swamp."

Big 12 heavyweights Texas and Oklahoma will also be paying their opponents a pretty penny. Texas is writing North Texas a $875,000 check, while the Sooners will give Louisiana Tech $975,000 just for showing up in Norman.

FBS teams that pay for FCS opponents often wind up on top, although some teams have presented more trouble than others. One of those teams is North Dakota State, who has been paid and then subsequently knocked off Colorado State, Minnesota, Kansas and Kansas State in recent years. Iowa State is paying the Bison $350,000 this week to play it in Ames.