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Alabama head coach Nick Saban is encouraged to dance by his players as they celebrate after a 38-0 victory over Michigan State in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl game at AT&T Stadium on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in Arlington. Alabama won the game 38-0 to advance to the national championship game. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News) 01012016xNEWS

Over the holiday season a number of college football coaches made themselves a bunch of money just by taking their team to a bowl game.

Bowl game bonuses are rampant in coaches contracts, allowing coaches to collect a nice bit of dough at year's end. But the bonuses get more complicated than that, especially in the case of Alabama's Nick Saban and Oklahoma's Bob Stoops, who took their teams to the College Football playoff and in the former's case, to the national championship.

Here's a breakdown of all the bonus money each SEC and Big 12 coach received this year.

NOTE: TCU coach Gary Patterson and Baylor coach Art Briles are not included. They coach are private universities which aren't subject to open records requests. Mississippi coach Hugh Freeze and Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen are also not included. Freeze/Mullen's agreements are not subject to open records requests as they have agreements with private foundations. Former Georgia coach Mark Richt is also not included as he was fired before his team's bowl game.

(Ties broken by how much the bonus is in terms of salary percentage.

1. Nick Saban, Alabama

Guaranteed compensation for 2015: $6,870,000

Winning the SEC Championship game: $125,000

Winning the National Championship: $400,000

Total bonus money: $525,000 (Saban can receive up to $100,000 in additional bonus money depending on his team's graduation rate.)

2. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma

Guaranteed compensation for 2015: $6,000,000

Winning the Big 12 and being selected to participate in the College Football Playoff: $100,000 bonus

Participating in College Football Playoff bowl game: $200,000 bonus

Big 12 coach of the year: $33,000

Total bonus money: $333,000 (Stoops can receive up to $110,000 in additional bonuses depending on his team's graduation rate.)

3. Butch Jones, Tennessee

Guaranteed compensation: $2,960,000

Playing in the Outback Bowl: $200,000

Total bonus money: $200,000

4. Jim McElwain, Florida

Guaranteed compensation for 2015: $3,500,000

Playing in SEC championship game: $37,500

Playing in a bowl game: $37,500

AP SEC coach of the year: $25,000

Total bonus money: $100,000

(Bonus numbers via florida.247sports.com.)

5. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State

Guaranteeed compensation: $3,700,000

Playing in a New Year's Six bowl game (Sugar Bowl): $100,000 (playing in New Year's Six bowl game)

Total bonus money: $100,000

6. Les Miles, LSU

Guaranteed compensation: $4,300,000

Playing in a bowl game: $100,000

Total bonus money: $100,000

7. Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia

Guaranteed compensation: $2,880,000

Eight wins: $75,000

Total bonus money: $75,000 (Can receive up to $50,000 in additional bonus money based on season tickets sold. He can also receive up to $50,000 in additional bonus money based on the team's academic performance.)

8. Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech

Guaranteed compensation: $3,100,000

Finishing 2nd-5th in the FBS in total offense (2nd): $25,000

Playing in lower-tier Big 12 Bowl (Texas Bowl): $25,000

Total bonus money: $50,000 (Can receive up to $40,000 in additional bonus money depending on his team's academic performance. He can also receive and additional $50,000 depending on if the school hit its attendance requirements)

9. Bret Bielema, Arkansas

Guaranteed compensation: $4,000,000

Playing in a bowl game: $50,000

Total bonus money: $50,000 (Can receive up to an additional $200,000 in bonus money depending on his team's academic performance)

10. Gus Malzahn, Auburn

Guaranteed compensation: $4,100,000

Playing in a bowl game: $50,000

Total bonus money: $50,000 (Can receive up to $75,000 in additional bonus money depending on his team's academic performance)

11. Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M

Guaranteed compensation: $5,000,000

Playing in a bowl game $50,000

Total bonus money: $50,000 (Can receive up to $75,000 in additional bonus money depending on his team's academic performance.)