Athletics money
Biggest athletic departments
Total athletics expenses reported for the year — every team, plus what is not allocated to a team.
$295,265,883
#1 · The Ohio State University
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Columbus, OH
$32,559,740
Median
of 360 schools, Division I
9.1×
Top vs median
how far the leader sits above the middle
$228,301,283
10th place
the cut for a top-ten list
Top 15
Every school, Division I
#1 · The Ohio State Universityevery school
The spread across 360 schools; the median is $32,559,740.
How it is measured
Grand total expenses, the most recent reporting year. Public and private schools report the same figures; the numbers are self-reported and definitions of what counts as athletics vary a little.
Related
The full list · top 100
| # | School | Athletics expenses | Revenue | Athletes | Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ohio State University Division I · Big Ten Conference · Columbus, OH | $295,265,883 | $295M | 956 | 25 | |
| 2 | University of Tennessee, Knoxville Division I · Southeastern Conference · Knoxville, TN | $285,364,027 | $285M | 636 | 16 | |
| 3 | University of Texas at Austin Division I · Southeastern Conference · Austin, TX | $277,413,781 | $343M | 564 | 17 | |
| 4 | University of Notre Dame Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Notre Dame, IN | $244,698,449 | $290M | 756 | 20 | |
| 5 | University of Oklahoma Division I · Southeastern Conference · Norman, OK | $234,426,470 | $234M | 579 | 16 | |
| 6 | University of Southern California Division I · Big Ten Conference · Los Angeles, CA | $234,029,848 | $234M | 629 | 20 | |
| 7 | Pennsylvania State University Division I · Big Ten Conference · University Park, PA | $231,709,762 | $254M | 902 | 24 | |
| 8 | University of Miami (Florida) Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Coral Gables, FL | $230,484,608 | $230M | 438 | 14 | |
| 9 | University of Alabama Division I · Southeastern Conference · Tuscaloosa, AL | $229,908,712 | $245M | 668 | 17 | |
| 10 | Texas A&M University, College Station Division I · Southeastern Conference · College Station, TX | $228,301,283 | $235M | 626 | 15 | |
| 11 | University of Georgia Division I · Southeastern Conference · Athens, GA | $226,736,834 | $234M | 582 | 16 | |
| 12 | University of Michigan Division I · Big Ten Conference · Ann Arbor, MI | $222,088,909 | $236M | 910 | 24 | |
| 13 | Louisiana State University Division I · Southeastern Conference · Baton Rouge, LA | $219,649,408 | $223M | 498 | 17 | |
| 14 | University of South Carolina, Columbia Division I · Southeastern Conference · Columbia, SC | $203,259,302 | $205M | 571 | 17 | |
| 15 | University of Florida Division I · Southeastern Conference · Gainesville, FL | $199,237,539 | $199M | 555 | 17 | |
| 16 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln Division I · Big Ten Conference · Lincoln, NE | $198,462,402 | $206M | 618 | 17 | |
| 17 | Auburn University Division I · Southeastern Conference · Auburn, AL | $195,930,163 | $205M | 555 | 16 | |
| 18 | Stanford University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Stanford, CA | $192,802,320 | $193M | 838 | 28 | |
| 19 | Florida State University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Tallahassee, FL | $192,717,172 | $193M | 476 | 16 | |
| 20 | University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Division I · Southeastern Conference · Fayetteville, AR | $188,988,863 | $196M | 457 | 15 | |
| 21 | University of Kentucky Division I · Southeastern Conference · Lexington, KY | $186,609,679 | $187M | 614 | 17 | |
| 22 | Clemson University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Clemson, SC | $186,106,774 | $186M | 564 | 17 | |
| 23 | University of Missouri, Columbia Division I · Southeastern Conference · Columbia, MO | $181,114,849 | $181M | 541 | 16 | |
| 24 | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Chapel Hill, NC | $180,835,031 | $181M | 830 | 22 | |
| 25 | Duke University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Durham, NC | $180,590,186 | $182M | 730 | 21 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Division I · Big Ten Conference · Madison, WI | $180,525,755 | $191M | 738 | 20 | |
| 27 | University of Washington Division I · Big Ten Conference · Seattle, WA | $174,834,634 | $178M | 619 | 18 | |
| 28 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Division I · Big Ten Conference · Champaign, IL | $174,612,181 | $175M | 479 | 16 | |
| 29 | University of California, Los Angeles Division I · Big Ten Conference · Los Angeles, CA | $173,429,394 | $173M | 683 | 21 | |
| 30 | University of California, Berkeley Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Berkeley, CA | $173,116,318 | $173M | 918 | 24 | |
| 31 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick Division I · Big Ten Conference · New Brunswick, NJ | $171,679,918 | $172M | 756 | 20 | |
| 32 | University of Mississippi Division I · Southeastern Conference · Oxford, MS | $171,119,339 | $171M | 408 | 13 | |
| 33 | University of Oregon Division I · Big Ten Conference · Eugene, OR | $164,742,082 | $167M | 525 | 16 | |
| 34 | University of Colorado Boulder Division I · Big 12 Conference · Boulder, CO | $161,512,069 | $162M | 372 | 11 | |
| 35 | Michigan State University Division I · Big Ten Conference · East Lansing, MI | $160,697,176 | $161M | 665 | 19 | |
| 36 | University of Kansas Division I · Big 12 Conference · Lawrence, KS | $159,866,627 | $174M | 539 | 14 | |
| 37 | Indiana University, Bloomington Division I · Big Ten Conference · Bloomington, IN | $159,331,697 | $182M | 699 | 20 | |
| 38 | Mississippi State University Division I · Southeastern Conference · Mississippi State, MS | $157,301,826 | $157M | 386 | 13 | |
| 39 | Texas Christian University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Fort Worth, TX | $155,989,500 | $156M | 553 | 15 | |
| 40 | University of Louisville Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Louisville, KY | $154,819,604 | $156M | 610 | 19 | |
| 41 | Oklahoma State University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Stillwater, OK | $153,679,234 | $154M | 477 | 13 | |
| 42 | University of Pittsburgh Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Pittsburgh, PA | $151,337,808 | $151M | 545 | 15 | |
| 43 | University of Iowa Division I · Big Ten Conference · Iowa City, IA | $150,892,055 | $180M | 677 | 18 | |
| 44 | University of Virginia Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Charlottesville, VA | $150,622,194 | $151M | 789 | 21 | |
| 45 | Southern Methodist University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Dallas, TX | $150,225,313 | $150M | 428 | 14 | |
| 46 | Arizona State University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Tempe, AZ | $149,346,605 | $149M | 616 | 21 | |
| 47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Blacksburg, VA | $148,984,818 | $152M | 618 | 18 | |
| 48 | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Division I · Big Ten Conference · Minneapolis, MN | $146,804,169 | $157M | 607 | 19 | |
| 49 | Vanderbilt University Division I · Southeastern Conference · Nashville, TN | $146,388,389 | $146M | 453 | 13 | |
| 50 | Baylor University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Waco, TX | $144,126,427 | $144M | 555 | 14 | |
| 51 | Boston College Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Chestnut Hill, MA | $142,122,049 | $142M | 801 | 21 | |
| 52 | Georgia Institute of Technology Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Atlanta, GA | $140,430,227 | $140M | 449 | 13 | |
| 53 | Brigham Young University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Provo, UT | $136,864,784 | $153M | 620 | 17 | |
| 54 | Purdue University Division I · Big Ten Conference · West Lafayette, IN | $135,140,397 | $151M | 540 | 16 | |
| 55 | University of Arizona Division I · Big 12 Conference · Tucson, AZ | $132,661,899 | $133M | 501 | 17 | |
| 56 | Northwestern University Division I · Big Ten Conference · Evanston, IL | $131,779,238 | $132M | 518 | 18 | |
| 57 | North Carolina State University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Raleigh, NC | $129,009,673 | $136M | 542 | 18 | |
| 58 | University of Maryland, College Park Division I · Big Ten Conference · College Park, MD | $128,662,116 | $129M | 546 | 18 | |
| 59 | Texas Tech University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Lubbock, TX | $127,895,343 | $129M | 437 | 13 | |
| 60 | University of South Florida Division I · American Conference · Tampa, FL | $122,093,386 | $122M | 518 | 16 | |
| 61 | University of Cincinnati Division I · Big 12 Conference · Cincinnati, OH | $119,327,103 | $119M | 447 | 14 | |
| 62 | University of Utah Division I · Big 12 Conference · Salt Lake City, UT | $118,667,209 | $125M | 517 | 16 | |
| 63 | West Virginia University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Morgantown, WV | $117,413,366 | $117M | 508 | 15 | |
| 64 | Wake Forest University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Winston-Salem, NC | $114,628,069 | $115M | 440 | 14 | |
| 65 | Syracuse University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Syracuse, NY | $108,994,576 | $121M | 611 | 16 | |
| 66 | Iowa State University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Ames, IA | $103,893,160 | $104M | 460 | 14 | |
| 67 | University of Central Florida Division I · Big 12 Conference · Orlando, FL | $103,615,446 | $109M | 423 | 14 | |
| 68 | Kansas State University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Manhattan, KS | $100,807,499 | $103M | 446 | 12 | |
| 69 | Oregon State University Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Corvallis, OR | $100,306,447 | $105M | 503 | 15 | |
| 70 | University of Houston Division I · Big 12 Conference · Houston, TX | $100,162,965 | $100M | 445 | 13 | |
| 71 | University of Connecticut Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Storrs, CT | $97,050,998 | $97M | 589 | 18 | |
| 72 | San Diego State University Division I · Pac-12 Conference · San Diego, CA | $89,827,012 | $90M | 466 | 16 | |
| 73 | Yale University Division I · The Ivy League · New Haven, CT | $77,961,312 | $80M | 936 | 24 | |
| 74 | St. John's University (New York) Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Queens, NY | $77,352,606 | $77M | 334 | 13 | |
| 75 | University of Nevada, Las Vegas Division I · Mountain West Conference · Las Vegas, NV | $74,767,674 | $77M | 418 | 15 | |
| 76 | Temple University Division I · American Conference · Philadelphia, PA | $71,198,560 | $71M | 507 | 16 | |
| 77 | Rice University Division I · American Conference · Houston, TX | $70,408,131 | $70M | 408 | 12 | |
| 78 | Boise State University Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Boise, ID | $69,810,118 | $90M | 382 | 14 | |
| 79 | Washington State University Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Pullman, WA | $68,573,910 | $82M | 455 | 13 | |
| 80 | Villanova University Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Villanova, PA | $68,488,700 | $68M | 631 | 20 | |
| 81 | James Madison University Division I · Sun Belt Conference · Harrisonburg, VA | $68,384,574 | $68M | 492 | 16 | |
| 82 | Tulane University Division I · American Conference · New Orleans, LA | $66,211,945 | $66M | 412 | 12 | |
| 83 | University of Memphis Division I · American Conference · Memphis, TN | $65,857,423 | $66M | 468 | 14 | |
| 84 | University of Delaware Division I · Conference USA · Newark, DE | $65,523,927 | $66M | 627 | 20 | |
| 85 | East Carolina University Division I · American Conference · Greenville, NC | $64,764,468 | $68M | 452 | 14 | |
| 86 | California State University, Fresno Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Fresno, CA | $63,439,685 | $63M | 456 | 14 | |
| 87 | Liberty University Division I · Conference USA · Lynchburg, VA | $62,067,210 | $62M | 551 | 16 | |
| 88 | The University of Tulsa Division I · American Conference · Tulsa, OK | $59,760,481 | $60M | 455 | 15 | |
| 89 | University of Pennsylvania Division I · The Ivy League · Philadelphia, PA | $59,309,407 | $59M | 942 | 23 | |
| 90 | Providence College Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Providence, RI | $58,732,216 | $59M | 413 | 15 | |
| 91 | University of Denver Division I · West Coast Conference · Denver, CO | $58,713,471 | $59M | 371 | 15 | |
| 92 | Georgetown University Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Washington, DC | $58,538,782 | $59M | 774 | 21 | |
| 93 | University of North Texas Division I · American Conference · Denton, TX | $58,119,360 | $58M | 434 | 12 | |
| 94 | University of Massachusetts, Amherst Division I · Mid-American Conference · Amherst, MA | $57,654,295 | $58M | 611 | 17 | |
| 95 | University of New Mexico Division I · Mountain West Conference · Albuquerque, NM | $56,544,018 | $61M | 428 | 14 | |
| 96 | Colorado State University Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Fort Collins, CO | $55,794,198 | $56M | 375 | 12 | |
| 97 | The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Division I · American Conference · Charlotte, NC | $54,956,032 | $55M | 478 | 15 | |
| 98 | University of Hawaii, Manoa Division I · Mountain West Conference · Honolulu, HI | $53,793,049 | $54M | 484 | 17 | |
| 99 | Old Dominion University Division I · Sun Belt Conference · Norfolk, VA | $53,232,824 | $53M | 480 | 16 | |
| 100 | University of Nevada, Reno Division I · Mountain West Conference · Reno, NV | $53,153,531 | $53M | 403 | 14 |
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