Who spends the most on football recruiting
Transportation, lodging, and meals for prospective student-athletes and for staff on official and unofficial visits. These figures are the amounts each school allocated to football.
Georgia
$5.26M · $5,264,238
Oklahoma
$3.53M · $3,529,820
Clemson
$3.46M · $3,458,920
Alabama
$2.90M · $2,895,203
Texas
$2.56M · $2,563,794
Rutgers
$2.48M · $2,477,389
Michigan
$2.44M · $2,436,061
Georgia Tech
$2.11M · $2,108,765
Nebraska
$1.71M · $1,713,234
Michigan State
$1.69M · $1,687,067
Maryland
$1.67M · $1,670,491
North Carolina
$1.59M · $1,589,646
South Florida
$1.46M · $1,457,283
Missouri
$1.27M · $1,270,252
Florida State
$1.24M · $1,237,441
Indiana
$1.10M · $1,098,850
NC State
$1.07M · $1,070,888
Purdue
$1.06M · $1,063,027
UCLA
$1.00M · $1,000,363
Marshall
$916K · $916,204
Arizona State
$896K · $896,202
Charlotte
$776K · $776,498
Mississippi State
$775K · $774,938
East Carolina
$710K · $709,682
Iowa
$665K · $665,134
Eastern Michigan
$622K · $621,853
Oklahoma State
$617K · $616,684
Boise State
$531K · $531,205
San Diego State
$527K · $527,439
UConn
$525K · $525,047
Arkansas State
$523K · $523,013
Buffalo
$508K · $508,328
Texas State
$502K · $501,781
Florida Atlantic
$491K · $491,281
UAB
$446K · $445,683
Utah State
$442K · $441,768
Stephen F. Austin State University
$428K · $428,384
New Mexico State
$425K · $424,935
Nevada
$399K · $398,506
Fresno State
$393K · $393,394
Middle Tennessee
$382K · $381,751
Georgia State
$358K · $357,508
Florida International
$343K · $343,149
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
$332K · $332,422
Central Michigan
$315K · $314,732
University of Hawaii, Manoa
$308K · $307,770
Western Michigan
$269K · $268,769
Idaho
$233K · $232,505
Stony Brook
$182K · $182,136
Northern Illinois
$182K · $181,716
Montana
$175K · $174,827
Ball State
$166K · $166,178
Tarleton State University
$159K · $158,815
North Dakota State
$158K · $158,452
Portland State University
$153K · $153,363
Austin Peay State University
$152K · $152,328
California Polytechnic State University
$149K · $148,931
Sam Houston
$143K · $143,342
Kennesaw State
$141K · $141,218
Murray State University
$139K · $138,570
William & Mary
$137K · $136,962
Missouri State
$137K · $136,883
Maine
$134K · $134,004
Towson
$132K · $131,858
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
$131K · $131,098
South Dakota State
$119K · $119,146
Illinois State University
$117K · $116,949
University of Central Missouri
$104K · $103,629
Rhode Island
$103K · $103,268
Indiana State
$97K · $97,266
Eastern Kentucky
$97K · $96,858
Western Illinois
$84K · $83,913
Western Carolina
$83K · $83,380
New Hampshire
$83K · $83,331
Northwest Missouri State
$83K · $83,125
UAlbany
$83K · $82,813
Weber State University
$82K · $81,641
Eastern Illinois
$80K · $80,306
University of Texas Permian Basin
$76K · $76,048
Southern Utah University
$76K · $75,540
Minnesota Duluth
$66K · $65,862
Northern Michigan University
$65K · $64,546
North Carolina A&T State University
$64K · $63,704
Texas A&M-Kingsville
$62K · $62,029
Northwestern State
$58K · $57,682
Lamar
$57K · $57,045
Midwestern State University
$54K · $54,218
Grand Valley State University
$52K · $51,937
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
$51K · $50,523
Morehead State
$50K · $49,724
Michigan Tech
$46K · $46,127
West Texas A&M University
$45K · $45,402
Angelo State
$43K · $43,181
Central Washington
$40K · $40,474
West Virginia State University
$39K · $39,437
Missouri Western State University
$36K · $36,084
Emporia State University
$36K · $36,023
Ferris State
$35K · $34,722
Western Colorado University
$34K · $34,379
University of West Florida
$33K · $32,676
Nebraska-Kearney
$31K · $30,999
South Carolina State University
$30K · $29,954
Fort Lewis College
$28K · $27,795
Morgan State
$25K · $24,631
Central Connecticut
$20K · $20,234
Frostburg State
$19K · $18,995
Minnesota State Moorhead
$19K · $18,856
Jackson State
$18K · $18,295
Truman State
$17K · $16,535
University of West Georgia
$16K · $15,699
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
$15K · $14,572
Southeastern Oklahoma State
$15K · $14,549
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
$14K · $13,956
East Stroudsburg University of
$13K · $13,346
Eastern New Mexico University
$13K · $12,844
New Mexico Highlands University
$12K · $12,203
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
$12K · $12,164
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
$11K · $11,054
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
$9K · $8,901
Northeastern State University
$9K · $8,763
Albany State University (Georgia)
$8K · $8,000
Fort Valley State
$5K · $5,320
Winston-Salem State University
$4K · $3,927
West Liberty University
$2K · $2,297
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
$1K · $1,232
Savannah State University
$868 · $868
Alabama A&M
$0 · $0
How to read these rankings
These figures come from filed NCAA financial reports collected in our document corpus and parsed from the report text. 831 reports parsed cleanly; 56 could not be read and are absent from these rankings, so a school missing from a year has not necessarily reported nothing.
Football and basketball views come from the report's per-sport allocation tables. They cover recruiting and team travel, not aviation alone: commercial airfare, buses, hotels, meals, and other eligible costs share the same lines. A school can also leave some expenses unallocated.
Private universities have no public-disclosure obligation and generally do not appear. Fiscal years are not uniform — most close June 30, but some schools close on a different date, so a single “FY” column compares slightly different periods. Schools also categorize inconsistently between reports, so treat cross-school gaps of a few percent as noise rather than signal.