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.
Alabama
$5.27M · $5,273,716
Texas A&M
$4.14M · $4,138,585
Georgia
$4.09M · $4,087,503
Texas
$3.60M · $3,598,226
Clemson
$3.13M · $3,129,469
Florida
$2.75M · $2,747,146
Nebraska
$2.19M · $2,189,742
Rutgers
$2.05M · $2,053,036
Georgia Tech
$1.97M · $1,968,729
South Florida
$1.93M · $1,930,783
Arizona
$1.90M · $1,896,759
Maryland
$1.83M · $1,834,014
Michigan
$1.82M · $1,818,581
Arizona State
$1.60M · $1,601,200
Michigan State
$1.59M · $1,594,994
North Carolina
$1.57M · $1,570,707
NC State
$1.56M · $1,563,302
Missouri
$1.52M · $1,515,339
Auburn
$1.49M · $1,490,286
UCLA
$1.41M · $1,409,587
Army
$1.32M · $1,318,645
Indiana
$1.31M · $1,308,491
Texas Tech
$1.26M · $1,259,732
Kentucky
$1.24M · $1,243,848
Louisville
$1.20M · $1,197,741
Oklahoma State
$1.03M · $1,034,163
Oregon State
$1.02M · $1,016,289
Mississippi State
$990K · $990,390
UNLV
$852K · $852,467
Memphis
$764K · $764,276
Charlotte
$757K · $757,049
UConn
$757K · $756,611
Marshall
$698K · $698,284
Iowa
$683K · $683,051
San Diego State
$668K · $668,067
Eastern Michigan
$637K · $636,912
Boise State
$549K · $549,255
Western Michigan
$545K · $544,525
Texas State
$522K · $522,442
Buffalo
$520K · $520,103
Wyoming
$520K · $520,051
Tarleton State University
$512K · $512,473
Nevada
$504K · $503,880
Arkansas State
$478K · $478,443
Florida Atlantic
$466K · $466,479
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
$410K · $410,183
Fresno State
$395K · $395,458
UAB
$387K · $386,526
New Mexico State
$378K · $377,969
Georgia State
$343K · $343,437
Central Michigan
$331K · $331,024
Florida International
$294K · $294,301
Kennesaw State
$287K · $287,247
Stephen F. Austin State University
$251K · $250,956
Eastern Washington
$241K · $241,120
University of Hawaii, Manoa
$237K · $236,906
Georgia Southern
$231K · $230,971
Montana State
$203K · $203,465
Austin Peay State University
$202K · $201,925
Maine
$197K · $197,034
Idaho
$197K · $196,704
California Polytechnic State University
$187K · $186,650
San José State
$180K · $179,781
Sam Houston
$174K · $174,389
Montana
$174K · $173,982
North Dakota State
$169K · $168,697
Stony Brook
$162K · $162,378
South Dakota
$156K · $155,778
Portland State University
$153K · $153,363
Indiana State
$153K · $152,815
Towson
$149K · $148,961
Ball State
$137K · $137,045
Missouri State
$137K · $136,640
Chattanooga
$125K · $125,001
Morgan State
$121K · $121,262
North Dakota
$119K · $119,220
The Citadel
$115K · $114,756
Murray State University
$111K · $110,943
William & Mary
$109K · $108,517
Eastern Illinois
$100K · $100,208
Northwest Missouri State
$94K · $94,368
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
$89K · $89,071
University of Northern Iowa
$89K · $88,536
UAlbany
$86K · $86,214
Northern Michigan University
$85K · $85,279
University of Central Missouri
$84K · $84,283
South Dakota State
$83K · $83,431
Texas A&M-Kingsville
$82K · $82,465
Norfolk State
$75K · $75,105
Eastern Kentucky
$74K · $74,334
North Alabama
$72K · $72,320
Southeast Missouri State University
$71K · $71,325
Western Carolina
$69K · $69,350
University of West Georgia
$66K · $66,188
Western Illinois
$58K · $58,375
Lamar
$54K · $53,978
Grand Valley State University
$53K · $53,480
University of Texas Permian Basin
$50K · $50,472
University of West Florida
$50K · $50,256
Western Colorado University
$41K · $40,718
Missouri Western State University
$40K · $40,223
Alcorn State University
$40K · $40,000
Nebraska-Kearney
$34K · $33,747
Morehead State
$32K · $31,847
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
$30K · $30,068
Central Washington
$26K · $26,126
Truman State
$25K · $25,122
Valdosta State University
$18K · $18,479
Minnesota State Moorhead
$18K · $18,111
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
$17K · $16,858
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
$15K · $14,653
North Carolina Central
$14K · $14,401
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
$14K · $13,619
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
$13K · $12,762
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
$8K · $8,373
Frostburg State
$7K · $6,976
Fort Valley State
$6K · $6,190
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
$4K · $4,228
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
$3K · $3,035
Jackson State
$896 · $896
Savannah State University
$102 · $102
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.