Who spends the most on football team travel
Air and ground transportation, lodging, and meals for competition — the line charter flights are paid from. These figures are the amounts each school allocated to football.
Michigan
$4.30M · $4,303,120
North Carolina
$3.79M · $3,785,563
Clemson
$3.27M · $3,265,034
Rutgers
$3.00M · $3,002,602
Texas
$2.86M · $2,857,375
Florida State
$2.74M · $2,742,950
Georgia
$2.67M · $2,672,492
Alabama
$2.48M · $2,477,746
Oklahoma
$2.34M · $2,335,135
UConn
$2.33M · $2,328,320
Maryland
$2.27M · $2,265,496
Georgia Tech
$2.21M · $2,206,583
University of Hawaii, Manoa
$2.03M · $2,034,036
Oklahoma State
$1.90M · $1,902,176
Nebraska
$1.90M · $1,897,642
San Diego State
$1.88M · $1,877,358
Arizona State
$1.78M · $1,778,985
Iowa
$1.67M · $1,666,546
Indiana
$1.66M · $1,656,793
Marshall
$1.58M · $1,581,669
Michigan State
$1.58M · $1,577,480
Middle Tennessee
$1.57M · $1,565,189
NC State
$1.54M · $1,542,029
Mississippi State
$1.52M · $1,521,144
UCLA
$1.49M · $1,494,182
South Florida
$1.46M · $1,455,269
Nevada
$1.45M · $1,448,298
Purdue
$1.40M · $1,399,064
Florida International
$1.37M · $1,369,884
Buffalo
$1.36M · $1,359,253
Fresno State
$1.35M · $1,353,105
Florida Atlantic
$1.30M · $1,298,314
Texas State
$1.22M · $1,217,955
Boise State
$1.18M · $1,182,388
Arkansas State
$1.18M · $1,180,524
New Mexico State
$1.16M · $1,164,015
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
$1.16M · $1,159,771
Missouri
$1.15M · $1,152,252
East Carolina
$1.14M · $1,143,746
UAB
$1.14M · $1,140,157
Utah State
$1.12M · $1,116,664
Charlotte
$1.04M · $1,036,113
Eastern Michigan
$947K · $946,560
Jackson State
$883K · $883,003
North Dakota State
$858K · $857,542
California Polytechnic State University
$821K · $821,215
Northern Illinois
$763K · $763,467
Idaho
$763K · $762,660
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
$736K · $736,199
Georgia State
$707K · $707,430
Morgan State
$684K · $683,810
Montana
$682K · $681,960
Maine
$669K · $669,463
Missouri State
$640K · $640,365
Tarleton State University
$639K · $639,068
New Hampshire
$630K · $629,862
Ball State
$629K · $628,663
Western Michigan
$617K · $617,370
Kennesaw State
$608K · $608,218
Portland State University
$603K · $602,721
South Dakota State
$597K · $597,012
Central Michigan
$595K · $595,110
Stephen F. Austin State University
$573K · $573,450
William & Mary
$571K · $571,439
Austin Peay State University
$559K · $559,312
Southern Utah University
$554K · $553,733
North Carolina A&T State University
$541K · $540,894
Indiana State
$513K · $513,048
Alabama A&M
$494K · $493,691
Sam Houston
$477K · $477,363
UAlbany
$472K · $472,276
University of Texas Permian Basin
$463K · $462,685
Texas A&M-Kingsville
$450K · $450,172
Rhode Island
$449K · $448,754
Towson
$436K · $435,744
Weber State University
$430K · $430,215
Angelo State
$415K · $414,611
Illinois State University
$411K · $410,854
Grand Valley State University
$378K · $377,597
Murray State University
$363K · $363,010
South Carolina State University
$360K · $360,364
Stony Brook
$346K · $345,768
Lamar
$345K · $345,298
Central Washington
$333K · $333,478
Western Illinois
$320K · $319,520
Morehead State
$303K · $302,511
Eastern Illinois
$273K · $272,830
Ferris State
$249K · $248,541
Eastern Kentucky
$248K · $247,593
University of West Florida
$238K · $237,998
Northern Michigan University
$196K · $196,287
West Texas A&M University
$190K · $190,266
Western Carolina
$190K · $189,666
Western Colorado University
$176K · $176,289
Northwest Missouri State
$175K · $174,843
Michigan Tech
$168K · $168,461
Midwestern State University
$149K · $148,868
Minnesota Duluth
$143K · $142,650
University of Central Missouri
$142K · $142,053
Central Connecticut
$137K · $136,836
Emporia State University
$136K · $136,274
Fort Lewis College
$136K · $136,250
Northwestern State
$136K · $135,556
Northeastern State University
$131K · $130,563
West Virginia State University
$120K · $119,701
Nebraska-Kearney
$119K · $118,961
University of West Georgia
$112K · $112,097
New Mexico Highlands University
$109K · $109,026
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
$102K · $101,790
Truman State
$90K · $89,769
Missouri Western State University
$89K · $89,278
Bowie State University
$87K · $86,600
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
$86K · $86,390
Southeastern Oklahoma State
$84K · $83,578
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
$82K · $82,236
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
$78K · $77,608
Minnesota State Moorhead
$77K · $76,592
Eastern New Mexico University
$76K · $75,644
Winston-Salem State University
$74K · $74,289
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
$74K · $73,962
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
$72K · $72,064
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
$61K · $60,769
East Stroudsburg University of
$55K · $54,851
West Liberty University
$55K · $54,629
Fort Valley State
$43K · $42,609
Albany State University (Georgia)
$41K · $40,800
Savannah State University
$36K · $35,830
Frostburg State
$30K · $29,714
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.