Who spends the most on men's basketball 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 men's basketball.
UConn
$2.87M · $2,871,229
North Carolina
$2.57M · $2,569,539
Texas
$2.36M · $2,364,471
UCLA
$2.22M · $2,217,776
Maryland
$2.20M · $2,201,987
Michigan
$1.98M · $1,981,597
Oklahoma State
$1.89M · $1,886,436
Alabama
$1.85M · $1,853,383
Rutgers
$1.84M · $1,844,817
Florida State
$1.83M · $1,833,518
San Diego State
$1.81M · $1,813,877
Indiana
$1.80M · $1,799,772
Michigan State
$1.77M · $1,767,807
NC State
$1.74M · $1,743,695
Purdue
$1.73M · $1,726,088
Oklahoma
$1.72M · $1,722,173
Missouri
$1.67M · $1,666,923
Iowa
$1.56M · $1,556,841
Nebraska
$1.53M · $1,531,287
Georgia Tech
$1.39M · $1,386,075
VCU
$1.27M · $1,268,717
South Florida
$1.16M · $1,164,051
Arizona State
$1.16M · $1,163,633
George Mason University
$1.14M · $1,140,408
Mississippi State
$1.09M · $1,091,989
Rhode Island
$1.06M · $1,059,441
Clemson
$1.05M · $1,046,993
UAB
$957K · $956,589
Nevada
$905K · $905,250
Charlotte
$880K · $879,745
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
$841K · $840,530
Utah State
$834K · $834,464
Georgia
$827K · $827,363
Missouri State
$827K · $827,253
Boise State
$822K · $822,135
East Carolina
$802K · $801,546
South Dakota State
$666K · $666,182
College of Charleston (South Carolina)
$662K · $662,135
Marshall
$659K · $659,114
Middle Tennessee
$640K · $639,578
Arkansas State
$630K · $629,525
Florida Atlantic
$614K · $613,932
Stony Brook
$610K · $609,922
Stephen F. Austin State University
$600K · $599,865
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
$591K · $591,376
New Mexico State
$587K · $586,504
Buffalo
$575K · $574,784
Indiana State
$549K · $549,441
Fresno State
$539K · $539,238
The University of North Carolina at
$536K · $535,749
Vermont
$517K · $516,563
North Carolina A&T State University
$515K · $514,680
Kennesaw State
$508K · $507,747
Texas State
$482K · $482,288
University of Missouri-Kansas City
$481K · $480,724
University of North Carolina Wilmington
$447K · $446,530
Morgan State
$446K · $445,532
Illinois State University
$442K · $442,334
UC Santa Barbara
$437K · $436,970
Towson
$432K · $431,611
Montana
$429K · $429,008
University of Nebraska Omaha
$428K · $427,500
Tarleton State University
$426K · $426,086
Weber State University
$424K · $423,759
Alabama A&M
$419K · $418,782
Eastern Kentucky
$419K · $418,730
Murray State University
$410K · $409,970
Milwaukee
$408K · $407,686
University of Hawaii, Manoa
$397K · $397,405
Florida Gulf Coast University
$390K · $389,910
Northern Kentucky University
$388K · $388,059
UC Irvine
$387K · $386,741
Chicago State University
$383K · $382,987
Sam Houston
$381K · $381,412
UIC
$381K · $380,686
North Dakota State
$373K · $372,608
California State University, Bakersfield
$368K · $367,966
Central Michigan
$364K · $364,217
Longwood
$364K · $363,672
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
$363K · $362,573
UC Riverside
$361K · $360,625
Oakland
$354K · $353,945
Portland State University
$347K · $347,369
Florida International
$340K · $340,442
Purdue Fort Wayne
$337K · $337,141
Ball State
$330K · $330,319
California State University, Northridge
$328K · $327,888
Georgia State
$311K · $311,107
Southern Utah University
$307K · $306,500
Idaho
$306K · $305,914
Northern Illinois
$303K · $303,136
Jackson State
$302K · $301,781
UAlbany
$291K · $290,930
California State University, Fullerton
$288K · $288,478
Maine
$278K · $277,563
South Carolina State University
$277K · $276,831
Winthrop
$275K · $275,073
William & Mary
$271K · $271,331
Western Michigan
$271K · $270,889
California Polytechnic State University
$264K · $263,757
Austin Peay State University
$250K · $250,081
Morehead State
$247K · $247,398
Western Illinois
$243K · $243,095
Minnesota Duluth
$241K · $241,358
Eastern Michigan
$238K · $237,726
Northwestern State
$220K · $219,682
Texas A&M International University
$194K · $194,235
Texas A&M-Kingsville
$191K · $191,252
NJIT
$161K · $161,439
New Hampshire
$158K · $158,315
Montana State University Billings
$155K · $154,869
California State University, Chico
$153K · $152,959
Binghamton
$142K · $141,855
Western Carolina
$137K · $136,673
Western Washington University
$134K · $134,274
Lamar
$129K · $128,866
Northern Michigan University
$124K · $124,094
Michigan Tech
$124K · $123,752
Metropolitan State University of Denver
$122K · $122,068
Central Washington
$118K · $117,530
University of Texas Permian Basin
$117K · $117,293
Northwest Missouri State
$116K · $116,314
Lake Superior State University
$112K · $111,756
West Texas A&M University
$110K · $109,808
Emporia State University
$110K · $109,670
University of North Georgia
$110K · $109,607
University of West Georgia
$109K · $108,582
Coppin State University
$108K · $108,302
Winston-Salem State University
$107K · $106,509
Grand Valley State University
$103K · $102,735
Texas Woman's University
$102K · $102,397
Eastern Illinois
$101K · $101,062
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
$92K · $91,931
California State University, Monterey Bay
$91K · $91,347
Ferris State
$88K · $88,245
Southeastern Oklahoma State
$88K · $87,860
Central Connecticut
$87K · $87,335
California State University San Marcos
$87K · $87,196
West Liberty University
$86K · $85,806
University of Central Missouri
$85K · $84,549
University of West Florida
$83K · $83,066
Fort Lewis College
$82K · $81,753
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
$82K · $81,614
Angelo State
$82K · $81,579
Sonoma State University
$81K · $81,370
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
$81K · $81,183
California State University, Los Angeles
$80K · $80,155
University of Minnesota, Crookston
$78K · $77,959
Nebraska-Kearney
$76K · $76,496
Truman State
$71K · $70,590
Minnesota State Moorhead
$69K · $68,849
Bowie State University
$69K · $68,562
East Stroudsburg University of
$67K · $67,227
Missouri Western State University
$67K · $66,926
Northeastern State University
$61K · $60,566
California State University, East Bay
$60K · $60,241
Eastern New Mexico University
$58K · $58,036
University of the District of Columbia
$57K · $56,594
Western Colorado University
$50K · $50,231
St. Cloud State University
$50K · $49,888
Purdue University Northwest
$49K · $48,592
New Mexico Highlands University
$43K · $42,975
Cameron University
$42K · $42,452
Columbus State University
$42K · $42,209
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
$40K · $40,471
California State Polytechnic University,
$40K · $39,622
College of Staten Island
$37K · $36,746
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
$36K · $36,427
Augusta University
$36K · $35,517
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
$35K · $34,994
Midwestern State University
$35K · $34,977
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
$33K · $32,730
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
$31K · $31,082
Fort Valley State
$28K · $28,077
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
$28K · $27,710
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
$25K · $24,687
Savannah State University
$22K · $22,145
Albany State University (Georgia)
$22K · $22,000
Queens College (New York)
$19K · $18,757
Georgia College
$18K · $18,139
Frostburg State
$14K · $13,753
West Virginia State University
$7K · $6,793
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.