Who spends the most on team travel
Air and ground transportation, lodging, and meals for competition — the line charter flights are paid from.
Texas A&M
$15.56M · $15,563,540
Michigan
$15.44M · $15,442,906
Texas
$14.62M · $14,621,758
Florida
$14.03M · $14,030,975
UConn
$13.53M · $13,529,771
Iowa
$13.38M · $13,381,260
Rutgers
$13.01M · $13,007,408
Kentucky
$12.94M · $12,942,697
North Carolina
$12.88M · $12,883,897
Indiana
$12.59M · $12,591,925
Michigan State
$11.97M · $11,971,848
Clemson
$11.18M · $11,181,915
Nebraska
$10.95M · $10,949,052
Arizona
$10.79M · $10,787,896
Auburn
$10.78M · $10,783,661
Alabama
$10.41M · $10,412,510
Georgia
$9.99M · $9,986,498
NC State
$9.84M · $9,843,626
Oklahoma State
$9.80M · $9,799,569
Maryland
$9.61M · $9,608,984
UCLA
$9.50M · $9,499,035
Texas Tech
$9.42M · $9,421,828
Missouri
$8.82M · $8,822,834
South Florida
$8.82M · $8,818,796
Louisville
$8.15M · $8,154,719
Georgia Tech
$8.06M · $8,058,381
Arizona State
$7.76M · $7,755,883
Mississippi State
$7.15M · $7,148,958
Oregon State
$6.98M · $6,983,041
University of Hawaii, Manoa
$6.52M · $6,519,239
Memphis
$6.36M · $6,364,552
Marshall
$6.25M · $6,245,382
Army
$6.08M · $6,077,786
Boise State
$5.61M · $5,610,732
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
$5.37M · $5,372,904
San Diego State
$5.34M · $5,337,521
Nevada
$5.12M · $5,121,913
Arkansas State
$4.68M · $4,676,326
UNLV
$4.67M · $4,666,677
Charlotte
$4.63M · $4,634,710
San José State
$4.60M · $4,597,713
Fresno State
$4.53M · $4,530,447
Florida Atlantic
$4.53M · $4,526,906
Wyoming
$4.38M · $4,380,017
UAB
$4.17M · $4,167,753
VCU
$4.08M · $4,084,719
Buffalo
$4.06M · $4,064,702
Stephen F. Austin State University
$3.85M · $3,852,098
New Mexico State
$3.70M · $3,696,073
South Dakota State
$3.64M · $3,643,576
California Polytechnic State University
$3.62M · $3,618,356
North Dakota
$3.59M · $3,594,921
George Mason University
$3.49M · $3,485,697
Maine
$3.37M · $3,367,845
Florida International
$3.31M · $3,305,198
Austin Peay State University
$3.30M · $3,303,096
Western Michigan
$3.28M · $3,279,620
Missouri State
$3.28M · $3,279,211
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
$3.28M · $3,278,168
Georgia Southern
$3.25M · $3,254,546
Texas State
$3.25M · $3,251,959
Montana
$3.12M · $3,115,992
Tarleton State University
$3.11M · $3,112,613
Stony Brook
$3.00M · $3,003,201
Kennesaw State
$3.00M · $3,002,974
Georgia State
$2.96M · $2,962,740
Vermont
$2.92M · $2,917,276
Idaho
$2.89M · $2,892,860
Eastern Michigan
$2.87M · $2,874,952
Ball State
$2.83M · $2,826,273
Montana State
$2.79M · $2,793,512
Indiana State
$2.66M · $2,663,296
Morgan State
$2.60M · $2,596,542
South Dakota
$2.59M · $2,585,014
UIC
$2.53M · $2,527,078
Towson
$2.52M · $2,519,972
UC Irvine
$2.51M · $2,511,573
University of Nebraska Omaha
$2.51M · $2,510,279
William & Mary
$2.48M · $2,479,883
Sam Houston
$2.46M · $2,461,954
Central Michigan
$2.43M · $2,433,768
University of Northern Iowa
$2.43M · $2,433,252
Jackson State
$2.42M · $2,423,522
Long Beach State
$2.32M · $2,316,091
Portland State University
$2.29M · $2,288,245
Grand Valley State University
$2.27M · $2,269,384
Eastern Kentucky
$2.26M · $2,258,068
Florida Gulf Coast University
$2.24M · $2,236,278
Eastern Washington
$2.20M · $2,199,611
UAlbany
$2.20M · $2,195,812
Murray State University
$2.15M · $2,149,670
California State University, Northridge
$2.14M · $2,136,945
Oakland
$2.08M · $2,076,809
Northern Michigan University
$2.01M · $2,005,172
Alabama A&M
$1.99M · $1,988,240
Western Illinois
$1.96M · $1,960,735
California State University, Fullerton
$1.92M · $1,919,208
University of Missouri-Kansas City
$1.87M · $1,870,166
UMBC
$1.80M · $1,801,318
Texas A&M-Kingsville
$1.70M · $1,703,019
University of Massachusetts Lowell
$1.69M · $1,693,716
Longwood
$1.68M · $1,680,915
Binghamton
$1.63M · $1,626,963
North Alabama
$1.62M · $1,617,094
California State University, Bakersfield
$1.61M · $1,613,214
St. Cloud State University
$1.59M · $1,585,563
Morehead State
$1.57M · $1,568,265
North Carolina Central
$1.56M · $1,559,852
Purdue Fort Wayne
$1.52M · $1,521,657
Southeast Missouri State University
$1.51M · $1,512,928
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
$1.49M · $1,493,915
Northern Kentucky University
$1.49M · $1,486,368
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
$1.47M · $1,465,171
Chattanooga
$1.44M · $1,436,022
Norfolk State
$1.42M · $1,419,600
University of Texas Permian Basin
$1.39M · $1,387,940
California State Polytechnic University,
$1.38M · $1,375,985
Central Washington
$1.37M · $1,370,852
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
$1.37M · $1,365,568
Milwaukee
$1.36M · $1,363,927
University of West Florida
$1.31M · $1,310,587
Eastern Illinois
$1.29M · $1,291,399
NJIT
$1.29M · $1,285,175
Nebraska-Kearney
$1.26M · $1,263,024
Winthrop
$1.26M · $1,261,644
Western Carolina
$1.25M · $1,246,283
Western Washington University
$1.21M · $1,209,110
Alcorn State University
$1.20M · $1,203,006
University of Central Missouri
$1.16M · $1,158,672
Lamar
$1.16M · $1,157,513
California State University, Monterey Bay
$1.11M · $1,109,366
The Citadel
$1.09M · $1,087,309
Texas A&M International University
$1.08M · $1,079,327
California State University, Chico
$1.07M · $1,066,536
California State University, Los Angeles
$1.06M · $1,062,413
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
$1.01M · $1,011,858
UNC Asheville
$1.00M · $1,001,034
Montana State University Billings
$991K · $990,748
Frostburg State
$985K · $985,464
Chicago State University
$973K · $972,764
University of West Georgia
$958K · $957,627
California State University San Marcos
$942K · $942,342
California State University, East Bay
$925K · $924,829
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
$922K · $921,647
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
$921K · $921,257
Northwest Missouri State
$887K · $886,652
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
$879K · $878,605
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
$761K · $761,095
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
$752K · $751,867
Coppin State University
$727K · $727,319
Missouri Western State University
$725K · $724,578
University of the District of Columbia
$723K · $722,759
Minnesota State Moorhead
$714K · $714,119
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
$713K · $712,522
Sonoma State University
$697K · $696,564
UC Riverside
$680K · $679,678
Western Colorado University
$674K · $673,984
University of Illinois Springfield
$673K · $672,894
University of Missouri–St. Louis
$657K · $657,344
University of North Georgia
$649K · $649,127
Truman State
$643K · $643,409
Fort Valley State
$611K · $611,075
Texas Woman's University
$607K · $606,866
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
$593K · $592,650
Augusta University
$576K · $576,448
North Dakota State
$538K · $538,330
Valdosta State University
$531K · $530,525
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
$351K · $350,622
Glenville State
$347K · $346,799
Savannah State University
$306K · $306,309
College of Staten Island
$277K · $277,180
Bowie State University
$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.