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Who spends the most on men's basketball team travel

Every figure is read from the school's own NCAA financial report — the annual filing each Division I athletics department submits to the NCAA. Ranked by reported dollars, not by results.
150Schools ranked
FY2025Fiscal year
$103.50MCombined men's basketball team travel
831Reports parsed

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.

Rank / schoolReported men's basketball team travelChange
01

Michigan State

$3.40M · $3,399,974

flat
02

UConn

$3.17M · $3,169,980

−18% YoY
03

Indiana

$2.63M · $2,627,904

−5% YoY
04

Arizona

$2.59M · $2,588,666

−13% YoY
05

UCLA

$2.59M · $2,586,305

+37% YoY
06

Texas

$2.58M · $2,580,589

+22% YoY
07

Kansas

$2.53M · $2,530,904

no prior year
08

Louisville

$2.10M · $2,098,103

+22% YoY
09

Texas A&M

$2.06M · $2,058,655

−24% YoY
10

Nebraska

$2.04M · $2,038,769

+27% YoY
11

Memphis

$2.03M · $2,026,063

+14% YoY
12

Auburn

$1.95M · $1,954,940

+27% YoY
13

Rutgers

$1.84M · $1,838,611

−15% YoY
14

Oklahoma State

$1.77M · $1,773,201

+28% YoY
15

Texas Tech

$1.75M · $1,754,306

−6% YoY
16

NC State

$1.68M · $1,679,187

−33% YoY
17

Oklahoma

$1.62M · $1,618,204

no prior year
18

Michigan

$1.61M · $1,606,272

−7% YoY
19

South Florida

$1.59M · $1,590,463

+13% YoY
20

Florida State

$1.52M · $1,516,358

no prior year
21

Alabama

$1.49M · $1,489,343

−29% YoY
22

Mississippi State

$1.45M · $1,447,642

−2% YoY
23

Florida

$1.44M · $1,436,626

−21% YoY
24

Georgia Tech

$1.40M · $1,400,251

−20% YoY
25

Arizona State

$1.39M · $1,393,967

+31% YoY
26

Purdue

$1.35M · $1,349,886

no prior year
27

Clemson

$1.28M · $1,282,169

−35% YoY
28

Virginia

$1.25M · $1,245,742

no prior year
29

Arkansas State

$1.24M · $1,239,556

+24% YoY
30

Iowa

$1.22M · $1,223,109

−31% YoY
31

VCU

$1.20M · $1,198,581

−12% YoY
32

Georgia

$1.13M · $1,125,021

−23% YoY
33

George Mason University

$1.04M · $1,043,042

−1% YoY
34

East Carolina

$1.02M · $1,023,100

no prior year
35

UCF

$983K · $983,135

no prior year
36

Boise State

$915K · $914,648

−1% YoY
37

Buffalo

$890K · $889,731

+12% YoY
38

Missouri State

$867K · $866,765

−5% YoY
39

Nevada

$855K · $855,498

−12% YoY
40

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

$766K · $765,613

−11% YoY
41

Charlotte

$762K · $761,736

+28% YoY
42

Oregon State

$744K · $743,716

−12% YoY
43

Colorado State

$718K · $718,389

no prior year
44

Florida Atlantic

$689K · $689,414

−4% YoY
45

Fresno State

$685K · $685,198

flat
46

Illinois State University

$675K · $675,359

no prior year
47

San Diego State

$654K · $653,695

−37% YoY
48

UAB

$639K · $639,132

−32% YoY
49

Wyoming

$600K · $599,965

−17% YoY
50

Murray State University

$595K · $594,901

+40% YoY
51

University of Northern Iowa

$564K · $563,670

−16% YoY
52

UNLV

$552K · $552,363

−4% YoY
53

Stony Brook

$550K · $550,428

+19% YoY
54

South Dakota State

$539K · $538,910

−5% YoY
55

Middle Tennessee

$525K · $525,170

no prior year
56

Jacksonville State

$514K · $513,669

no prior year
57

California State University, Northridge

$502K · $501,513

+32% YoY
58

Southern Miss

$496K · $496,455

no prior year
59

UC Riverside

$495K · $495,184

+563% YoY
60

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

$485K · $485,225

−13% YoY
61

Morgan State

$484K · $483,765

+40% YoY
62

Kennesaw State

$478K · $478,273

+24% YoY
63

University of Nebraska at Omaha

$477K · $477,158

no prior year
64

Texas Southern University

$475K · $475,355

no prior year
65

Indiana State

$474K · $474,497

−1% YoY
66

University of Missouri-Kansas City

$455K · $455,347

−21% YoY
67

University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff

$454K · $453,996

no prior year
68

Norfolk State

$449K · $448,598

+19% YoY
69

Jackson State

$446K · $446,444

+4% YoY
70

Portland State University

$445K · $445,393

+28% YoY
71

Tarleton State University

$437K · $437,351

+3% YoY
72

Austin Peay State University

$432K · $431,860

−18% YoY
73

UC Santa Barbara

$423K · $423,251

no prior year
74

Oakland

$420K · $419,859

−40% YoY
75

Ball State

$410K · $410,497

+9% YoY
76

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

$404K · $404,329

+24% YoY
77

Prairie View A&M

$402K · $401,794

no prior year
78

Montana

$394K · $393,564

−30% YoY
79

Sam Houston

$392K · $392,268

−1% YoY
80

Eastern Washington

$392K · $392,194

−18% YoY
81

Western Michigan

$389K · $388,991

−2% YoY
82

California Polytechnic State University

$388K · $388,468

+21% YoY
83

Texas State

$381K · $381,360

−5% YoY
84

Central Michigan

$375K · $375,230

−1% YoY
85

Eastern Kentucky

$373K · $373,402

+29% YoY
86

South Dakota

$373K · $372,921

+15% YoY
87

Georgia State

$372K · $371,604

+8% YoY
88

Towson

$368K · $368,040

−27% YoY
89

Montana State

$361K · $361,077

−12% YoY
90

North Dakota

$358K · $357,618

−8% YoY
91

Sacramento State

$356K · $355,987

no prior year
92

University of Hawaii, Manoa

$354K · $354,168

−45% YoY
93

San José State

$354K · $353,636

−30% YoY
94

North Alabama

$343K · $342,641

+38% YoY
95

North Dakota State

$341K · $341,154

no prior year
96

Maine

$338K · $338,013

+9% YoY
97

Georgia Southern

$337K · $337,058

−29% YoY
98

Florida Gulf Coast University

$337K · $336,696

−37% YoY
99

Northern Kentucky University

$333K · $333,065

−41% YoY
100

Florida International

$332K · $331,524

+18% YoY
101

The Citadel

$328K · $327,978

+23% YoY
102

Radford

$318K · $318,330

no prior year
103

Alabama A&M

$316K · $316,031

+41% YoY
104

Chicago State University

$306K · $306,499

+13% YoY
105

South Carolina State University

$302K · $301,858

no prior year
106

South Alabama

$296K · $296,436

no prior year
107

Northern Illinois

$294K · $294,250

no prior year
108

Vermont

$289K · $289,468

−46% YoY
109

Long Beach State

$288K · $287,503

−35% YoY
110

Longwood

$279K · $279,353

−35% YoY
111

UAlbany

$278K · $277,753

+8% YoY
112

Lamar

$277K · $276,765

+61% YoY
113

University of California, Davis

$276K · $276,443

no prior year
114

Army

$269K · $268,527

−1% YoY
115

Florida A&M University

$264K · $264,138

no prior year
116

VMI

$252K · $251,807

no prior year
117

Eastern Michigan

$245K · $245,433

−1% YoY
118

Winthrop

$239K · $238,951

−13% YoY
119

Western Illinois

$235K · $235,232

−22% YoY
120

Stephen F. Austin State University

$234K · $233,685

−74% YoY
121

Chattanooga

$231K · $230,828

+11% YoY
122

Morehead State

$229K · $228,631

−31% YoY
123

California State University, Fullerton

$221K · $221,028

−18% YoY
124

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

$218K · $218,221

+87% YoY
125

William & Mary

$194K · $194,391

−32% YoY
126

Binghamton

$191K · $190,690

+6% YoY
127

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

$169K · $169,389

−21% YoY
128

North Carolina Central

$166K · $166,285

−7% YoY
129

Western Carolina

$150K · $149,774

+5% YoY
130

University of South Carolina Upstate

$149K · $148,701

no prior year
131

California State University, East Bay

$148K · $148,456

+46% YoY
132

Montana State University Billings

$135K · $135,228

−9% YoY
133

Eastern Illinois

$131K · $131,177

flat
134

Mississippi Valley State University

$127K · $127,266

no prior year
135

Alcorn State University

$126K · $125,786

−37% YoY
136

Coppin State University

$124K · $124,134

−14% YoY
137

California State University, Los Angeles

$121K · $120,691

−5% YoY
138

Western Washington University

$114K · $114,376

−20% YoY
139

California State University, Monterey Bay

$107K · $106,936

−4% YoY
140

California State Polytechnic University,

$92K · $92,475

+5% YoY
141

Sonoma State University

$88K · $88,431

−9% YoY
142

University of North Georgia

$84K · $84,103

−27% YoY
143

University of West Florida

$80K · $80,455

−8% YoY
144

Missouri Western State University

$80K · $79,808

+33% YoY
145

St. Cloud State University

$79K · $79,068

+29% YoY
146

Bowie State University

$69K · $68,562

no prior year
147

California State University San Marcos

$55K · $55,151

+7% YoY
148

South Dakota School of Mines &

$52K · $52,064

no prior year
149

Augusta University

$41K · $40,587

−28% YoY
150

University of the District of Columbia

$34K · $34,483

−61% YoY
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.