Who spends the most on total operating expenses
All reported athletics operating expenses for the fiscal year.
Texas
$375.89M · $375,887,077
Michigan
$261.56M · $261,556,268
Oklahoma
$249.41M · $249,408,268
Georgia
$240.14M · $240,135,282
Alabama
$234.74M · $234,739,406
Texas A&M
$228.35M · $228,350,501
Florida State
$208.19M · $208,187,039
Nebraska
$207.74M · $207,743,888
Auburn
$203.85M · $203,847,233
Florida
$201.00M · $200,999,975
Clemson
$197.68M · $197,684,981
Rutgers
$193.83M · $193,831,838
Michigan State
$178.29M · $178,288,091
UCLA
$173.43M · $173,429,394
Iowa
$173.38M · $173,379,699
Indiana
$173.02M · $173,020,646
Arizona State
$164.71M · $164,713,777
Mississippi State
$164.48M · $164,482,616
Virginia
$162.07M · $162,066,043
Louisville
$160.41M · $160,408,294
Oklahoma State
$156.06M · $156,061,076
Georgia Tech
$155.97M · $155,972,603
Purdue
$149.65M · $149,650,825
Kansas
$148.36M · $148,361,190
Texas Tech
$144.42M · $144,420,153
Arizona
$142.91M · $142,907,872
NC State
$134.54M · $134,541,641
UConn
$109.67M · $109,674,008
San Diego State
$104.87M · $104,868,538
South Florida
$104.46M · $104,460,073
UCF
$103.62M · $103,615,446
Oregon State
$100.31M · $100,306,455
Boise State
$75.59M · $75,586,706
Colorado State
$75.24M · $75,239,063
UNLV
$74.77M · $74,767,676
Memphis
$73.23M · $73,225,674
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
$71.24M · $71,240,391
Army
$68.95M · $68,954,896
East Carolina
$67.80M · $67,802,688
University of Hawaii, Manoa
$58.70M · $58,698,857
Charlotte
$58.58M · $58,583,488
Nevada
$57.75M · $57,753,809
Fresno State
$56.11M · $56,108,751
Texas State
$55.52M · $55,517,565
University of California, Davis
$54.66M · $54,663,602
Florida Atlantic
$52.55M · $52,548,638
Wyoming
$51.01M · $51,007,390
San José State
$50.87M · $50,868,991
Buffalo
$50.72M · $50,715,699
Middle Tennessee
$49.29M · $49,287,942
Florida International
$48.37M · $48,367,988
California Polytechnic State University
$47.16M · $47,162,060
Sacramento State
$46.27M · $46,274,656
Arkansas State
$45.81M · $45,805,050
Western Michigan
$44.91M · $44,910,138
Georgia Southern
$44.91M · $44,905,774
VCU
$44.59M · $44,585,648
Stony Brook
$43.99M · $43,992,680
George Mason University
$42.65M · $42,654,940
Sam Houston
$42.27M · $42,266,867
North Dakota
$40.56M · $40,561,360
Georgia State
$39.98M · $39,979,520
Kennesaw State
$39.35M · $39,354,979
Eastern Michigan
$38.92M · $38,924,559
South Alabama
$38.54M · $38,539,498
Central Michigan
$38.54M · $38,536,348
Northern Illinois
$37.95M · $37,950,764
William & Mary
$37.53M · $37,526,346
Missouri State
$37.41M · $37,407,928
UC Santa Barbara
$34.99M · $34,990,127
Ball State
$34.77M · $34,771,799
Vermont
$34.70M · $34,701,091
Tarleton State University
$34.69M · $34,694,477
South Dakota State
$34.41M · $34,405,886
North Dakota State
$34.21M · $34,212,041
Montana State
$33.49M · $33,485,352
Maine
$32.82M · $32,820,654
Illinois State University
$31.35M · $31,347,559
UAlbany
$31.34M · $31,342,214
Austin Peay State University
$31.22M · $31,224,006
Towson
$31.19M · $31,186,091
Montana
$30.82M · $30,821,607
Long Beach State
$29.95M · $29,954,413
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
$29.24M · $29,243,283
South Dakota
$29.16M · $29,160,875
University of Nebraska at Omaha
$29.06M · $29,062,946
California State University, Fullerton
$27.81M · $27,805,913
Stephen F. Austin State University
$27.63M · $27,630,878
Binghamton
$27.02M · $27,015,063
Chattanooga
$26.45M · $26,447,807
Prairie View A&M
$26.00M · $26,003,486
Eastern Kentucky
$25.36M · $25,363,767
Norfolk State
$24.98M · $24,980,261
Murray State University
$24.77M · $24,773,869
UC Riverside
$24.63M · $24,629,051
California State University, Northridge
$24.51M · $24,511,838
Lamar
$23.90M · $23,903,379
University of Northern Iowa
$23.76M · $23,755,444
Morgan State
$23.56M · $23,559,866
The Citadel
$22.42M · $22,420,414
Eastern Washington
$21.89M · $21,885,980
Indiana State
$21.15M · $21,147,074
Eastern Illinois
$21.09M · $21,094,657
Alabama A&M
$20.90M · $20,904,164
Florida Gulf Coast University
$20.24M · $20,243,809
Longwood
$20.06M · $20,060,520
VMI
$19.84M · $19,841,053
Portland State University
$19.19M · $19,186,974
Oakland
$19.01M · $19,011,509
Western Carolina
$18.94M · $18,944,143
Northern Kentucky University
$18.75M · $18,754,242
North Alabama
$18.47M · $18,466,838
North Carolina Central
$17.90M · $17,900,517
University of Missouri-Kansas City
$17.15M · $17,154,794
Jacksonville State
$16.70M · $16,697,769
Jackson State
$16.39M · $16,388,654
University of West Florida
$15.95M · $15,953,922
Winthrop
$15.76M · $15,756,452
Radford
$14.87M · $14,870,883
Western Illinois
$14.83M · $14,833,239
St. Cloud State University
$14.48M · $14,479,342
Florida A&M University
$14.32M · $14,318,649
University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff
$14.20M · $14,201,927
UAB
$14.17M · $14,167,116
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
$13.12M · $13,115,831
South Carolina State University
$13.11M · $13,108,767
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
$12.70M · $12,704,718
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
$11.95M · $11,946,722
Southern Miss
$11.62M · $11,623,161
California State University, East Bay
$11.38M · $11,384,973
Missouri Western State University
$11.18M · $11,175,657
Morehead State
$11.04M · $11,041,391
University of South Carolina Upstate
$10.94M · $10,944,084
Texas Southern University
$10.56M · $10,560,312
University of North Georgia
$10.17M · $10,166,503
Alcorn State University
$10.07M · $10,068,066
California State Polytechnic University,
$10.04M · $10,037,305
California State University San Marcos
$9.99M · $9,993,336
Chicago State University
$9.19M · $9,189,373
Sonoma State University
$8.85M · $8,852,244
Western Washington University
$8.67M · $8,665,825
California State University, Los Angeles
$8.45M · $8,450,670
Augusta University
$7.78M · $7,783,594
California State University, Monterey Bay
$6.93M · $6,928,371
Montana State University Billings
$5.84M · $5,842,498
Mississippi Valley State University
$5.29M · $5,290,230
Coppin State University
$5.20M · $5,201,184
South Dakota School of Mines &
$5.12M · $5,116,763
Bowie State University
$4.49M · $4,494,264
University of the District of Columbia
$4.47M · $4,469,557
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.