Who spends the most on total operating revenues
All reported athletics operating revenues for the fiscal year.
Texas
$352.55M · $352,547,602
Michigan
$275.84M · $275,844,115
Alabama
$267.44M · $267,435,520
Texas A&M
$235.55M · $235,547,242
Georgia
$233.53M · $233,526,965
Florida
$221.07M · $221,065,538
Nebraska
$215.09M · $215,089,007
Florida State
$211.95M · $211,950,623
Auburn
$205.93M · $205,928,767
Oklahoma
$205.67M · $205,670,266
Clemson
$198.58M · $198,578,695
Indiana
$183.43M · $183,432,522
Iowa
$179.98M · $179,978,091
Michigan State
$179.89M · $179,891,651
Arizona State
$166.14M · $166,137,649
Mississippi State
$164.68M · $164,684,369
Georgia Tech
$156.05M · $156,050,577
Virginia
$155.12M · $155,120,584
UCLA
$151.80M · $151,797,241
Oklahoma State
$150.78M · $150,779,379
Purdue
$150.54M · $150,536,320
Louisville
$146.91M · $146,912,011
Rutgers
$146.64M · $146,638,066
Texas Tech
$145.30M · $145,302,530
Kansas
$143.86M · $143,856,096
Arizona
$143.29M · $143,291,388
NC State
$141.55M · $141,549,444
UConn
$117.29M · $117,288,137
UCF
$108.89M · $108,885,089
South Florida
$106.81M · $106,811,267
Oregon State
$104.77M · $104,767,707
San Diego State
$100.80M · $100,801,020
Boise State
$95.55M · $95,551,524
Army
$78.21M · $78,208,127
UNLV
$77.27M · $77,274,710
Colorado State
$74.74M · $74,737,127
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
$74.22M · $74,220,923
Memphis
$72.72M · $72,720,349
East Carolina
$70.76M · $70,759,490
Charlotte
$62.71M · $62,709,814
Fresno State
$61.76M · $61,761,188
Nevada
$58.68M · $58,681,959
University of Hawaii, Manoa
$58.54M · $58,536,743
Wyoming
$55.62M · $55,619,167
Florida Atlantic
$52.59M · $52,588,880
Texas State
$50.53M · $50,528,819
University of California, Davis
$50.30M · $50,302,899
Middle Tennessee
$49.29M · $49,287,942
Florida International
$48.39M · $48,389,066
Buffalo
$48.23M · $48,226,492
Sacramento State
$47.35M · $47,354,344
San José State
$45.87M · $45,873,043
Arkansas State
$45.81M · $45,805,050
VCU
$45.19M · $45,187,592
California Polytechnic State University
$43.95M · $43,949,826
Georgia Southern
$43.92M · $43,923,841
Sam Houston
$43.34M · $43,342,352
George Mason University
$43.10M · $43,104,327
Kennesaw State
$42.64M · $42,635,872
Western Michigan
$41.93M · $41,934,267
North Dakota
$40.20M · $40,198,069
Stony Brook
$39.94M · $39,938,425
Georgia State
$39.85M · $39,849,287
Eastern Michigan
$38.92M · $38,924,559
William & Mary
$38.24M · $38,243,429
Central Michigan
$37.91M · $37,911,632
Missouri State
$37.41M · $37,407,928
South Alabama
$36.19M · $36,194,336
North Dakota State
$34.79M · $34,788,259
Ball State
$34.74M · $34,744,305
Illinois State University
$34.64M · $34,641,597
Montana State
$34.27M · $34,272,791
South Dakota State
$33.57M · $33,565,662
Maine
$32.00M · $32,003,899
Tarleton State University
$31.96M · $31,961,216
Vermont
$31.82M · $31,822,161
Northern Illinois
$31.29M · $31,290,147
UAlbany
$31.11M · $31,113,008
Long Beach State
$30.91M · $30,908,451
Binghamton
$30.14M · $30,136,480
Towson
$30.02M · $30,022,400
Austin Peay State University
$29.57M · $29,571,482
Montana
$29.49M · $29,488,165
South Dakota
$29.16M · $29,164,979
University of Nebraska at Omaha
$29.06M · $29,062,946
UC Santa Barbara
$29.03M · $29,029,313
California State University, Fullerton
$27.80M · $27,799,631
Stephen F. Austin State University
$27.06M · $27,062,953
Chattanooga
$26.45M · $26,447,807
UC Riverside
$26.17M · $26,169,284
Murray State University
$25.83M · $25,829,897
California State University, Northridge
$25.40M · $25,396,910
Eastern Kentucky
$25.36M · $25,363,767
Norfolk State
$24.98M · $24,980,261
Lamar
$23.98M · $23,977,652
Eastern Washington
$22.05M · $22,053,095
Indiana State
$21.12M · $21,115,133
University of Northern Iowa
$21.10M · $21,101,518
Alabama A&M
$20.90M · $20,904,164
The Citadel
$20.49M · $20,494,239
Western Carolina
$20.43M · $20,432,725
Longwood
$20.06M · $20,060,520
Florida Gulf Coast University
$19.99M · $19,985,649
Oakland
$19.10M · $19,095,534
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
$19.04M · $19,037,278
Northern Kentucky University
$18.70M · $18,699,777
VMI
$18.60M · $18,601,079
North Alabama
$18.47M · $18,466,838
Eastern Illinois
$18.07M · $18,068,663
North Carolina Central
$17.90M · $17,900,517
Prairie View A&M
$17.86M · $17,857,955
University of Missouri-Kansas City
$17.23M · $17,226,573
Portland State University
$16.99M · $16,993,367
Winthrop
$16.45M · $16,449,855
University of West Florida
$16.15M · $16,145,722
Jackson State
$15.57M · $15,571,763
UAB
$15.45M · $15,447,388
St. Cloud State University
$14.48M · $14,479,347
University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff
$14.20M · $14,201,927
Florida A&M University
$13.92M · $13,919,420
Radford
$13.90M · $13,896,831
Morgan State
$13.76M · $13,762,286
California State University, East Bay
$13.15M · $13,145,522
South Carolina State University
$13.11M · $13,108,767
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
$12.69M · $12,692,042
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
$11.95M · $11,946,722
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
$11.92M · $11,915,923
Missouri Western State University
$11.55M · $11,548,776
Western Illinois
$11.30M · $11,300,974
California State University San Marcos
$11.12M · $11,116,880
Morehead State
$11.04M · $11,041,391
University of South Carolina Upstate
$10.94M · $10,944,084
California State Polytechnic University,
$10.79M · $10,791,964
Texas Southern University
$10.56M · $10,560,312
University of North Georgia
$10.17M · $10,166,503
Chicago State University
$9.19M · $9,189,373
California State University, Los Angeles
$8.33M · $8,332,083
Augusta University
$8.16M · $8,162,972
Western Washington University
$8.14M · $8,144,195
Sonoma State University
$8.06M · $8,062,754
Alcorn State University
$7.19M · $7,191,711
California State University, Monterey Bay
$7.14M · $7,138,235
Bowie State University
$6.67M · $6,674,357
Montana State University Billings
$5.99M · $5,985,629
Mississippi Valley State University
$5.58M · $5,576,533
University of the District of Columbia
$4.47M · $4,469,557
South Dakota School of Mines &
$4.04M · $4,035,476
Coppin State University
$3.45M · $3,450,390
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.