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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/MattieMadness on 2024-04-08 22:28:11.


I was thinking about this in the context of the proposed new NCAA division. To move from DII to DI a school must support 16 sports and the associated scholarships, a minimum cost of about $12 million, not including other expenses.

The NCAA proposed new division would require a $10 million dollar entrance fee and $30K per scholarship athlete to a minimum of 210 scholarship athletes per year. So who could afford to be in that division? That’s an increased cost of $6.3 Million per year plus the $10 million dollar entrance fee.

Obviously many schools who spend less than $150 million could afford that, but as there’s no clear cutoff, I picked $150 million as a nice round number.

Categories of spending:

THICC Bois 250+ Million

  • Ohio State - 281.5 M
  • Texas A&M - 279.1 M
  • Texas - 271.1 M

Big Spenders - 200+ Million

  • Michigan - 229.6 M
  • Georgia - 210.1 M
  • Nebraska - 204.8 M
  • Penn State - 203.2 M
  • Tennessee - 202.1 M
  • LSU - 200.4 M
  • Alabama - 200.1 M

Fat Wallets - 185+ Million

  • Oklahoma - 199.3 M
  • Wisconsin - 197.7 M
  • Clemson - 195.9 M
  • Auburn - 195.3 M
  • Florida - 189.1 M
  • USC - 187.3 M

Yeah, I Got Money - 150+ Million

  • Kentucky - 174.5 M
  • Notre Dame - 170.8 M
  • Florida State - 169.5 M
  • Iowa - 167.4 M
  • Arkansas - 167.3 M
  • Stanford - 165.5 M
  • South Carolina - 160.4 M
  • Oregon - 155.4 M
  • Washington - 152.6 M