Who has the most generous athletics boosters?

[Jonnyeagle]

1-10
Oregon $969 Million
Texas A & M  $849    
Texas  $766    
Florida $763    
Georgia $716    
Oklahoma St $670    
LSU  $618    
Oklahoma $597    
Auburn  $580    
Florida State  $540    
11-20
Ohio State   $536   
Alabama $528   
Virginia $516    
Tennessee $500    
Michigan $493    
Iowa $477    
Clemson   $476       
South Carolina $466     
Kansas $459    
Louisville $450    
21-30
Michigan St  $439    
Washington $402    
Texas Tech  $396    
Wisconsin  $389    
Penn State  $386    
Illinois   $373    
West Virginia   $354    
Indiana   $351    
Arizona $346    
North Carolina  $344   
31-40
Mizzou  $344    
Arkansas $324    
Kansas St $324    
Va Tech  $319    
Ole Miss  $310    
Kentucky $302    
Purdue  $289    
Cal  $283    
Mississippi St $273    
Arizona St $265    
41-50
Iowa St  $249    
Nebraska  $236    
UCLA  $233    
Georgia Tech $220    
NC State  $216    
Colorado  $208    
Oregon St $201    
Minnesota  $199    
Maryland  $194    
Memphis $170    
51-60
Utah $159    
Wash  St $146    
Boise St $140    
Rutgers $136    
UConn  $134    
ECU $134    
SDSU $132    
UCF $128    
UNLV $127    
Fresno St $117   
61-70
Cincinnati $115   
New Mexico $113    
Nevada  $97   
Wyoming $93  
Houston $91    
Hawaii  $89    
Old Dominion  $84    
Colorado St  $83  
Charlotte $78   
Southern Miss  $70    
71-80
Louisiana (Lafayette) $69    
UAB $69    
Marshall  $68    
LaTech   $68    
Arkansas State  $64    
South Florida $63    
Toledo $58    
UTEP $58    
App State $56    
Utah State  $56    
81-90
FAU $52    
San Jose State  $44    
Texas State  $43    
Bowling Green  $42
North Texas $41    
WKU $41    
Ohio   $35    
Troy  $34    
Miami (OH) $33    
Air Force  $32    
91-100
UTSA $32    
Georgia So  $31    
NMSU $31    
MTSU $30    
CMU $29    
UMass $28    
NIU $28    
Akron $25    
Georgia State  $24    
WMU $24    
101-108
Ball State $23    
Coastal Carolina  $21    
LA-Monroe $20    
FIU $19       
Buffalo $17      
South Alabama $17    
Kent State  $12    
EMU $12

Observations:
-Oregon and OkSt stand out and are clearly so high because of their mega-whale donors Phil Knight and T. Boone Pickens

-All SEC schools are within the top 40 (which actually represts a "top 50-ish" ranking when factoring in Private schools which would be in the top 45, like Notre Dame, USC, Stanford, Duke, Miami, Northwestern, TCU... and prossibly even Baylor, Vandy and BYU)

-Current Big Ten doesn't have a single school in the top 10 despite having blue bloods OSU/Mich

-All basketball blue bloods are within the top 40, led by Kansas at 19th

sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances

knightcommission.org/finances-colle…

https://x.com/jjfuller72/status/1694193242756018553?s=46&t=NF302_aIOAI3ysJWw9mToQ

[NorthTexasWeLove]

To add a little context, this is donor money from 2005-2022. 

Financially, we are doomed. Going off memory, legacy AAC members invest double that of UNT, memphis invests 5x more than UNT in basketball. The programs that moved into AAC with UNT invest incrementally more, and all of them have bigger donor bases and money. 

And it's not that UNT alum aren't pulling their weight. They are. There's just not a lot of alumni willing to commit to UNT athletics, then donate. And that's the age old problem that we're all aware of and no one seems to know how to fix. 

Edited August 23, 2023 by NorthTexasWeLove

[TheColonyEagle]

4 hours ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

Memphis invests 5x more than UNT in basketball.

Memphis Basketball history:

NCAA Tournament: 28 Years (35-28), 3 Final Fours

Ranked in AP Poll: 23 Times (Preseason), 17 Times (Final), 312 Weeks (Total)

 

When it comes to winning....we are no where close to that stratosphere....

 

**I'll add, Memphis boosters aren't "generous." Memphis doesn't depend on donor "generosity." Donor "generosity" is needed when your program doesn't win on a scale like Memphis basketball has. Memphis donors are riding the wave of Memphis basketball success. 

 

Edited August 23, 2023 by TheColonyEagle

[TheColonyEagle]

2 minutes ago, TheColonyEagle said:

Memphis Basketball history:

NCAA Tournament: 28 Years (35-28), 3 Final Fours

Ranked in AP Poll: 23 Times (Preseason), 17 Times (Final), 312 Weeks (Total)

 

When it comes to winning....we are no where close to that stratosphere....

 

**I'll add, Memphis boosters aren't "generous." Memphis doesn't depend on donor "generosity." Donor "generosity" is needed when your program doesn't win on a scale like Memphis basketball has. Memphis donors are riding the wave of Memphis basketball success. 

 

I think I just realized I may have misread @NorthTexasWeLove's post. You're saying "investment" from the school, not donors.

 

However....I'm assuming increased donor $$ leads to increased investment from the school.

 

So....kind of a chicken or egg thing I guess...

[NorthTexasWeLove]

2 minutes ago, TheColonyEagle said:

Memphis Basketball history:

NCAA Tournament: 28 Years (35-28), 3 Final Fours

Ranked in AP Poll: 23 Times (Preseason), 17 Times (Final), 312 Weeks (Total)

 

When it comes to winning....we are no where close to that stratosphere....

 

Yeah, good for them. I'm not implying that we are. 

What I am saying is that investment dollars in sports almost always go hand in hand with success. 

Case in point: The top 3 investing athletic programs in the AAC in that timeframe are no longer AAC programs. 

[NorthTexasWeLove]

12 minutes ago, TheColonyEagle said:

I think I just realized I may have misread @NorthTexasWeLove's post. You're saying "investment" from the school, not donors.

 

However....I'm assuming increased donor $$ leads to increased investment from the school.

 

So....kind of a chicken or egg thing I guess...

Yes, I almost used the chicken/egg analogy in my response. But I figured it's been beaten and battered to death