Info From Equity in Athletics

Total Revenues by Team

001.) The University of Texas at Austin - $165,691,486
002.) University of Wisconsin-Madison - $146,366,405
003.) The University of Alabama - $143,393,059
004.) University of Florida - $129,505,644
005.) University of Oklahoma Norman - $123,805,661
006.) Ohio State University - $123,604,626
007.) University of Michigan-Ann Arbor - $122,742,252
008.) Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College - $117,457,398
009.) The University of Tennessee - $109,925,351
010.) University of Notre Dame - $108,509,683

011.) University of Iowa - $106,703,779
012.) Pennsylvania State University - $104,751,468
013.) Auburn University - $102,864,769
014.) University of Arkansas - $99,769,099
015.) University of Minnesota-Twin Cities - $98,203,198
016.) University of Georgia - $98,120,889
017.) University of Southern California - $97,802,254
018.) University of Louisville - $96,193,329
019.) University of Kansas - $93,114,168
020.) University of California-Berkeley - $91,815,125

021.) Stanford University - $90,490,234
022.) University of South Carolina-Columbia - $90,484,422
023.) Florida State University - $89,145,159
024.) University of Nebraska-Lincoln - $86,916,001
025.) University of Kentucky - $86,570,579
026.) University of Washington-Seattle - $85,072,886
027.) University of Virginia - $84,402,712
028.) University of California-Los Angeles - $83,926,720
029.) University of Oregon - $81,374,469
030.) Michigan State University - $79,369,587

031.) Texas A & M University-College Station - $78,530,133
032.) Baylor University - $78,412,938
033.) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - $78,141,093
034.) West Virginia University - $77,706,696
035.) Oklahoma State University - $76,638,487
036.) Duke University - $76,366,113
037.) Syracuse University - $76,329,618
038.) Indiana University-Bloomington - $75,738,695
039.) Purdue University - $74,481,250
040.) North Carolina State University at Raleigh - $73,446,347

041.) Texas Christian University - $71,932,668
042.) Rutgers University-New Brunswick - $71,851,419
043.) University of Missouri-Columbia - $71,149,002
044.) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - $69,845,483
045.) Kansas State University - $69,250,204
046.) Clemson University - $68,163,948
047.) University of Miami - $67,253,273
048.) Northwestern University - $66,413,894
049.) University of Arizona - $66,327,515
050.) University of Colorado Boulder - $66,327,498

051.) University of Mississippi - $66,233,842
052.) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - $65,967,262
053.) Arizona State University - $63,770,785
054.) Georgia Institute of Technology - $63,630,964
055.) University of Connecticut - $63,374,981
056.) Iowa State University - $62,357,760
057.) Texas Tech University - $62,087,832
058.) Mississippi State University - $62,004,404
059.) Vanderbilt University - $61,122,469
060.) Boston College - $60,770,300

061.) Oregon State University - $60,193,022
062.) University of Maryland-College Park - $58,107,950
063.) University of Pittsburgh - $57,606,235
064.) Brigham Young University-Provo - $54,644,578
065.) Southern Methodist University - $52,029,002
066.) University of Utah - $51,792,903
067.) Washington State University - $50,154,279
068.) Wake Forest University - $48,830,266
069.) University of South Florida - $45,102,784
070.) University of Cincinnati - $45,065,244

071.) University of Memphis - $43,148,158
072.) San Diego State University - $42,380,968
073.) University of Central Florida - $41,957,141
074.) Temple University - $41,558,322
075.) Old Dominion University - $36,929,483
076.) University of Houston - $35,514,862
077.) East Carolina University - $35,459,448
078.) University of Hawaii at Manoa - $33,971,200
079.) Boise State University - $33,219,370
080.) University of Tulsa - $32,541,245

081.) Colorado State University-Fort Collins - $32,535,454
082.) Rice University - $32,294,612
083.) University of Nevada-Las Vegas - $32,288,243
084.) University of New Mexico - $32,146,734
085.) California State University-Fresno - $32,016,817
086.) Texas State University-San Marcos - $30,469,793
087.) University of Wyoming - $29,731,941
088.) Tulane University of Louisiana - $29,441,104
089.) Miami University-Oxford - $28,955,007
090.) University at Buffalo - $28,661,287

091.) University of Massachusetts Amherst - $28,659,514
092.) Florida International University - $28,332,259
093.) Central Michigan University - $27,680,624
094.) University of Alabama at Birmingham - $27,430,624
095.) Ohio University - $27,265,061
096.) University of Akron - $26,479,926
097.) Western Kentucky University - $26,109,720
098.) University of North Texas - $25,910,370
099.) Kent State University at Kent - $25,871,038
100.) San Jose State University - $25,854,038

101.) Marshall University - $25,724,120
102.) The University of Texas at El Paso - $25,723,452
103.) Western Michigan University - $25,458,301
104.) University of Nevada-Reno - $25,404,564
105.) Middle Tennessee State University - $24,845,231
106.) The University of Texas at San Antonio - $24,828,401
107.) New Mexico State University - $24,811,219
108.) Georgia State University - $24,763,930
109.) Utah State University $24,446,189
110.) University of Toledo - $23,654,142

111.) Florida Atlantic University - $22,854,201
112.) Ball State University - $22,644,535
113.) Northern Illinois University - $22,552,032
114.) Eastern Michigan University - $21,904,183
115.) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY - $21,620,575
116.) Appalachian State University - $20,930,831
117.) Bowling Green State University - $20,643,645
118.) University of Southern Mississippi - $19,667,859
119.) Troy University - $17,452,843
120.) University of Louisiana at Lafayette - $17,257,822

121.) Louisiana Tech University - $16,876,487
122.) University of South Alabama - $16,328,668
123.) University of Idaho - $14,840,070
124.) Arkansas State University - $13,565,978
125.) Georgia Southern University - $10,696,878
126.) University of Louisiana-Monroe - $9,194,173
127.) Air Force - Not Available
128.) Navy - Not Available


American Athletic Conference

01.) University of Connecticut - $63,374,981
02.) Southern Methodist University - $52,029,002
03.) University of South Florida - $45,102,784
04.) University of Cincinnati - $45,065,244
05.) University of Memphis - $43,148,158
06.) University of Central Florida - $41,957,141
07.) Temple University - $41,558,322
08.) University of Houston - $35,514,862
09.) East Carolina University - $35,459,448
10.) University of Tulsa - $32,541,245
11.) Tulane University of Louisiana - $29,441,104


Atlantic Coast Conference

01.) University of Louisville - $96,193,329
02.) Florida State University - $89,145,159
03.) University of Virginia - $84,402,712
04.) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - $78,141,093
05.) Duke University - $76,366,113
06.) Syracuse University - $76,329,618
07.) North Carolina State University at Raleigh - $73,446,347
08.) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - $69,845,483
09.) Clemson University - $68,163,948
10.) University of Miami - $67,253,273
11.) Georgia Institute of Technology - $63,630,964
12.) Boston College - $60,770,300
13.) University of Pittsburgh - $57,606,235
14.) Wake Forest University - $48,830,266


Big Ten Conference

01.) University of Wisconsin-Madison - $146,366,405
02.) Ohio State University - $123,604,626
03.) University of Michigan-Ann Arbor - $122,742,252
04.) University of Iowa - $106,703,779
05.) Pennsylvania State University - $104,751,468
06.) University of Minnesota-Twin Cities - $98,203,198
07.) University of Nebraska-Lincoln - $86,916,001
08.) Michigan State University - $79,369,587
09.) Indiana University-Bloomington - $75,738,695
10.) Purdue University - $74,481,250
11.) Rutgers University-New Brunswick - $71,851,419
12.) Northwestern University - $66,413,894
13.) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - $65,967,262
14.) University of Maryland-College Park - $58,107,950


Big XII Conference

01.) The University of Texas at Austin - $165,691,486
02.) University of Oklahoma Norman - $123,805,661
03.) University of Kansas - $93,114,168
04.) Baylor University - $78,412,938
05.) West Virginia University - $77,706,696
06.) Oklahoma State University - $76,638,487
07.) Texas Christian University - $71,932,668
08.) Kansas State University - $69,250,204
09.) Iowa State University - $62,357,760
10.) Texas Tech University - $62,087,832


Conference USA

01.) Old Dominion University - $36,929,483
02.) Rice University - $32,294,612
03.) Florida International University - $28,332,259
04.) University of Alabama at Birmingham - $27,430,624
05.) Western Kentucky University - $26,109,720
06.) University of North Texas - $25,910,370
07.) Marshall University - $25,724,120
08.) The University of Texas at El Paso - $25,723,452
09.) Middle Tennessee State University - $24,845,231
10.) The University of Texas at San Antonio - $24,828,401
11.) Florida Atlantic University - $22,854,201
12.) University of Southern Mississippi - $19,667,859
13.) Louisiana Tech University - $16,876,487


Mid-American Conference

01.) Miami University-Oxford - $28,955,007
02.) University at Buffalo - $28,661,287
03.) University of Massachusetts Amherst - $28,659,514
04.) Central Michigan University - $27,680,624
05.) Ohio University - $27,265,061
06.) University of Akron - $26,479,926
07.) Kent State University at Kent - $25,871,038
08.) Western Michigan University - $25,458,301
09.) University of Toledo - $23,654,142
10.) Ball State University - $22,644,535
11.) Northern Illinois University - $22,552,032
12.) Eastern Michigan University - $21,904,183
13.) Bowling Green State University - $20,643,645


Mountain West Conference

01.) San Diego State University - $42,380,968
02.) University of Hawaii at Manoa - $33,971,200
03.) Boise State University - $33,219,370
04.) Colorado State University-Fort Collins - $32,535,454
05.) University of Nevada-Las Vegas - $32,288,243
06.) University of New Mexico - $32,146,734
07.) California State University-Fresno - $32,016,817
08.) University of Wyoming - $29,731,941
09.) San Jose State University - $25,854,038
10.) University of Nevada-Reno - $25,404,564
11.) Utah State University $24,446,189
12.) Air Force - Not Available


Pacific-12 Conference

01.) University of Southern California - $97,802,254
02.) University of California-Berkeley - $91,815,125
03.) Stanford University - $90,490,234
04.) University of Washington-Seattle - $85,072,886
05.) University of California-Los Angeles - $83,926,720
06.) University of Oregon - $81,374,469
07.) University of Arizona - $66,327,515
08.) University of Colorado Boulder - $66,327,498
09.) Arizona State University - $63,770,785
10.) Oregon State University - $60,193,022
11.) University of Utah - $51,792,903
12.) Washington State University - $50,154,279


Southeastern Conference

01.) The University of Alabama - $143,393,059
02.) University of Florida - $129,505,644
03.) Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College - $117,457,398
04.) The University of Tennessee - $109,925,351
05.) Auburn University - $102,864,769
06.) University of Arkansas - $99,769,099
07.) University of Georgia - $98,120,889
08.) University of South Carolina-Columbia - $90,484,422
09.) University of Kentucky - $86,570,579
10.) Texas A & M University-College Station - $78,530,133
11.) University of Missouri-Columbia - $71,149,002
12.) University of Mississippi - $66,233,842
13.) Mississippi State University - $62,004,404
14.) Vanderbilt University - $61,122,469


Sun Belt Conference

01.) Texas State University-San Marcos - $30,469,793
02.) New Mexico State University - $24,811,219
03.) Georgia State University - $24,763,930
04.) Appalachian State University - $20,930,831
05.) Troy University - $17,452,843
06.) University of Louisiana at Lafayette - $17,257,822
07.) University of South Alabama - $16,328,668
08.) University of Idaho - $14,840,070
09.) Arkansas State University - $13,565,978
10.) Georgia Southern University - $10,696,878
11.) University of Louisiana-Monroe - $9,194,173


Independents

01.) University of Notre Dame - $108,509,683
02.) Brigham Young University-Provo - $54,644,578
03.) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY - $21,620,575
04.) Navy - Not Available

Not surprised that we are in the top 3 in the MAC and would be as well in the Sun Belt. We are serious about going FBS. Results should start to show in the next few years. Aug 30, big litmus test in attendance and hoping to score at least 3 times and keep Boston College in the low 40's.

Quote:Mid-American Conference

01.) Miami University-Oxford - $28,955,007
02.) University at Buffalo - $28,661,287
03.) University of Massachusetts Amherst - $28,659,514

Quote:Sun Belt Conference

01.) Texas State University-San Marcos - $30,469,793
02.) New Mexico State University - $24,811,219
03.) Georgia State University - $24,763,930

how on earth does ULM stay FBS with a budget under $10mil?!?


Actually all of the Louisiana public G5 schools seem to have low budgets...

The methodology each individual school uses in determining revenues skews this list quite a bit. Miami and BG being flipped shouldn't happen, though we probably counted the fundraising for the IPF in these numbers.

JMU would be #1 in both MAC and SBC, and #2 in CUSA.

Yea, FCS is where we belong.

(06-06-2014 09:16 AM)Love and Honor Wrote:  The methodology each individual school uses in determining revenues skews this list quite a bit. Miami and BG being flipped shouldn't happen, though we probably counted the fundraising for the IPF in these numbers.

IPF has nothing to do with our spending. We have been at the top of the MAC for a long time (or in top 3 or so). If anything, it has to do with us spending money on hockey that other schools in MAC don't spend on. MU, UMass, WMU, BG all spend $3-5 million on hockey. But then again, other schools like Akron are spending money on other sports (men's soccer) that Miami isn't spending money on.

It also has to do with state accounting rules for public universities. Thus all Virginia schools (JMU, ODU) numbers are inflated (they have to count expenses on their marching band etc that other's dont count as athletic spending), and Louisiana schools under-report. ULM, La Tech, ULL. Although ULM's numbers are still really low under any circumstance.

(06-06-2014 09:03 AM)Steve1981 Wrote:  ...We are serious about going FBS...

Keep telling yourself that.

One has nothing to do with the other. This is for the entire Athletic Department.

The restroom-less high school stadium your team plays in is a much more accurate reflection of FBS commitment and tells a different story.

Also, before you start beating your chest, you may want to look at the subsidy you receive.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/s.../finances/

Massachusetts is only one of three Universities playing at the FBS level with a SUBSIDY of OVER 80%.

Georgia State 84.59%
Massachusetts 81.02%
EMU 80.46%

(FYI - JMU 78.81%)

(06-06-2014 10:02 AM)TARDledo Wrote:  Also, before you start beating your chest, you may want to look at the subsidy you receive.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/s.../finances/

Massachusetts is only one of three Universities playing at the FBS level with a SUBSIDY of OVER 80%.

Georgia State 84.59%
Massachusetts 81.02%
EMU 80.46%

(FYI - JMU 78.81%)

As has been mentioned numerous times, different states allow for different accounting treatments.

In the state of Virginia, anything that touches athletics must be treated as athletic expenditure. The band, cheerleaders, grounds crews, etc. Virginia also forces schools to report transparently. We can't hid our fees as tuition, as most other state schools do.

Also, look at the $$ from ticket sales, donations, and rights/licensing.

(06-06-2014 10:24 AM)JMU2004 Wrote:  

(06-06-2014 10:02 AM)TARDledo Wrote:  Also, before you start beating your chest, you may want to look at the subsidy you receive.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/s.../finances/

Massachusetts is only one of three Universities playing at the FBS level with a SUBSIDY of OVER 80%.

Georgia State 84.59%
Massachusetts 81.02%
EMU 80.46%

(FYI - JMU 78.81%)

As has been mentioned numerous times, different states allow for different accounting treatments.

In the state of Virginia, anything that touches athletics must be treated as athletic expenditure. The band, cheerleaders, grounds crews, etc. Virginia also forces schools to report transparently. We can't hid our fees as tuition, as most other state schools do.

I just threw in JMU for kicks, no slight intended.

Massachusetts on the other hand...

(06-06-2014 09:52 AM)TARDledo Wrote:  

(06-06-2014 09:03 AM)Steve1981 Wrote:  ...We are serious about going FBS...

Keep telling yourself that.

One has nothing to do with the other. This is for the entire Athletic Department.

The restroom-less high school stadium your team plays in is a much more accurate reflection of FBS commitment and tells a different story.

Kind of have to agree with him on this one. You guys should have demolished the entire stadium and started from scratch because what you currently have is as bad as it gets for FBS.

Did they do that at the Big House?

We have a solid foundation and have been fully FBS 1 season. Will get there but first need to see a few sellouts, before expansion plans are executed.

The bathroom bit is over blown. Never had to wait in line at the bathrooms, They are big and well heated. They are in the same building as the teams locker rooms. Perhaps 40 yards away, with room to add end zone seating. Believe the visitor locker will remain the same and Women's Lacrosse will get the old home team locker room.

(06-06-2014 09:38 AM)Miami (Oh) Yeah ! Wrote:  

(06-06-2014 09:16 AM)Love and Honor Wrote:  The methodology each individual school uses in determining revenues skews this list quite a bit. Miami and BG being flipped shouldn't happen, though we probably counted the fundraising for the IPF in these numbers.

IPF has nothing to do with our spending. We have been at the top of the MAC for a long time (or in top 3 or so). If anything, it has to do with us spending money on hockey that other schools in MAC don't spend on. MU, UMass, WMU, BG all spend $3-5 million on hockey. But then again, other schools like Akron are spending money on other sports (men's soccer) that Miami isn't spending money on.

It also has to do with state accounting rules for public universities. Thus all Virginia schools (JMU, ODU) numbers are inflated (they have to count expenses on their marching band etc that other's dont count as athletic spending), and Louisiana schools under-report. ULM, La Tech, ULL. Although ULM's numbers are still really low under any circumstance.

Spending? The top of the list says revenue.

(06-06-2014 10:40 AM)Love and Honor Wrote:  Spending? The top of the list says revenue.

For the vast majority of schools for which athletic department earnings and gifts come in at under their budget, that revenue includes a subsidy from the school, so the total "revenue" in terms of how much money comes into the Athletic Department is whatever they earn or are donated plus the subsidy to cover the shortfall between that and their spending.

Which means that how things are accounted in individual states makes a difference two ways. If some donations are counted as things reducing the athletic department costs, rather than as a revenue flow to allow the athletic department to meet its costs, the reported revenues go down along with the reported costs. If some costs are counted as athletic expenses in one state that are counted as general academic spending in another state (like a marching band counting differently even if it is actually budgeted as part of the Music Department budget in either case), that pushes both costs and revenues up (revenues because the Music Department spending on the marching band is counted as a subsidy to the football team, when from the perspective of the Music Department, the purpose of the football team is to attract a larger audience so that their students can get the experience of playing for a large crowd in a high pressure situation).
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(06-06-2014 10:35 AM)Steve1981 Wrote:  Did they do that at the Big House?

Do what? Tear down Ferry Field? No, when their original stadium became too small for their football team in the 1920's, they built the Big House and adopted their too-small 40,000 stadium into their track stadium. Buckeye sprinter Jesse Owens set five world records and tied a sixth at Ferry Field in 1935.

That school up north only built the Big House to a capacity of 80,000 at first, because of money constraint, but they built the footings to allow for later expansion, which they haven't yet tapped out.

But now they are building a purpose built track facility (I'd assume that Ferry Field would have been an old-fashioned track oval rather than a 400 meter oval), and are indeed tearing Ferry Field down to make room for parking.

At 17,000 for a multi-purpose stadium, it would make sense to do something similar if UMass built an FBS-sized stadium ... if some lower seating needed to be removed to make room for a 400 meter oval with 85 meter straightaways, the remaining existing seats would still be ample for a track & field / soccer / field hockey / lacrosse facility.

Quote: The bathroom bit is over blown. Never had to wait in line at the bathrooms, They are big and well heated. They are in the same building as the teams locker rooms. Perhaps 40 yards away, with room to add end zone seating.

The boast that you never have to wait in line for a bathroom can be taken two different ways. There's the "its a semantic argument, the on-site bathroom facilities are excellent" angle, and the "there's never a big enough crowd to generate a line" angle.

(06-06-2014 11:01 AM)BruceMcF Wrote:  ..
At 17,000 for a multi-purpose stadium, it would make sense to do something similar if UMass built an FBS-sized stadium ... if some lower seating needed to be removed to make room for a 400 meter oval with 85 meter straightaways, the remaining existing seats would still be ample for a track & field / soccer / field hockey / lacrosse facility.

Quote: The bathroom bit is over blown. Never had to wait in line at the bathrooms, They are big and well heated. They are in the same building as the teams locker rooms. Perhaps 40 yards away, with room to add end zone seating.

The boast that you never have to wait in line for a bathroom can be taken two different ways. There's the "its a semantic argument, the on-site bathroom facilities are excellent" angle, and the "there's never a big enough crowd to generate a line" angle.

The stadium was built for future expansion. Same as the Big House, the footings can take expansion on the press box side. Chatter is first end zone seating and then something on the the other side to get to 40k.

The stadium is mainly used by Men's Football and Women's Lacrosse. The Men's Lacrosse is a smaller field and is called Garber field. You can see it in bright green in this photo, which does not show the track, softball or Football Stadium along with the South West towers and low rise residential area.

The lower portion shows the Mullins center with the new Champion Center/men's basketball practice facilities and across the street is the students 52 Mill Rec Center.

(06-06-2014 11:14 AM)Steve1981 Wrote:  The stadium is mainly used by Men's Football and Women's Lacrosse. The Men's Lacrosse is a smaller field and is called Garber field. You can see it in bright green in this photo, which does not show the track, softball or Football Stadium along with the South West towers and low rise residential area.

So its this one?



I guess UMass packs them in for the Olympic sports as well. Anyway, I guess I shouldn't be talking on this board about anything but the current renovations, since adding end zone seats and extending / refurbishing the opposite side stands is really a topic for the conference realignment board.

Based on revenue in their G5 conferences, it looks like Texas State and Old Dominion are out of place in their current homes. If there is some movement within the G5, those would be the two schools I would keep an eye on.

(06-06-2014 11:49 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Based on revenue in their G5 conferences, it looks like Texas State and Old Dominion are out of place in their current homes. If there is some movement within the G5, those would be the two schools I would keep an eye on.

Though Old Dominion is in Virginia, a state where reporting rules inflate their figures to a certain degree.

Ratio of top to bottom schools, most extreme to least:

SBC: 3.31 = TX St / ULM
Big12: 2.67 = UTexas / TTech
Big10: 2.52 = Wisconsin / Maryland
CUSA: 2.19 = ODU / LA Tech
AAC: 2.15 = UConn / Tulane
SEC: 2.14 = Bama / Vandy
ACC: 1.97 = Louisville / Wake Forest
PAC12: 1.95 = USC / WA St
MWC: 1.73 = SDSU / Utah St
MAC: 1.40 = MiamiU / Bowling Green

Semi-interquartile ratio (Q1/Q3 ~ size/4, rounding to whole number of places and counting in from the ends)

1.82 SBC: GA St / AR St
1.54 SEC: UT / Mizzou
1.50 PAC12: Stanford / Oregon St
1.49 Big10: Iowa / Rutgers
1.34 Big12: Kansas / Kansas St
1.28 MWC: Boise St / San Jose St
1.27 AAC: USF/ECU
1.22 ACC: UVA / BC
1.22 MAC: CMU / Ball St
1.10 CUSA: UAB / UTSA

The Sunbelt is an outlier as a conference, topping both lists by a wide margin, because its got ODU above MAC level budgets, 3 schools on MAC level budgets, four schools around the lower edge of CUSA budgets, and four schools substantially below anything else in FBS.

The middle of the Big Three, the Big10, SEC and Pac12, are quite similar, but they are a case where the ratio of top to bottom is driven by how high the big money schools at the top can reach. Drop UTexas, Bama or (this year) Wisconsin in any conference ladder outside of the Big Three, they'll come in at the top of the ladder and push that top to bottom ratio way up.

CUSA is remarkable for how compact the middle of its distribution is ~ a conference of a very typical type of schools with a few outliers top and bottom (and as noted, part of the ODU outlier may be accounting rules rather than actual money flows).

But all of the Go5 other than the Sunbelt have a fairly compact middle of the ladder, with the MAC most notable for not having serious outliers on either side of the middle half.

(06-06-2014 09:03 AM)Steve1981 Wrote:  Not surprised that we are in the top 3 in the MAC and would be as well in the Sun Belt. We are serious about going FBS. Results should start to show in the next few years. Aug 30, big litmus test in attendance and hoping to score at least 3 times and keep Boston College in the low 40's.

.....

The title of this thread is misleading, this is not a list of total revenues by TEAM, it a list of total revenues by ATHLETIC DEPT. The revenue listed for UMass is mostly representative of their membership in the A10 and offers no clear indication of their commitment to FBS football relative to other MAC programs.

I'm not saying UMass isn't committing to football at the same level as MAC schools, I'm saying this data doesn't provide the answer.