July 30, 2008
Who spends the most money on recruiting?
Here's a great find by Da Wiz... who spends the most money on recruiting?
While the study takes all recruiting into account (not just college football) it's interesting to contrast who spent what on how successful their efforts are percieved to have been by contrasting them to the Rivals.com college football team recruiting rankings.
College Recruiting Expenses vs. College Football Recruiting Rankings
| SCHOOL | 2006-2007 SPEND | 2007 Recruiting Ranking |
| Tennessee | $2,005,700 | 3 |
| Notre Dame | $1,758,300 | 8 |
| Florida | $1,451,400 | 1 |
| Auburn | $1,374,900 | 7 |
| Kansas State | $1,316,700 | 38 |
| Georgia | $1,284,000 | 9 |
| Nebraska | $1,275,000 | 13 |
| Arkansas | $1,259,700 | 31 |
| Duke | $1,245,300 | 78 |
| Ohio State | $1,236,800 | 15 |
| DI-A Median | $632,600 |
A few other notables from the top-twenty in spending:
Texas - $1,156,800
Oklahoma - $1,120,800
Georgia Tech - $1,111,900
West Virginia - $1,094,200
Here's a few interesting takeaways from the report:
- Recruiting budgets at the top-twenty spenders repesents just 1-3% of the athletic departments budget.
- 21 schools spent more than $1 million on recruiting.
- USF had the lowest spend among BCS schools at less than $500,000.
- Louisiana-Monroe spent the least in DI-A - $134,300.
- Of the BCS conferences, the SEC spends the most on recruiting ($13,129,700) while the Big East spent the least ($6,125,700).
The complete list of spending by school is online... enjoy.
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