G5 Revenue 2023-24

[HoustonCajun]

This was posted on the CSNBBS board and we can see where UL stacks up against other G5 school budgets. That was two seasons ago. Wonder if it is close to that now.

G5 Revenue 2023-24

We'll use the lowest AAC revenue figure as a barometer. $39 million

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Total FBS Revenue 2023-24 EADA

American Athletic Conference
USF..............................$95,425,212
Temple.........................$70,320,170
East Carolina................$65,211,957
Rice.............................$64,414,381
Memphis......................$62,737,618
North Texas.................$53,633,725
UTSA..........................$48,689,117
Charlotte......................$47,156,982
Tulsa.............................$46,084,367
Florida Atlantic..............$45,319,502
UAB.............................$43,271,595
Tulane...........................$39,305,494

Mountain West Conference
San Diego State................$83,949,123
UNLV...............................$65,376,772
Boise State.......................$59,885,466
Fresno State.....................$55,761,420
Nevada.............................$53,922,006
New Mexico.....................$53,653,134
Hawaii..............................$53,350,682
Wyoming.........................$53,042,120
Colorado State.................$50,262,504
Utah State........................$42,936,608
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San Jose State.................$30,593,724

Sun Belt Conference
James Madison...............$66,110,281
Old Dominion.................$51,827,948
Texas State......................$46,310,998
Marshall..........................$45,966,327
Coastal Carolina..............$43,509,290
Appalachian State............$43,110,256
Louisiana.........................$42,952,287
Georgia State...................$39,204,432
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Georgia Southern.............$36,967,213
Troy.............................,,,$36,937,664
South Alabama.................$30,591,632
Arkansas State..................$28,162,528
Southern Mississippi..........$28,107,301
Louisiana-Monroe..............$20,253,458

Mid-American Conference
Buffalo..............................$42,271,934
Miami (OH).......................$40,819,194
Western Michigan..............$40,487,398
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Toledo..............................$37,298,170
Eastern Michigan...............$37,094,526
Central Michigan...............$36,647,135
Kent State.........................$34,453,185
Ohio................................$32,958,838
Bowling Green..................$32,044,229
Akron..............................$30,010,416
Ball State.........................$29,737,219
Northern Illinois................$24,939,848

Conference USA
Liberty...........................$69,076,595
Middle Tennessee...........$43,275,343
Florida International........$41,981,914
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New Mexico State............$38,923,972
UTEP..............................$37,006,248
Western Kentucky............$36,875,120
Louisiana Tech................$30,305,928
Jacksonville State............$29,060,404
Sam Houston State..........$26,631,390

[CajunNation]

Our regional, financial, academic and athletic peers are in the AAC and soon to be PAC.

We are in the wrong conference.

[Jeaux]

I have a hard time believing LaTech's Athletic budget is bigger than USM's. They can't even afford to buy out Gumby and struggled with their last buy out. I'd say they were closer to Monroes budget.

If these are accurate than we are out spending Tulane. Where's all that AAC money going or are they just not paying for anything at all from the University side. Did they just say; "ok we built the stadium, we can go cheap on everything else." If that's the case then I would love to see what we could do here the extra 7 million.

[CajunNation]

Think of it this way.

Rice.............................$64,414,381 (AAC)
Memphis......................$62,737,618 (AAC)
North Texas.................$53,633,725 (AAC)
UTSA..........................$48,689,117 (AAC)
Texas State......................$46,310,998 (PAC?)
Tulsa.............................$46,084,367 (AAC)
UAB.............................$43,271,595 (AAC)
Tulane...........................$39,305,494 (AAC)


Louisiana.........................$42,952,287 (Where do you want to be?)


Troy................................$36,937,664 (SLC2)
South Alabama.................$30,591,632 (SLC2)
Louisiana Tech................$30,305,928 (SLC3)
Jacksonville State............$29,060,40 (SLC3)
Arkansas State..................$28,162,528 (SLC2)
Southern Mississippi..........$28,107,301 (SLC2)
Sam Houston State..........$26,631,390 (SLC3)
Louisiana-Monroe..............$20,253,458 (SLC2)

[CajunRebel]

An asterisk should always be on these budgets. It is never a perfect gauge of how much an athletic department is spending on athletics.

The obvious thing to point out is that tuition is part of this number. So a school like Rice with a $60,000 tuition cost is going to have a much more inflated budget than a school like ours with a $10,000 (in state) tuition.