Nebraska’s 2016-2017 fiscal year athletic department revenue ranked No. 23 nationally among reporting public universities, according to a USA Today database released Thursday.
NU’s revenues of $120,205,090 ranked seventh in the Big Ten. Its expenses — $112,571,632 — ranked 24th nationally and eighth in the league. Iowa’s revenues ($130,681,467) and expenses ($128,869,211) ranked 18th and 15th nationally, respectively.
The USA Today database does not including reporting from private schools such as Notre Dame, USC and Stanford, all of whom would presumably have big budgets and revenues sources. It’s doubtful any private school could top No. 1 Texas, which took in a nation-leading $214,830,647 in revenue and spent a nation-leading $207,022,323.
Ohio State and Michigan were Nos. 3 and 4 nationally in revenue and Nos. 3 and 2 nationally in expenses. Four Big Ten schools — Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin and Penn State — ranked in the nation’s top 10 in expenses. Penn State was 14th in revenue, while Wisconsin was 15th.
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