Recruiting Expenses: Top 50 Spenders

[GoldenIsThyFame]

1.* Tennessee ~$2.3 million
2.* Auburn ~$2.1 million
3. Notre Dame ~$2 million
4.* Alabama ~$1.7 million
5.* Georgia ~$1.5 million
6.* Florida
7.* Georgia Tech
8.* Arkansas
9.* Michigan
10.* Texas
11.* Marquette
12.* Kansas
13.* North Carolina
14.* Illinois
15.* Duke
16.* Oklahoma
17.* Kentucky
18.* Oregon
19.* Nebraska
20.* Texas Tech
21.* Florida State
22.* Baylor
23.* Ohio State
24.* Minnesota
25.* Louisville
26.* Penn State
27.* Washington
28.* Arizona
29.* Stanford
30.* Clemson
31.* North Carolina State
32.* Vanderbilt
33.* Virginia
34.* Syracuse
35.* Iowa State
36.* UCLA
37.* USC
38.* Ole Miss
39.* Virginia Tech
40.* Memphis
41.* Purdue
42.* Michigan State
43.* Iowa
44.* LSU
45.* California
46.* Indiana
47.* Miami
48.* Colorado
49.* Kansas State
50.* Missouri

Conference Recruiting Expense Series: Top-50 Spenders «

 

[greyhammer90]

TN No. 1? Didn't see that coming.

 

[Mr. McGibblets]

Guessing this doesnt include Cam Newton type money spent on recruting...

 

[beryirish]

TN No. 1? Didn't see that coming.

They are obviously not getting a good Return on Investment then...

 

[ACamp1900]

This tells me two things I already knew... the south takes it way serial........ like Al Gore super serial....

and ND recruits the whole country from sea to shining sea in a way no other school really does... the success of that is debatable by some haters, but no other school goes from coast to coast like ND... and that costs money.

 

[sportallyr]

Damn, Tennessee needs to get some better recruiters. As BeryIrish said, they are getting a poor return on that investment...except in women's basketball. Glad to see ND in the top 3. ND should be in the top, considering that not every talented local kid qualifies academically and the fact that they consistently recruit from coast to coast. Marquette at #11 was also a pretty big surprise.

 

[anarin]

TN No. 1? Didn't see that coming.

Their rowing team and men's tennis team won their league championships in 2010. That counts for something! :awesomewo

 

[felkey72]

This must be for all sports then if Marquette is #11

 

[ACamp1900]

This must be for all sports then if Marquette is #11

How do you spend that much without taking part in the largest money sport?? interesting

 

[Rack Em]

In terms of football, I would guess that ND has to pay substantially for airfare since Indiana and Illinois aren't exactly recruiting hotbeds. Flying several kids from Cali and Florida can rack up the airline miles pretty quickly.

So can Tony Alford knocking on Nelson Agholor's door twice a week.

 

[irishpat183]

Texas is KILLING it on ROI...and it's suprising that they make the most money in CFB, yet are only 10th in recruiting spending??

And I believe that most our expences are due to the fact that we recruit nationally...

 

[NDinFL]

Texas is KILLING it on ROI...and it's suprising that they make the most money in CFB, yet are only 10th in recruiting spending??

And I believe that most our expences are due to the fact that we recruit nationally...

And Texas never has to leave their own state...

 

[Walter White]

And Texas never has to leave their own state...

And if they do its all the way to Oklahoma

 

[GoldenIsThyFame]

And Texas never has to leave their own state...

Same with USC.


Surprised Florida is so high in all honesty.

 

[NDPhilly]

Is this football and basketball combined?

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

We can beat bama in something other than grad rates!

 

[GoldenIsThyFame]

Is this football and basketball combined?

All sports. The link breaks it down between men's and women's sports.

 

[irishpat183]

And if they do its all the way to Oklahoma

And don't forget that long hike to LA.....

 

[Kak7304]

In terms of football, I would guess that ND has to pay substantially for airfare since Indiana and Illinois aren't exactly recruiting hotbeds. Flying several kids from Cali and Florida can rack up the airline miles pretty quickly.

So can Tony Alford knocking on Nelson Agholor's door twice a week.

But we do save some money since Diaco can fly.

 

[irishtrain]

This tells me two things I already knew... the south takes it way serial........ like Al Gore super serial....

and ND recruits the whole country from sea to shining sea in a way no other school really does... the success of that is debatable by some haters, but no other school goes from coast to coast like ND... and that costs money.

Airfare is higher for Notre Dame, other than that Notre Dame's reputation would keep it low. I'd like to know why some of these schools cost for recruiting is this high. Notre Dame understandable-high airfare-southern schools why-where's this $$$$ going. They recruit their backyard and Fla.

 

[Rhode Irish]

That is because Texas never has to leave their own state...

Counting my tweak, I agree with your point.

 

[Irish YJ]

Also, recuiting the nation's correctional institutes does have some cost advantages for schools like The U, F$U, U$C, etc..

 

[stlnd01]

Airfare is higher for Notre Dame, other than that Notre Dame's reputation would keep it low. I'd like to know why some of these schools cost for recruiting is this high. Notre Dame understandable-high airfare-southern schools why-where's this $$$$ going. They recruit their backyard and Fla.

Yeah. I'd suspect Auburn and Alabama get most of their players from within 300 miles. I guess they spare no expense, huh?
Also, how does basketball recruiting cost so much? You're only getting 3 or 4 guys a year, football teams take five or six times that many. Yet schools like Kansas and Marquette and North Carolina are high on this list.

 

[autry_denson]

TN No. 1? Didn't see that coming.

Those Vol "hostesses" don't come cheap

 

[greyhammer90]

Those Vol "hostesses" don't come cheap

Hostesses with the mostesses!