Sportico has broken down all of the public university's athletic department's spending and revenue. They detailed 3 sports. Basketball both men and women along with football.
There's some interesting facts in there. For example the University Of South Carolina athletic department is almost completely financed by football. The university spent almost 43 million on football but brought in almost 69 million for a profit of 26 million. The loss leader at USC was women's basketball which brought in a little over 5 million between tickets, TV rights and merch but the University spent 10.7 million on the program for a loss of 5.7 million. Men's basketball made a small profit after an investment of nearly 8 million they brought in over 11.5 million for a 4.5 million profit.
Clemson spent much more on their football program at 66.7 million and in return brought in 76.8 million. Their profit is much smaller at 10.1 million. Their budget for women's basketball was half of South Carolina's at 5.6 million but they still lost 4 million with revenues only reaching 1.6 million. Their men's basketball team lost money as well. Clemson spent 10 million on the team but only returned 9.9 million.
In the big picture, Clemson's football budget put it at #8 nationally. South Carolina was #29.
#1 Alabama 83 mil
#2 FSU 75 Mil
#3 Nebraska 73 Mil
#4 Ohio State 72 Mil
#5 Auburn 71 Mil
#6 Georgia 69 Mil
#7 Michigan 68 Mil
#8 Clemson 67 Mil
#9 Wisconsin 64 Mil
#10 Penn State 63 Mil
For women's basketball South Carolina spent the most at 10.7 million, but not by much as Connecticut, LSU and Texas all spent north of 10 million dollars.
For men's basketball Clemson was ranked 40th at 10 mil and South Carolina ranked 55th at 7.9 mil. Top spender on men's basketball by a lot was Kentucky at 23.6 million.
#2 Louisville 19 mil
#3 Michigan State 17.3
#4 Texas Tech 17 mil
#5 Indiana 17 mil
#6 Texas 16.4
#7 Tenn 16.4
#8 Arizona 16 mil
#9 Ole Miss 15.9
#10 Kansas 15.2
The ACC averaged 12 million per basketball team while the SEC averaged 13 milion. Big 12 and Big 10 averaged 12.5 million while the PAC 12 averaged 10.5.
In football the average per team spent was;
SEC: 53 million.
Big 10: 51 million.
ACC: 44 million
Pac 12: 41 million
Big 12: 38 million
Women's basketball team average by conference
SEC: 6.9 million
Big 10: 6.2 million
Big 12: 5.8 million
ACC: 5.5 million
Pac 12: 5.2 million