By Last Updated on January 24, 2012
Today BusinessofCollegeSports.com will wrap up its Confernce Recruiting Expense Series. Yesterday, BusinessofCollegeSports.com posted the top-50 spenders in terms of recruitment expenses. Today, we’ll list numbers 51 through 100. Be sure to visit BusinessofCollegeSports in coming weeks, as we will delve deeper into specific schools with surprising recruitment expense amounts.
| Schools | Conference | Total Recruitment Expenses | Men’s Recruitment Expenses | Women’s Recruitment Expenses |
| 51. South Carolina | SEC | $859,063 | $497,213 | $361,850 |
| 52. Texas A&M | Big 12 | $855,788 | $555,563 | $300,225 |
| 53. Maryland | ACC | $826,352 | $538,497 | $287,855 |
| 54. Pittsburgh | Big East | $818,175 | $530,723 | $287,452 |
| 55. Connecticut | Big East | $801,080 | $515,666 | $285,414 |
| 56. Oregon State | Pac-12 | $789,665 | $549,846 | $239,819 |
| 57. UNLV | Mountain West | $771,530 | $554,461 | $217,069 |
| 58. Wisconsin | Big Ten | $765,384 | $448,624 | $316,760 |
| 59. Wake Forest | ACC | $759,648 | $597,618 | $162,030 |
| 60. Northwestern | Big Ten | $755,004 | $499,730 | $255,274 |
| 61. Utah | Pac-12 | $753,608 | $497,391 | $256,217 |
| 62. Boston College | ACC | $749,409 | $563,383 | $186,026 |
| 63. TCU | Mountain West | $731,517 | $493,981 | $237,536 |
| 64. Mississippi State | $723,217 | $477,868 | $245,349 | |
| 65. Arizona State | Pac-12 | $723,111 | $500,083 | $223,028 |
| 66. West Virginia | Big East | $723,009 | $462,785 | $260,224 |
| 67. Rutgers | Big East | $718,843 | $495,170 | $223,673 |
| 68. Oklahoma State | Big 12 | $680,123 | $482,596 | $197,527 |
| 69. Tulsa | Conference USA | $656,576 | $471,693 | $184,883 |
| 70. Rice | Conference USA | $647,194 | $447,140 | $200,054 |
| 71. Georgetown | Big East | $644,203 | $457,733 | $186,470 |
| 72. Washington State | Pac-12 | $611,759 | $370,911 | $240,848 |
| 73. Cincinnati | Big East | $603,395 | $392,288 | $211,107 |
| 74. USF | Big East | $597,311 | $423,030 | $174,281 |
| 75. New Mexico | Mountain West | $582,283 | $435,937 | $146,346 |
| 76. Colorado State | Mountain West | $575,719 | $411,818 | $163,901 |
| 77. Utah State | WAC | $567,215 | $405,695 | $161,520 |
| 78. Hawaii | WAC | $562,480 | $348,783 | $213,697 |
| 79. Eastern Michigan | MAC | $562,271 | $378,397 | $183,874 |
| 80. Miami (Ohio) | MAC | $542,281 | $383,947 | $158,334 |
| 81. Marshall | Conference USA | $536,702 | $390,190 | $146,512 |
| 82. UCF | Conference USA | $530,365 | $334,079 | $196,286 |
| 83. East Carolina | Conference USA | $523,437 | $340,355 | $183,082 |
| 84. UTEP | Conference USA | $517,999 | $356,997 | $161,002 |
| 85. Houston | Conference USA | $499,430 | $344,423 | $155,007 |
| 86. St. John’s | Big East | $498,354 | $311,518 | $186,836 |
| 87. Western Kentucky | Sun Belt | $487,447 | $349,431 | $138,016 |
| 88. Providence | Big East | $478,887 | $280,057 | $198,830 |
| 89. Central Michigan | MAC | $476,907 | $336,674 | $140,233 |
| 90. Wyoming | Mountain West | $474,568 | $332,013 | $142,555 |
| 91. Denver | Sun Belt | $451,405 | $230,427 | $220,978 |
| 92. SMU | Conference USA | $444,732 | $290,043 | $154,689 |
| 93. South Alabama | Sun Belt | $439,614 | $308,886 | $130,728 |
| 94. Ohio | MAC | $430,690 | $296,483 | $134,207 |
| 95. Tulane | Conference USA | $425,361 | $305,021 | $120,340 |
| 96. Florida International | Sun Belt | $420,873 | $331,056 | $89,817 |
| 97. Akron | MAC | $417,492 | $267,595 | $149,897 |
| 98. Buffalo | MAC | $414,567 | $283,833 | $130,734 |
| 99. New Mexico State | WAC | $411,905 | $293,298 | $118,607 |
| 100. UAB | Conference USA | $409,490 | $234,669 | $174,821 |
Jeff Roy
January 24, 2012Best shoppers:
58. Wisconsin
63. TCU
68. Okla. St.
85. Houston
Trey
January 31, 2012Interesting no Boise St or SD St who are about to join the Big East nor So Miss who won CUSA, also Fresno St and Nevada are missing. I’d love to see 101-150.
Ray Grasshoff
February 3, 2012Thanks for supplying this information and breaking it down by conference … very interesting. But now, I wonder what drives recruiting costs. On what is recruiting budget money spent, and why does it vary so much from school to school with NCAA rules and regs controlling the number of visits that can be made to recruits, etc.? Any insights?