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Top 20 Biggest Spending College Football Programs
January 16, 2012 | Filed under: NCAA Football | Posted by: Raju Kansagra
Earlier in the month we published the income figures of the top 20 most profitable athletic departments in the country. Then, early last week we learned the the University of Missouri lied about how much money it spent on the Tigers’ football program. Due to popular demand by our readers from those two posts, I recently gathered the spending figures of the top college football programs in the nation courtesy of BusinessInsider.com. Take a look below.

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20. USC

EXPENSES: $19,423,723

REVENUE: $31,148,724

PROFIT: $11,725,001

19. Northwestern

EXPENSES: $19,430,675

REVENUE: $28,198,769

PROFIT: $8,768,094

18. Penn State

EXPENSES: $19,519,288

REVENUE: $72,747,734

PROFIT: $53,228,446

17. Virginia Tech

EXPENSES: $20,009,657

REVENUE: $35,083,799

PROFIT: $15,074,142

16. Nebraska

EXPENSES: $20,147,302

REVENUE: $54,712,406

PROFIT: $34,565,104

15. Iowa

EXPENSES: $20,510,807

REVENUE: $44,506,832

PROFIT: $23,996,025

14. Washington

EXPENSES: $21,306,380

REVENUE: $39,405,237

PROFIT: $18,098,857

13. LSU

EXPENSES: $21,492,741

REVENUE: $68,510,141

PROFIT: $47,017,400

12. Georgia

EXPENSES: $22,036,338

REVENUE: $74,888,175

PROFIT: $52,851,837

11. South Carolina

EXPENSES: $22,482,479

REVENUE: $45,464,058

PROFIT: $22,981,579

10. Oklahoma

EXPENSES: $23,191,402

REVENUE: $58,811,324

PROFIT: $35,619,922

9. Michigan

EXPENSES: $23,552,233

REVENUE: $70,300,676

PROFIT: $46,748,443

8. Wisconsin

EXPENSES: $23,662,925

REVENUE: $43,296,599

PROFIT: $19,633,674

7. Arkansas

EXPENSES: $24,059,193

REVENUE: $61,131,707

PROFIT: $37,072,514

6. Texas

EXPENSES: $24,507,352

REVENUE: $95,749,684

PROFIT: $71,242,332

5. Notre Dame

EXPENSES: $25,164,887

REVENUE: $68,782,560

PROFIT: $43,617,673

4. Florida

EXPENSES: $26,263,539

REVENUE: $72,807,236

PROFIT: $46,543,697

3. Alabama

EXPENSES: $31,580,059

REVENUE: $76,801,800

PROFIT: $45,221,741

2. Ohio State

EXPENSES: $34,373,844

REVENUE: $60,837,342

PROFIT: $26,463,498

1. Auburn

EXPENSES: $39,069,676

REVENUE: $76,227,804

PROFIT: $37,158,128

Notice some big time names aren’t on the list, namely Oregon? The Ducks come in at 23. Surprisingly enough at 25 is Arizona.