Last edited by RealityCheck; 02-01-2013 at 07:54 PM.
Second to Rice.
From the Comprehensive Conference Realignment Thread.
School
Athletic Budget DMA TV Homes FB Attendance MBB Attendance Enrollment Academics Endowment UConn
$62,993,983
996,550 34,672 12,640 25,868 63 $306,301,007 Cincinnati
$43,688,807 897,890 29,138 8,069 33,329 139 $1,024,524,523 South Florida $43,494,246 1,806,560 44,130 3,849 39,596 170 $327,233,947 UCF $42,806,123 1,453,170 34,608 5,723 58,465 174 $125,668,734 SMU $42,632,627 2,588,020 21,292 2,013 10,982 58 $1,190,709,000 Memphis
$40,307,245 662,830 24,371 16,234 22,725 205-270 $197,337,400 Temple
$38,973,885 2,949,310 26,580 8,165 36,855 125 $280,731,000 Houston
$33,450,817 2,215,650 27,247 3,788 39,820 184 $559,389,286 East Carolina $32,220,961 303,280 47,013 4,801 27,386 199 $130,499,000 Tulsa
$31,128,157 526,960 20,020 4,423 4,092 83 $817,323,795 Old Dominion $30,909,628 709,730 20,037 7,142 24,753 205-270 $153,916,124 Rice
$30,256,637 2,215,650 20,325 1,364 6,224 17 $4,498,951,000 Tulane
$27,952,840 641,550 18,085 2,252 12,845 51 $1,004,738,000 UTEP
$27,660,527 339,130 29,374 7,341 22,640 205-270 $174,922,430 Navy
n/a 1,085,070 32,363 2,453 4,576 14 $89,780,003 Army $27,420,476 7,384,340 32,205 1,060 4,624 18 n/a UMass
$26,963,095 252,950 10,901 4,279 28,084 97 $210,101,489 Marshall
$26,146,967 455,490 24,896 6,150 13,966 1041 $87,571,608 UAB
$25,224,426 717,530 15,271 4,564 17,575 151 $326,970,873 FIU $24,606,141 1,621,130 13,634 1,071 44,616 205-270 $183,446,154 Middle Tennessee $24,328,234 1,014,910 17,738 5,329 26,442 205-270 $64,494,524 Southern Miss
$20,702,037 109,950 25,751 3,750 16,604 205-270 $62,011,111 North Texas
$18,935,422 2,588,020 18,927 4,006 37,818 205-270 $102,358,341 Charlotte
$17,519,512 1,136,420 n/a 6,001 25,277 199 $140,917,095 Louisiana Tech
$17,135,283 560,370 25,841 3,165 11,518 199 $63,314,581 Florida Atlantic $16,707,200 794,310 13,459 2,122 29,246 205-270 $179,820,566 UTSA
$16,004,767 881,050 29,226 1,530 30,968 205-270 $81,760,094
i think this is why the Big East is not interested in UMASS to fill the 12th spot
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoot...s-a-vote-short
"Back in December the Faculty Senate at Massachusetts voiced its concern over the increase of money the school was spending on its football program following a move from the FCS level to the FBS level. On Thursday, the Faculty Senate voted on a motion to have UMass football leave the FBS level and that motion failed by one vote.
The motion was beaten by a 19-18 vote with one abstention. Absent from the vote was professor Max Page. He had been the most vocal critic of the school's move to the FBS but was out of the country on Thursday and could not vote."
Even the Big East can see that UMASS does not yet have its heart in playing 1A ball. just the fact that they considered dropping back to 1AA shows the weakness of that football program.