Spending vs Price

With Week 1 games counted through Nov 3 of the 2026-27 season, Florida trades 24.4 points above what its $13.4M men's basketball budget usually buys, the most of 143 ranked teams. Georgia Southern trades the furthest below its budget line, at -21.1 points.

Each team's price against its men's basketball budget. The dashed line is the price a budget usually buys. Teams 10+ points above it are VALUE, 10+ below are OVERVALUED, the rest are FAIR. P/E puts the same idea in one number: 20 is par for the budget, lower is cheap, higher is expensive.

Value

Fair

Overvalued

the budget linevaluefairovervalued

Furthest from the line, price points vs. what the budget usually buys

ABOVE

FLA▲ 24 pts

HOU▲ 24 pts

USU▲ 22 pts

AKR▲ 22 pts

WKU▲ 21 pts

BELOW

GASO▼ 21 pts

RICE▼ 21 pts

SYR▼ 18 pts

KSU▼ 18 pts

CAL▼ 18 pts

Data: U.S. Dept. of Education EADA (2024-25) men's basketball expenses, barttorvik.com. Entertainment only.

Week 1

Best value

#	Team	Spend	Price	P/E	vs
1	FLA Florida	$13.4M	159.52	16.9	+24.4
2	HOU Houston	$14.6M	161.63	17.0	+24.3
3	USU Utah State	$5.7M	134.50	16.7	+22.1
4	AKR Akron	$3.3M	119.28	16.3	+21.9
5	WKU Western Kentucky	$3.0M	115.56	16.4	+20.6
6	UNM New Mexico	$5.8M	133.26	16.9	+20.4
7	NDSU North Dakota State	$2.0M	102.84	16.3	+18.9
8	GONZ Gonzaga	$13.6M	154.17	17.6	+18.7
9	NEV Nevada	$5.1M	126.33	17.3	+17.2
10	NEB Nebraska	$13.2M	151.78	17.7	+17.1
11	ILL Illinois	$20.6M	163.11	18.0	+16.6
12	CLT Charlotte	$3.8M	117.99	17.2	+16.5
13	UVA Virginia	$16.6M	156.67	18.0	+15.8
14	VAN Vanderbilt	$13.3M	150.16	18.0	+15.2
15	KU Kansas	$19.7M	160.49	18.1	+15.1
16	GCU Grand Canyon	$7.9M	134.41	18.0	+13.4
17	WVU West Virginia	$10.2M	140.88	18.2	+13.0
18	MIZ Missouri	$14.4M	149.00	18.4	+12.1
19	TTU Texas Tech	$15.6M	151.15	18.4	+11.9
20	VT Virginia Tech	$9.5M	137.55	18.3	+11.6
21	LSU LSU	$11.1M	140.97	18.5	+10.9
22	SLU Saint Louis	$7.2M	129.07	18.4	+10.4
23	TXST Texas State	$3.4M	108.88	18.1	+10.2
24	ISU Iowa State	$10.4M	138.09	18.6	+9.8
25	SAC Sacramento State	$2.3M	97.45	18.0	+9.8
26	BOIS Boise State	$5.3M	119.70	18.4	+9.4
27	XAV Xavier	$11.7M	140.77	18.7	+9.2
28	MIA Miami	$14.4M	146.04	18.8	+9.1
29	SDSU San Diego State	$9.1M	133.95	18.6	+9.1
30	EMU Eastern Michigan	$2.4M	98.33	18.2	+9.0
31	MSU Michigan State	$20.6M	155.31	18.9	+8.8
32	KENN Kennesaw State	$3.0M	103.88	18.4	+8.4
33	SCU Santa Clara	$6.0M	121.78	18.7	+8.2
34	MICH Michigan	$14.4M	145.07	18.9	+8.1
35	NCSU NC State	$11.9M	139.81	18.9	+8.0
36	UCLA UCLA	$17.8M	150.56	19.0	+7.9
37	LOU Louisville	$14.9M	145.61	18.9	+7.8
38	VCU VCU	$7.8M	128.34	18.8	+7.6
39	ALA Alabama	$15.2M	145.40	19.1	+6.9
40	TROY Troy	$2.4M	96.21	18.6	+6.9
41	USC USC	$13.1M	141.27	19.0	+6.8
42	MTSU Middle Tennessee	$3.3M	104.36	18.7	+6.8
43	ORST Oregon State	$6.9M	124.05	18.9	+6.7
44	BGSU Bowling Green	$2.6M	98.29	18.6	+6.7
45	BYU BYU	$17.0M	148.05	19.1	+6.6
46	CIN Cincinnati	$12.3M	139.45	19.1	+6.6
47	WMU Western Michigan	$2.4M	94.94	18.7	+6.0
48	TA&M Texas A&M	$14.3M	142.66	19.2	+5.8
49	WYO Wyoming	$4.3M	110.85	19.0	+5.8
50	UCF UCF	$7.8M	126.28	19.1	+5.6
51	OSU Ohio State	$13.2M	140.11	19.2	+5.5
52	TLSA Tulsa	$6.4M	120.54	19.1	+5.3
53	UGA Georgia	$10.4M	133.29	19.3	+5.0
54	UNLV UNLV	$5.3M	115.49	19.1	+4.9
55	CONN UConn	$20.2M	150.67	19.4	+4.7
56	OKST Oklahoma State	$11.5M	135.82	19.3	+4.7
57	TEX Texas	$22.2M	153.17	19.4	+4.6
58	TOL Toledo	$3.2M	100.63	19.2	+4.0
59	PUR Purdue	$14.0M	140.22	19.4	+3.9
60	CSU Colorado State	$7.0M	121.50	19.4	+3.9
61	TENN Tennessee	$20.2M	149.68	19.5	+3.6
62	JXST Jacksonville State	$2.3M	91.84	19.3	+3.3
63	COLO Colorado	$8.6M	126.38	19.5	+3.1
64	MD Maryland	$13.0M	136.71	19.6	+2.5
65	UNT North Texas	$5.0M	111.24	19.6	+2.2
66	KENT Kent State	$3.0M	97.57	19.6	+2.1
67	USM Southern Miss	$2.4M	91.29	19.5	+2.1
68	DUKE Duke	$31.9M	160.00	19.8	+1.8
69	FAU Florida Atlantic	$4.8M	109.16	19.8	+1.3
70	HALL Seton Hall	$9.8M	127.14	19.9	+0.4
71	PROV Providence	$12.5M	133.59	20.0	+0.3
72	IOWA Iowa	$13.3M	135.05	20.0	+0.2
73	ORE Oregon	$14.1M	136.50	20.0	+0.1
74	CLEM Clemson	$12.6M	133.48	20.0	+0.0
75	ARK Arkansas	$21.3M	147.28	20.0	-0.1
76	TCU TCU	$15.6M	139.08	20.0	-0.1
77	NMSU New Mexico State	$3.4M	97.65	20.1	-0.6
78	CMU Central Michigan	$2.5M	90.11	20.2	-0.7
79	ARIZ Arizona	$22.6M	147.76	20.2	-1.3
80	FSU Florida State	$14.6M	136.05	20.2	-1.3
81	ASU Arizona State	$10.1M	126.08	20.2	-1.4
82	BUT Butler	$9.6M	124.50	20.3	-1.6
83	MARQ Marquette	$20.1M	144.02	20.3	-1.8
84	USF South Florida	$8.6M	121.32	20.3	-1.8
85	ARST Arkansas State	$3.0M	93.38	20.4	-2.0
86	CREI Creighton	$14.0M	132.59	20.6	-3.7
87	MSST Mississippi State	$12.2M	128.79	20.6	-3.9
88	WIS Wisconsin	$12.5M	129.05	20.6	-4.1
89	FRES Fresno State	$4.5M	101.45	20.9	-4.4
90	MEM Memphis	$9.3M	120.70	20.8	-4.7
91	LT Louisiana Tech	$2.6M	86.03	21.2	-5.0
92	GAST Georgia State	$2.9M	88.83	21.2	-5.2
93	NOVA Villanova	$15.9M	133.93	20.9	-5.8
94	JMU James Madison	$4.4M	99.04	21.3	-6.4
95	UAB UAB	$5.0M	102.27	21.3	-6.6
96	UK Kentucky	$21.4M	140.88	20.9	-6.7
97	PITT Pittsburgh	$11.4M	124.18	21.1	-6.7
98	OU Oklahoma	$14.3M	129.82	21.1	-6.9
99	UTEP UTEP	$3.7M	93.99	21.5	-7.1
100	WASH Washington	$11.7M	124.16	21.2	-7.4
101	OHIO Ohio	$3.8M	93.53	21.6	-7.6
102	ND Notre Dame	$13.2M	126.80	21.3	-8.0
103	DEP DePaul	$12.7M	125.71	21.3	-8.1
104	BAY Baylor	$18.4M	135.21	21.2	-8.4
105	AUB Auburn	$20.5M	138.01	21.2	-8.5
106	SC South Carolina	$11.1M	121.09	21.5	-8.9
107	ECU East Carolina	$4.3M	95.85	21.8	-8.9
108	CCU Coastal Carolina	$3.2M	88.24	22.1	-9.1
109	MISS Ole Miss	$18.2M	133.76	21.4	-9.5
110	UNC North Carolina	$16.7M	131.15	21.5	-9.9
111	STAN Stanford	$10.8M	119.29	21.7	-10.0
112	ODU Old Dominion	$4.2M	94.28	22.1	-10.0
113	USA South Alabama	$2.5M	80.40	22.5	-10.2
114	UL Louisiana	$3.3M	87.48	22.4	-10.6
115	LIB Liberty	$5.6M	100.84	22.1	-10.8
116	UTSA UTSA	$2.9M	83.41	22.6	-10.8
117	WSU Washington State	$4.3M	94.11	22.3	-10.9
118	SMU SMU	$16.7M	129.57	21.8	-11.5
119	TEM Temple	$6.8M	105.43	22.2	-11.5
120	MINN Minnesota	$15.6M	126.66	22.0	-12.5
121	UTAH Utah	$9.0M	111.46	22.3	-12.9
122	PSU Penn State	$14.4M	124.08	22.1	-13.0
123	MOST Missouri State	$3.8M	88.00	23.0	-13.1
124	NU Northwestern	$14.7M	124.42	22.1	-13.2
125	DEL Delaware	$3.3M	84.65	23.2	-13.5
126	IU Indiana	$31.8M	144.59	21.9	-13.6
127	MASS Massachusetts	$6.2M	100.61	22.8	-14.0
128	GTWN Georgetown	$17.5M	127.87	22.2	-14.3
129	BALL Ball State	$2.6M	77.03	23.7	-14.3
130	BC Boston College	$10.8M	114.87	22.5	-14.5
131	SJU St. John's	$32.0M	143.51	22.1	-14.8
132	WAKE Wake Forest	$13.1M	119.24	22.5	-15.2
133	MRSH Marshall	$3.6M	84.41	23.7	-15.6
134	NIU Northern Illinois	$3.5M	83.43	23.8	-15.8
135	BUF Buffalo	$4.3M	88.15	23.7	-16.4
136	TULN Tulane	$5.6M	95.17	23.5	-16.8
137	RUTG Rutgers	$16.1M	122.94	22.8	-17.0
138	GT Georgia Tech	$12.0M	114.65	23.1	-17.5
139	CAL California	$14.1M	118.45	23.0	-18.0
140	KSU Kansas State	$10.9M	111.46	23.3	-18.2
141	SYR Syracuse	$15.9M	121.41	23.0	-18.3
142	RICE Rice	$5.0M	88.24	24.7	-20.7
143	GASO Georgia Southern	$2.6M	69.80	26.0	-21.1

Spending: men's basketball operating expenses each school reported to the U.S. Dept. of Education (EADA, 2024-25). Not NIL or revenue sharing. Schools count costs differently. Price updates after each week; spending stays fixed until the next EADA year. So far 143 of 365 teams are matched to their EADA filing, mostly schools that also play FBS football, so the line leans toward bigger programs. The other 222 show N/R until they are matched. Entertainment only.