by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at Ohio State University-Main Campus, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Ohio State is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Ohio State men’s football team carries 122 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 395. The NCAA tracked 432 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 23 varsity sports Ohio State sponsors, football ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Of those, 11 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Ryan Day.
Among the school’s 23 sports, football ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Ohio State men’s football program brought in $160,549,826 in revenue against $92,359,309 in expenses, for a surplus of $68,190,517. That works out to about $107,048 in operating expense per athlete, or $13,059,911 per team.
Among the school’s 23 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 54% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (985 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 89%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 992, football sits above average at 1000.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.