by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at Southern Methodist University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. SMU competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The SMU men’s football team fields 122 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 373. The NCAA tracked 432 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 13 varsity sports SMU reports, football ranks #1 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. In all, 11 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Rhett Lashlee.
Across the school’s 13 sports, football ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The SMU men’s football program brought in $45,315,587 in revenue against $45,315,587 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $50,747 in operating expense per athlete, or $6,191,113 per team.
Against the school’s 13 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, or about 30% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 954 (974 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 989, football sits below average at 954.
When SMU earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. Our sports rankings reward schools that excel on the field and in the classroom.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.