Ohio State Athletics Generated $167,166,065 in 2014-15 Revenue, Third Most in the Country

Ohio State athletics is a business, and business is booming according to an annual database of public university athletic department revenue released by USA Today.

OSU's athletic department generated $167,166,065 in 2014-15 revenue before doling out $154,033,208 in expenses, a difference of $13,132,857.

Those numbers earned Ohio State a third place finish on the list, trailing Texas (no surprise) at No. 2 and Texas A&M (surprise) at No. 1. Much like the regular season, Michigan finished behind Ohio State at No. 4 with revenues totaling $152,477,026.

Here's how the Top 6 look:

RANK	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE	REVENUE ($)	EXPENSESES ($)	SUBSIDY ($)	SUBSIDY %
1	TEXAS A&M	SEC	192,608,876	109,313,651	0	0.0
2	TEXAS	BIG 12	183,521,028	173,248,133	0	0.0
3	OHIO STATE	BIG TEN	167,166,065	154,033,208	0	0.0
4	MICHIGAN	BIG TEN	152,477,026	151,144,964	263,345	0.17
5	ALABAMA	SEC	148,911,674	132,354,913	2,616,895	1.76
6	FLORIDA	SEC	147,105,242	125,384,443	1,856,122	1.26

Michigan and Ohio State are the two financial heavyweights in the Big Ten. Ohio State, Penn State and Nebraska were the only three schools in the conference to not subsidize their athletics department.

Here's how the rest of the conference shakes out, with Northwestern's data unavailable due to its private school status:

RANK	SCHOOL	REVENUE ($)	EXPENSES ($)	SUBSIDY ($)	SUBISIDY %
10	PENN STATE	125,720,619	122,271,407	0	0.0
12	WISCONSIN	123,895,543	118,691,112	7,850,256	6.34
18	MINNESOTA	111,162,265	111,162,265	6,919,096	6.22
19	MICHIGAN STATE	108,687,274	108,283,151	702,284	0.65
20	IOWA	105,969,545	109,214,651	650,000	0.61
24	NEBRASKA	102,157,399	98,023,037	0	0.0
27	MARYLAND	92,686,128	92,558,535	14,546,411	15.69
33	INDIANA	88,362,421	88,330,530	2,707,752	3.06
36	ILLINOIS	85,998,659	87,163,188	3,728,444	4.34
44	PURDUE	75,637,694	74,420,334	0	0.0
49	RUTGERS	70,558,935	70,558,935	23,803,903	33.74

Special shoutout to Rutgers and its $23,803,903 subsidy, which puts it on par with institutions like Stony Brook, Miami (Ohio), Florida International, and Cincinnati.