College sports are in a brief hiatus before late summer workouts to get ready for fall seasons.
But everyone wants to make the postseason for a chance to win the national title and no one knows that better than former Alabama coach Nick Saban.
The seven-time national champion spoke to Congress in June about the need for legislation to help regulate NIL rules in college.
“It’s become an arms race of who spends the most and whose got the best chance to win,” Saban said.
According to previous reporting from the American-Statesman, in 2025 Texas football made $106.7 million of the entire athletic department’s $353 million in revenue despite losing nearly $23.3 million due to the change in conferences (Texas did not receive it’s full payout while it transitioned from Big 12 to SEC). The reporting also noted that revenue sharing with student-athletes was about $3 million dollars but is expected to increase to $20 million in 2026.
The reason for the sharp increase is because the House Settlement decision went into effect towards the end of the fiscal year.
So if Saban says its an “arms race” of who can spend the most to win, how does Texas compare to other programs around the country?
Well, the Longhorns are at the top of the food-chain.
247 Sports reported that the Longhorns had roughly $22.2 million to spend on student-athletes with Ohio State coming in second with $20.2 million. There are seven SEC schools in the top-10 for the most NIL spending in college football programs; Michigan ranks seventh and Clemson ranks ninth.
Texas A&M is fifth in NIL spending with $17.2 million.
Behind football for big time spending is college basketball and Texas has spent a fair amount of money.
But how much did it cost?