Had either basketball program made the NCAAs, the Beavers might have been No. ![]() For departments on the lower end of the resource spectrum, football is vastly more difficult to navigate successfully than basketball - OSU’s wins-per-dollar ratio in that area is absolutely first-class. Oregon Stateįootball: 10-3 overall, 6-3 in conference, won the Las Vegas Bowl Men’s basketball: 11-21 overall, 5-15 in conference, lost in opening round of Pac-12 tournament Women’s basketball: 13-18 overall, 4-14 in conference, lost in quarterfinals of Pac-12 tournament FY2022 operating expenses: $87.7 million (source: Sportico) Comment: This placement is entirely about the stellar season on the football field, where the Beavers won 10 games for the first time since the 2006 season. The best collective year for USC’s three sports in ages. We favored Utah in the power ratings because of the disparity in budgets - our estimate for the Trojans is intended to be conservative - which more than offset USC’s clear edge in men’s basketball success. USCįootball: 11-3 overall, 8-1 in conference, lost in Pac-12 title game, lost in the Cotton Bowl Men’s basketball: 22-11 overall, 14-6 in conference, lost in quarterfinals of Pac-12 tournament, lost in first round of NCAAs Women’s basketball: 21-10 overall, 11-7 in conference, lost in opening round of Pac-12 tournament, lost in first round of NCAAs FY2022 operating expenses: $135.9 million (estimated) Comment: No school won at USC’s level across all three sports with the New Year’s Six appearance and two NCAA Tournament bids. Utah has been fiscally shrewd and competitively successful more often than not over the years, but this was above even its lofty standard. ![]() Utahįootball: 10-4 overall, 7-2 in conference, won Pac-12 title (second consecutive), lost in the Rose Bowl Men’s basketball: 17-15 overall, 10-10 in conference, lost in opening round of Pac-12 tournament Women’s basketball: 27-5 overall, 15-3 in conference, shared regular-season title, lost in quarterfinals of Pac-12 tournament, lost in Sweet 16 of NCAAs FY2022 operating expenses: $111.9 million (source: Utah) Comment: Easy call with the Utes as the wins-per-dollar kingpin in 2022-23 given their mid-level budget and high-level success in the most important sport, plus a breakthrough season by women’s basketball and much-better-than-expected year for the men. Please let me know what you think via email ( or on Twitter ( 1.
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