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University of Kentucky athletics revenue 2022: UK 16th in FBS, football expenses climbing

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kentucky athletics department's revenues and expenses in fiscal year 2022 ranked among the highest in the nation in both categories, according to data collected by USA TODAY in partnership with the Knight-Newhouse Data project at Syracuse University.

UK had revenues of $159,079,024 for FY22, which ranked 16th nationally among public Power 5 schools. (Private schools, such as Vanderbilt and Northwestern, are not required to disclose their spending.) But that was seventh most among public SEC universities, trailing Alabama (No. 3 nationally, $214.4 million), Georgia (No.