No college athletic department had higher expenses than Ohio State for the 2019 fiscal year according to USA TODAY's NCAA finances database, which was updated on Thursday.
Per the database, Ohio State had $220,572,956 in athletics expenses for the 2019 fiscal year, over $15 million more than any other university.
Those expenses were up over $16 million from Ohio State's expenses for the 2018 fiscal year ($203,809,715). Nearly $79 million of Ohio State's 2019 expenses went to coaching/staff salaries, while facilities/overhead expenses jumped to over $54 million from less than $47 million one year earlier.