The Cincinnati Bearcats are currently setting the pace in terms of Cost Of Attendance payouts per scholarship among FBS school, according to Jon Solomon at CBS Sports.
Eighty-two of the 129 FBS schools surveyed responded with their new cost of attendance (COA) budget, resulting in a cumulative average of approximately $900,000 per school. In reality, more schools will provide COA but they are either private universities and not obligated to publicly share information, or they said they have not finalized their plans.
The survey showed a divide between the commitment from schools in Power Five conferences (SEC, ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12) and those in the Group of Five (Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, AAC, Sun Belt).