USA Today released their annual report listing out the finances for Division 1 athletics departments and it’s more or less the same story for Cincinnati. Before we dive into the Bearcats, I’ll level set you on the report.
Firstly, this is only public universities so the Notre Dames and Boston Colleges are notably absent from the list of 230. Secondly, this is from the 2013-14 fiscal year so you’ll notice certain conference realignment cash bumps (Louisville to the ACC, Rutgers to the Big Ten) haven’t been accounted for. It also doesn’t consider other new revenue streams like renovated stadiums (Houston).