If you’ve been following Washington State Cougars athletics for a while, this will not surprise you one bit: the school is not bringing in a lot of money. The USA Today reported athletics brought in just over $71 million in the 2018-2019 fiscal year, nearly $11 million less than the next closest team, the Oregon State Beavers, and dead last in the Pac-12 Conference and of all the budgets in the Power Five.
The only schools in USA Today’s database are public institutions, though it’s difficult to imagine the Stanford Cardinal or USC Trojans pulled in less than Wazzu did as far as the Pac-12 goes.