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Best Southeastern Conference Men's Football Programs, Ranked by Resources

Not every program invests equally in its athletes. Below, we've ranked all 14 Southeastern Conference men's Football programs by investment score — a composite built from aid per athlete, operating budget, recruiting spend, coaching staff, and head coach salary relative to its peers.

Average aid across Southeastern Conference men's Football programs is $34,655 per athlete, with an average operating budget of $7,642,959, and rosters of about 125 athletes. Programs near the top tend to combine larger budgets with stronger per-athlete support.

Use this ranking to find programs that back their athletes with real resources, then read our guide on how to compare scholarship offers.

Programs
14
Avg. Aid/Athlete
$34,655
Avg. Op. Budget
$7,642,959

Top programs

Showing 14 of 14 programs.

Aid/Athlete
$39,231
Op. Budget
$9,342,391
Recruiting
$1,173,788
Aid/Athlete
$37,569
Op. Budget
$5,743,760
Recruiting
$1,312,784
Aid/Athlete
$33,833
Op. Budget
$7,738,930
Recruiting
$1,658,392
Aid/Athlete
$34,130
Op. Budget
$13,033,655
Recruiting
$3,566,491
Aid/Athlete
$28,137
Op. Budget
$3,785,447
Recruiting
$1,202,333
Aid/Athlete
$40,248
Op. Budget
$7,087,727
Recruiting
$1,034,971
Aid/Athlete
$45,085
Op. Budget
$6,029,478
Recruiting
$1,727,527
Aid/Athlete
$57,139
Op. Budget
$6,975,371
Recruiting
$1,544,752
9. Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS
Aid/Athlete
$38,719
Op. Budget
$6,272,180
Recruiting
$979,218
Aid/Athlete
$27,401
Op. Budget
$10,107,608
Recruiting
$2,906,667
Aid/Athlete
$27,316
Op. Budget
$9,903,183
Recruiting
$1,771,454
Aid/Athlete
$28,208
Op. Budget
$5,776,271
Recruiting
$2,126,734
Aid/Athlete
$24,412
Op. Budget
$10,708,355
Recruiting
$2,633,650
Aid/Athlete
$23,734
Op. Budget
$4,497,071
Recruiting
$1,184,719

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