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Best Iowa Men's Football Programs, Ranked by Resources

Not every program invests equally in its athletes. Below, we've ranked all 28 Iowa 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 Iowa men's Football programs is $11,152 per athlete, with an average operating budget of $633,660, and rosters of about 122 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
28
Avg. Aid/Athlete
$11,152
Avg. Op. Budget
$633,660

Top programs

Showing 10 of 28 programs.

Aid/Athlete
$27,861
Op. Budget
$6,728,604
Recruiting
$786,227
Aid/Athlete
$25,428
Op. Budget
$5,671,290
Recruiting
$734,583
Aid/Athlete
$14,685
Op. Budget
$705,628
Recruiting
$104,580
4. Drake University
Des Moines, IA
Aid/Athlete
$11,257
Op. Budget
$711,208
Recruiting
$63,081
Aid/Athlete
$3,476
Op. Budget
$424,846
Recruiting
$19,950
Aid/Athlete
$20,514
Op. Budget
$219,264
Recruiting
$8,835
7. Simpson College
Indianola, IA
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$159,477
Recruiting
$11,042
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$157,594
Recruiting
$18,294
Aid/Athlete
$9,731
Op. Budget
$250,597
Recruiting
$7,806
Aid/Athlete
$7,575
Op. Budget
$217,423
Recruiting
$8,834

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