We all know how well [autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] football recruits on an annual basis, but what is interesting is how much money the athletic department budget is for the Buckeyes.
In a report by CBS Sports Shehan Jeyarajah, he reported what each team in every major conference spent during the 2022 recruiting cycle, and you might be a wee bit surprised.
There were plenty of big spenders across the country. These schools topped their respective conferences: Clemson at $3.15 million, Oklahoma with $2.63 million, Oregon with just $1.83 million and Georgia with a whopping $4.05 million, which was the high mark in the country.
Find out below just how much each Big Ten school spends along with how many recruits they signed, what their class was ranked according to the 247Sports team composite and a final breakdown of the results. (Northwestern is excluded; as a private institution it did not have to disclose its information)