Fact-check: “Alabama and Ohio State have the highest athletic budget”
Verdict: Misleading (82% confidence)
The most recent data (FY 2024 and FY 2025) consistently shows Texas leading all programs in total athletic expenses — $325 million in FY 2024 and $375.9 million in FY 2025 — with Ohio State second and Alabama neither first nor second in either year. Ohio State did lead the nation in spending for six consecutive years before FY 2024, which likely underlies the claim, but the claim is stated in the present tense and Alabama ranked fourth nationally in FY 2023 and fifth in the SEC in FY 2025, well…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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