All the pieces is greater in Texas, together with the spending on college football applications.
In a narrative revealed Thursday, Sportico’s Daniel Libit disclosed how a lot cash the Texas Longhorns disbursed on athletics in fiscal 2025. The numbers had been eye-popping, to say the least.
How a lot did Texas spend on soccer and different sports activities in 2025?
Per Libit, the college’s athletic division reported a college-sports document $375.9M in working bills — a $50M improve from the earlier, record-setting 12 months. The college spent most of that cash on its soccer program.
“Texas attributed almost $74M of its bills to soccer, $22.4M to males’s basketball and $11M in girls’s basketball,” wrote Libit.
What does this imply for Texas soccer?
It should win extra. Since hiring Steve Sarkisian as head coach after the 2020 season, this system has returned to nationwide prominence.
In its first 5 seasons underneath Sarkisian, the Longhorns have gone 48-20, making two School Soccer Playoff journeys. In 2025, the Longhorns missed the CFP however went 10-3 and beat the Michigan Wolverines 41-27 within the Citrus Bowl. That marks the third straight season Texas has gained 10 or extra video games.
That also might not be sufficient within the thoughts of many rabid Longhorn followers. They wish to finish the college’s nationwide championship drought. Texas hasn’t gained a title for the reason that 2005 season, when it beat the USC Trojans 41-38 within the nationwide championship on the Rose Bowl.
To perform that purpose, the Longhorns are upping the ante as soon as once more. They splurged within the switch portal, signing broad receiver Cam Coleman and operating backs Raleek Brown and Hollywood Smothers. As of Thursday, On3 lists Coleman’s NIL (title, picture and likeness) valuation at $2.9M. Brown and Smothers aren’t included in its rankings.
Extra offensive weapons ought to assist Texas quarterback Arch Manning — whose NIL valuation ($5.4M) is the best in faculty soccer — contend for the Heisman. In his first season as a full-time starter, he totaled 37 touchdowns (26 passing, 10 dashing and one receiving).
On paper, Texas ought to vie for a nationwide title in 2026. If it fails to make the CFP, nonetheless, the college would really feel sheepish for blowing all that cash.
