# Penn State Football Is About $20M BEHIND the Biggest Spenders 👀

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Published: 2026-09-17T09:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

The Athletic’s estimated 2026 roster budgets place Penn State at roughly $29–32 million—seventh in the Big Ten and well behind Ohio State and Oregon. But does that number reveal a long-term resource problem, or did Matt Campbell build his first Penn State roster at an unusual discount through relationships and the massive Iowa State migration?

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