According to a report by USA Today every Division 1 school in the NCAA will receive a one-time reimbursement that is intended to aid their student-athletes’ academic and welfare initiatives. Each athletic department will be under surveillance as the NCAA wants to make sure this money is going towards helping student-athletes.

The NCAA determined how much money a school received by how big their athletic department is. If a school gives out a ton of athletic scholarships then they are more likely to receive more money than others. The amounts of money were determined using data from the 2013-2014 school year.

A few schools received over $1 million dollars. Of course, those schools all belonged to the Power 5 as they are practically the only ones who can afford to have a massive athletic department.

With that said, this isn’t about the schools and more so about the student-athletes. The NCAA had recently factored in Cost-of-Attendance to student-athletes in 2015 (a stipend that goes directly to players so it can help them pay for things such as laundry, groceries, bills, etc.) so to see them take another step in the direction of looking out for the welfare of the student-athlete is a good sign of progress by the NCAA.

Here’s a breakdown of how much money each school in the Group of 5 will receive.

The following table of information was retrieved here.

American Institutions' Detailed Report School Expected Money to be Recevied School Expected Money to be Recevied UCF $717,875 Cincinatti $721,133 Connecticut $880,328 East Carolina $787,417 Houston $728,703 Navy $520,337 Memphis $706,586 USF $689,412 SMU $825,036 Temple $824,147 Tulane $612,622 Tulsa $802,294

Conference USA Institutions' Detailed Report School Expected Money to be Received School Expected Money to be Received Charlotte $582,277 FAU $625,491 FIU $701,353 Louisiana Tech $610,648 Marshall $697,930 Middle Tennessee $742,262 North Texas $665,709 Old Dominion $758,685 Rice $681,450 Southern Miss $672,160 UAB $742,098 UTEP $673,312 UTSA $711,917 Western Kentucky $722,064

Independent Institutions' Detailed Report School Expected Money to be Received School Expected Money to be Received Army $520,337 UMass $778,268

MAC Institutions' Detailed Report School Expected Money to be Received School Expected Money to be Received Akron $743,645 Ball State $839,451 Bowling Green $685,390 Buffalo $810,587 Central Michigan $679,828 Eastern Michigan $871,145 Kent State $669,461 Miami (OH) $819,342 Northern Illinois $780,144 Ohio $748,450 Toledo $720,014 Western Michigan $797,180

Mountain West Institutions' Detailed Report School Expected Money to be Received School Expected Money to be Received Air Force $520,337 Boise State $714,254 Colorado State $659,061 Fresno State $753,386 Nevada $732,553 New Mexico $776,524 San Diego State $887,272 San Jose State $720,837 UNLV $778,465 Utah State $670,350 Wyoming $686,016