The University at Buffalo has the largest athletic revenue in the Mid-American Conference for the 2017-2018 fiscal year, USA Today's annual report of athletic revenue shows.

UB's total of $40.8 million ranks No. 73 nationally of the 230 Division I public colleges and universities surveyed in the report, which was released Monday.

The revenue is up 12% from 2016-17's total of $35.9 million and a 29% increase in five years from $28.9 million in 2012-13.

UB’s athletic expenses for 2017-18 amounted to $40.7 million, meaning a profit of about $71,000. Expenses rose from $35.9 million in the previous year.

Through an athletic department spokesman, UB clarified some of the changes in its year-to-year revenue.

UB had a $5 million increase in school funds for 2017-18, from $16.6 million to $21.6 million. Between 2010 and 2017, that increase typically fell anywhere between about $100,000 to $1.8 million annually, but due to a change in reporting requirements to the NCAA, UB had to include calculated benefit costs for all its athletic employees, including health care, dental, vision and retirement plans.