[82lsju]

The other factor beyond money (NIL, AD budgets etc.) that I don't think has been mentioned yet in this thread is student body size. Stanford, by (undergraduate) student body, is undoubtedly one of the smallest schools in the ACC (though I imagine we are ahead of Wake Forest; I haven't compiled/looked at the ACC schools or our current student body size). As such, money is not the only issue for Stanford but also student body size (particularly with so many sports and other non-athletic commitments to support etc.). I know Stanford had purchased Oak Creek and are working to increase housing (to I presume at least in part increase the student body size), but that is another non-trivial challenge that Stanford programs have to contend with.
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Rank
College Name
Undergrads
1 University of California-Berkeley 33,078
2 Florida State University 32,936
3 Virginia Tech 30,434
4 North Carolina State 26,254
5 University of Pittsburgh 24,420
6 Clemson University 22,566
7 University of North Carolina 20,029
8 Georgia Tech 18,415
9 University of Virginia 17,444
10 University of Louisville 15,921
11 Syracuse University 15,421
12 University of Miami 12,504
13 Boston College 9,982
14 University of Notre Dame 8,971
15 Stanford University 7,841
16 Southern Methodist University 7,056
17 Duke University 6,640
18  Wake Forest University 5,447

https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2024/...lment.html

[82lsju]

The other factor beyond money (NIL, AD budgets etc.) that I don't think has been mentioned yet in this thread is student body size. Stanford, by (undergraduate) student body, is undoubtedly one of the smallest schools in the ACC (though I imagine we are ahead of Wake Forest; I haven't compiled/looked at the ACC schools or our current student body size). As such, money is not the only issue for Stanford but also student body size (particularly with so many sports and other non-athletic commitments to support etc.). I know Stanford had purchased Oak Creek and are working to increase housing (to I presume at least in part increase the student body size), but that is another non-trivial challenge that Stanford programs have to contend with.
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Rank
College Name
Undergrads
1 University of California-Berkeley 33,078
2 Florida State University 32,936
3 Virginia Tech 30,434
4 North Carolina State 26,254
5 University of Pittsburgh 24,420
6 Clemson University 22,566
7 University of North Carolina 20,029
8 Georgia Tech 18,415
9 University of Virginia 17,444
10 University of Louisville 15,921
11 Syracuse University 15,421
12 University of Miami 12,504
13 Boston College 9,982
14 University of Notre Dame 8,971
15 Stanford University 7,841
16 Southern Methodist University 7,056
17 Duke University 6,640
18  Wake Forest University 5,447

https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2024/...lment.html