By Will Vandervort.

No one is sure if the meeting has or will happen—it could have been last week or it could be this week—but Clemson head football coach Dabo Swinney and Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich will discuss Clemson’s plan to attack the full cost of attendance benefit student athletes will receive next fall.

“I think it is great as far as comparing apples to apples and I think that is where everyone has to get on the same page,” Swinney said. “I’m not sure that we are there yet from a Power 5 standpoint, but I think we will get there.”

As reported last month when the new legislation was passed by the NCAA, Clemson University will pay its student athletes roughly $800,000 a year in stipends as part of the full cost of attendance benefit.

Clemson’s head-count sports—football, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s tennis and volleyball—will be paid $3,608 a year, while the non-head-count sports, will receive amounts that are proportional to the terms of their scholarships. The non-head count sports, such as baseball, will receive about $1,800.

These are for costs that come after tuition, student fees, books and room and board.

So where does Clemson compare to other Power 5 Conference schools. It appears Clemson is somewhere in the middle.

The Kansas City Star reported Nebraska will spend about $3,600 for full scholarship athletes, which will cost the university about $925,000.

Among other schools that have announced the value of their stipends, Texas says it will offer between $4,000 and $5,000 and ACC foe Virginia Tech $2,500.

Ohio State is budgeting $1.6 million, and the stipend will be worth $3,000 for in-state athletes and $4,200 for those out-of-state.

Full cost of attendance for athletes at Auburn could be as much as $6,000, with an additional $1,500 if they enrolled in summer school. Athletic director Jay Jacobs told USA Today that the school won’t shy away from using that figure as a recruiting tool.

Auburn reportedly will pay its student-athletes the most money for full cost of attendance.

“We think student-athletes are going to choose Auburn because it’s the best place for them to get an education and compete,” Jacobs said. “But certainly having a higher number than most in the Southeastern Conference is going to be helpful. Having the lowest number of the SEC could be hurtful.”

Iowa State head coach Paul Rhoads says the cost of full attendance was already being discussed by players who signed National Letters of Intent earlier this month.

“There’s a discrepancy in what teams will be able to offer based on how they choose to write their formulas,” Rhoads told the Kansas City Star. “We had teams trying to use that against us because they (will pay) a higher amount. It didn’t work.”

The question is will it work next February? Clemson already has seven commitments for the 2016 Class, including five-star running back Tavien Feaster out of Spartanburg. How will the new cost of attendance impact the 2016 class and future classes for the Tigers?

“We are trying to be the best Clemson that we can be, and do it our way,” Swinney said. “All we are focused on is just building this brand that we have with the Paw, graduating our players, equipping them with tools for life, making sure these guys have a great college experience and building champions and building men through that process.

“That’s all our focus is. If we continue to be about the right things then we will get where we need to be and it is going to be a lot of fun when we do.”