NCAA Athlete Revenue Sharing, Scholarships & NIL Collectives by School

Estimated NCAA Athlete Revenue Sharing 2025-26:

As part of the House v. NCAA proposed settlement, schools will be allowed to share athletic department revenues with their varsity athletes beginning in the 2025-26 academic year. While not finalized, under the proposed revenue sharing model, schools will be allowed to distribute revenue to its athletes up to 22% of the average Power 5 School annual athletic revenue. The estimate for average Power 5 school revenue is just under $ 100 million annually, so this will result in a cap for 2025-26 of around $ 21 million (estimated to grow to $ 33 million over the next ten years).

We compiled data from the most recently available NCAA membership reporting of 20 Power Conference schools, and arrived at the following estimated revenue sharing allocations per team:

Estimated Revenue Sharing Power School Averages	Team	Average Per Team	Average Roster *	Average Per Athlete	%
Football	M	15,029,708	105	143,140	77.3%
Basketball	M	3,209,097	15	222,050	16.5%
Hockey	M	545,334	26	20,975	2.6%
Baseball	M	358,510	34	10,394	1.8%
Basketball	W	229,259	14	16,740	1.2%
Wrestling	M	123,695	30	4,128	0.6%
Volleyball	W	101,916	17	6,161	0.5%
Gymnastics	W	89,335	19	4,905	0.4%
Softball	W	81,799	23	3,605	0.4%
Hockey	W	64,353	25	2,686	0.3%
Soccer	M/W	57,790	28	2,064	0.3%
Track & Field / X-C	M/W	41,761	49	852	0.2%
Lacrosse	M/W	39,562	41	975	0.2%
Swimming	M/W	30,802	30	1,027	0.2%
Rowing	W	19,771	64	297	0.1%
Field Hockey	W	19,039	25	724	0.1%
Tennis	M/W	16,529	9	1,837	0.1%
Golf	M/W	12,124	9	1,347	0.1%
Beach Volleyball	W	8,372	17	520	0.0%
Totals per School		19,432,197			100%

Football and Men’s basketball account for close to 95% of team specific revenues at most Power Conference schools, and athletes on these two teams will be the major beneficiaries under the proposed revenue sharing model. While football receives the most revenue sharing per team, Men’s basketball ends up with a significantly higher average per player due to much smaller roster sizes (15 versus 105).

These are estimates of the amount of revenue sharing each school could distribute to its athletes for the 2025-26 fiscal year assuming each school limits revenue sharing to 22% of its annual athletic department revenues. However, any school can elect to share in excess of 22% of its athletic revenues as long as the total payout does not exceed $ 21 million annually.  So, in theory, a mid-major FBS school could distribute revenue sharing to its athletes up to the $ 21 million annual cap even if this might represent say 90% of its annual athletic revenues. In reality though, it would be fiscally reckless for a smaller school to do this, so our estimates use the 22% benchmark as a guide to what schools would likely distribute in revenue sharing.  Since participation in revenue sharing is optional, a school can elect not to share revenue with its athletes or opt to distribute amounts less than the proposed $ 21 million cap. However, doing so would likely put that school at a competitive disadvantage in athletic recruiting.

The NCAA model is titled Revenue Sharing so the initial cut at an allocation per team will begin with this computation. While close to 95% of all team specific revenue is attributed to football and men’s basketball at most P5 schools, other factors will likely affect the ultimate allocation including Title IX considerations.

These are averages per athlete. In actuality, a few players per team will get substantially higher than the average, while many will get much less. Let’s take football as an example: the average Power conference school will likely allocate around $ 15 million in annual revenue sharing to football, which based on a NCAA roster limit of 105 results in an average of around $ 143,000 per player. However, a coach may make a commitment of say 10% or $ 1.5 million per year to land a 5-star quarterback recruit. Then maybe $ 700,000 per year for some running backs and receivers, plus say $ 2 million annually for a starting offensive line to block for the running backs and protect that pricey 5-star quarterback recruit. It can quickly add up, and for players who see little if any playing time, their revenue share will also likely be little or none.

* Rosters sizes subject to NCAA proposed limits beginning in 2025-26

Estimated Revenue Sharing by Conference:

By our calculations, NCAA I schools could be shelling out over $ 1.6 billion annually in revenue sharing beginning next year. Based on NCAA reporting data compiled by USA Today, we arrived at the following estimates of 2025-26 revenue sharing by conference and member schools:

Average Annual Athletic Revenues per School *	# of Schools	Revenue per School	22% of Revenue	2025 Cap
SEC	16	122,170,753	26,877,566	20,862,047
Big Ten	18	116,190,176	25,561,839	20,359,707
ACC	18	85,546,578	18,820,247	18,443,578
Big 12	16	66,210,685	14,566,351	14,566,351
Pac-12	2	60,974,391	13,414,366	13,414,366
Sub-total - P5 Schools *	70	$ 100,420,042	$ 22,092,409	$ 18,755,486
Mountain West	11	19,862,094	4,369,661	4,369,661
American Athletic	13	13,597,219	2,991,388	2,991,388
Sun Belt	14	9,187,681	2,021,290	2,021,290
Mid-American	12	8,651,993	1,903,438	1,903,438
Conference USA	10	7,466,103	1,642,543	1,642,543
Sub-total - G5 Schools	60	$ 11,493,375	$ 2,528,543	$ 2,528,543
All other NCAA I Schools	232	$ 3,881,357	$ 853,899	$ 853,899
Totals - All NCAA I Schools	362

Computed Athletic Department revenue includes event tickets and admission fees, game guarantees, TV, media, licensing, advertising, sponsorships and royalty rights, bowl game, NCAA and conference distributions and all related revenues. Revenue does not include direct or indirect school support, student fees or unrecompensed (i.e. charitable) contributions to the athletic department from alumni and boosters.

Based on these estimates, the average Power 5 conference school ($ 18,755,486) will likely compensate its athletes over seven times what the average Group of 5 school ($ 2,528,543) and over twenty times what all other NCAA I schools ($ 853,899) will likely share. These estimates assume schools use the 22% revenue sharing benchmark for their own revenue sharing – however, any school can exceed to share in excess of 22% annually as long as the total annual payout does not exceed the $ 21 million cap.

* We are confident in these estimates: our computed average annual revenue per P5 conference school came to $ 100,420,042 – spot on with the $ 100 million average P5 estimate reportedly used to formulate the parameters of the proposed NCAA revenue sharing model. Note: Revenue sharing is in addition to any third-party NIL compensation and athletic scholarships received by athletes.

Note: A separate antitrust case (Fontenot v. NCAA) contests the proposed settlement reached in House v NCAA as being insufficient. Among the complaints is that the proposed 22% revenue sharing allocation is too low, and by inference that revenue sharing by NCAA member schools should be mandatory, not optional.

Estimated Athlete Revenue Sharing by NCAA I School 2025-26:

The following is an estimate of the likely amount each public NCAA I school would distribute to its athletes under the proposed NCAA revenue sharing agreement. This assumes each school limits revenue sharing to 22% of its annual revenue. However, schools can exceed the 22% benchmark as long as the revenue sharing payout does not exceed the annual cap per school estimated to be about $ 21 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year:

Maximum Revenue Sharing Estimates 2025-26	Group	Conf	Annual Revenue	22% of Revenue	2025 Cap	% of revenue
Ohio State	P5	Big Ten	187,930,323	41,344,671	21,000,000	11%
Michigan	P5	Big Ten	166,204,848	36,565,067	21,000,000	13%
Texas	P5	SEC	161,316,575	35,489,647	21,000,000	13%
Alabama	P5	SEC	143,674,059	31,608,293	21,000,000	15%
Nebraska	P5	Big Ten	142,131,011	31,268,822	21,000,000	15%
Penn State	P5	Big Ten	141,979,389	31,235,466	21,000,000	15%
Texas A&M	P5	SEC	138,935,509	30,565,812	21,000,000	15%
Oklahoma	P5	SEC	134,140,083	29,510,818	21,000,000	16%
Wisconsin	P5	Big Ten	132,091,734	29,060,181	21,000,000	16%
Kentucky	P5	SEC	131,139,792	28,850,754	21,000,000	16%
Arkansas	P5	SEC	128,309,736	28,228,142	21,000,000	16%
Georgia	P5	SEC	125,201,819	27,544,400	21,000,000	17%
Florida	P5	SEC	123,787,622	27,233,277	21,000,000	17%
LSU	P5	SEC	123,379,555	27,143,502	21,000,000	17%
Auburn	P5	SEC	122,045,527	26,850,016	21,000,000	17%
Iowa	P5	Big Ten	118,237,834	26,012,323	21,000,000	18%
Tennessee	P5	SEC	117,878,812	25,933,339	21,000,000	18%
Michigan State	P5	Big Ten	117,004,694	25,741,033	21,000,000	18%
Oregon	P5	Big Ten	112,696,955	24,793,330	21,000,000	19%
Louisville	P5	ACC	109,745,038	24,143,908	21,000,000	19%
Minnesota	P5	Big Ten	102,829,428	22,622,474	21,000,000	20%
South Carolina	P5	SEC	102,805,072	22,617,116	21,000,000	20%
Indiana	P5	Big Ten	102,392,473	22,526,344	21,000,000	21%
Washington	P5	Big Ten	102,064,858	22,454,269	21,000,000	21%
Missouri	P5	SEC	98,443,897	21,657,657	21,000,000	21%
Purdue	P5	Big Ten	98,227,839	21,610,125	21,000,000	21%
Florida State	P5	ACC	96,573,266	21,246,119	21,000,000	22%
Illinois	P5	Big Ten	94,445,170	20,777,937	20,777,937	22%
Mississippi	P5	SEC	93,462,097	20,561,661	20,561,661	22%
North Carolina	P5	ACC	92,384,652	20,324,623	20,324,623	22%
Clemson	P5	ACC	91,036,646	20,028,062	20,028,062	22%
Kansas	P5	Big 12	89,242,319	19,633,310	19,633,310	22%
Mississippi State	P5	SEC	88,041,139	19,369,051	19,369,051	22%
Iowa State	P5	Big 12	86,403,751	19,008,825	19,008,825	22%
Maryland	P5	Big Ten	82,283,284	18,102,322	18,102,322	22%
UCLA	P5	Big Ten	81,961,661	18,031,565	18,031,565	22%
West Virginia	P5	Big 12	81,632,904	17,959,239	17,959,239	22%
Georgia Tech	P5	ACC	81,019,988	17,824,397	17,824,397	22%
North Carolina State	P5	ACC	80,476,086	17,704,739	17,704,739	22%
Arizona State	P5	Big 12	77,200,589	16,984,130	16,984,130	22%
Rutgers	P5	Big Ten	76,561,314	16,843,489	16,843,489	22%
Texas Tech	P5	Big 12	75,377,557	16,583,063	16,583,063	22%
Virginia	P5	ACC	74,800,419	16,456,092	16,456,092	22%
Arizona	P5	Big 12	73,374,904	16,142,479	16,142,479	22%
Utah	P5	Big 12	73,358,616	16,138,896	16,138,896	22%
Virginia Tech	P5	ACC	72,924,072	16,043,296	16,043,296	22%
Kansas State	P5	Big 12	72,713,016	15,996,864	15,996,864	22%
Oklahoma State	P5	Big 12	71,794,110	15,794,704	15,794,704	22%
California	P5	ACC	70,959,035	15,610,988	15,610,988	22%
Colorado	P5	Big 12	69,682,206	15,330,085	15,330,085	22%
Oregon State	P5	Pac-12	62,557,861	13,762,729	13,762,729	22%
Washington State	P5	Pac-12	59,390,920	13,066,002	13,066,002	22%
Cincinnati	P5	Big 12	41,816,933	9,199,725	9,199,725	22%
Nevada-Las Vegas	G5	MWC	29,750,807	6,545,178	6,545,178	22%
Connecticut	D1	Big East	29,535,973	6,497,914	6,497,914	22%
Memphis	G5	AAC	26,524,204	5,835,325	5,835,325	22%
Central Florida	P5	Big 12	26,081,625	5,737,958	5,737,958	22%
Boise State	G5	MWC	24,372,780	5,362,012	5,362,012	22%
Fresno State	G5	MWC	23,992,615	5,278,375	5,278,375	22%
Houston	P5	Big 12	22,060,373	4,853,282	4,853,282	22%
Colorado State	G5	MWC	22,041,323	4,849,091	4,849,091	22%
South Florida	G5	AAC	20,462,192	4,501,682	4,501,682	22%
New Mexico	G5	MWC	19,941,247	4,387,074	4,387,074	22%
Nevada	G5	MWC	19,890,559	4,375,923	4,375,923	22%
East Carolina	G5	AAC	18,984,742	4,176,643	4,176,643	22%
Wyoming	G5	MWC	18,676,631	4,108,859	4,108,859	22%
San Diego State	G5	MWC	17,693,647	3,892,602	3,892,602	22%
Hawaii	D1	Big West	15,608,789	3,433,934	3,433,934	22%
Georgia State	G5	S-Belt	14,063,569	3,093,985	3,093,985	22%
Appalachian State	G5	S-Belt	13,522,783	2,975,012	2,975,012	22%
North Dakota State	D1	Summit	13,148,781	2,892,732	2,892,732	22%
Utah State	G5	MWC	12,336,573	2,714,046	2,714,046	22%
North Dakota	D1	Summit	12,204,707	2,685,036	2,685,036	22%
Montana	D1	Big Sky	11,918,096	2,621,981	2,621,981	22%
Wichita State	G5	AAC	11,906,324	2,619,391	2,619,391	22%
Texas-San Antonio	G5	AAC	11,193,919	2,462,662	2,462,662	22%
Kent State	G5	MAC	11,085,952	2,438,909	2,438,909	22%
Arkansas State	G5	S-Belt	10,961,745	2,411,584	2,411,584	22%
South Dakota State	D1	Summit	10,731,339	2,360,895	2,360,895	22%
Florida International	G5	CUSA	10,457,738	2,300,702	2,300,702	22%
Marshall	G5	S-Belt	10,135,615	2,229,835	2,229,835	22%
Old Dominion	G5	S-Belt	10,116,411	2,225,610	2,225,610	22%
Toledo	G5	MAC	10,107,516	2,223,654	2,223,654	22%
Texas-El Paso	G5	CUSA	10,083,334	2,218,333	2,218,333	22%
San Jose State	G5	MWC	9,924,753	2,183,446	2,183,446	22%
Louisiana-Lafayette	G5	S-Belt	9,794,518	2,154,794	2,154,794	22%
Florida Atlantic	G5	AAC	9,468,471	2,083,064	2,083,064	22%
Montana State	D1	Big Sky	9,421,648	2,072,763	2,072,763	22%
Western Michigan	G5	MAC	9,280,852	2,041,787	2,041,787	22%
William & Mary	D1	CAA	9,092,373	2,000,322	2,000,322	22%
Nebraska-Omaha	D1	Summit	9,074,612	1,996,415	1,996,415	22%
Massachusetts	D1	A10	9,021,011	1,984,622	1,984,622	22%
Alabama at Birmingham	G5	AAC	8,956,239	1,970,373	1,970,373	22%
Bowling Green	G5	MAC	8,933,474	1,965,364	1,965,364	22%
New Mexico State	G5	CUSA	8,911,525	1,960,536	1,960,536	22%
Middle Tennessee	G5	CUSA	8,851,990	1,947,438	1,947,438	22%
Miami (Ohio)	G5	MAC	8,848,517	1,946,674	1,946,674	22%
Akron	G5	MAC	8,812,130	1,938,669	1,938,669	22%
North Texas	G5	AAC	8,791,927	1,934,224	1,934,224	22%
Central Michigan	G5	MAC	8,623,857	1,897,249	1,897,249	22%
South Alabama	G5	S-Belt	8,457,690	1,860,692	1,860,692	22%
Georgia Southern	G5	S-Belt	8,289,638	1,823,720	1,823,720	22%
Ohio	G5	MAC	8,193,131	1,802,489	1,802,489	22%
Illinois State	D1	MVC	8,116,615	1,785,655	1,785,655	22%
Southern Mississippi	G5	S-Belt	8,083,426	1,778,354	1,778,354	22%
Louisiana Tech	G5	CUSA	7,982,795	1,756,215	1,756,215	22%
Jackson State	D1	SWAC	7,773,812	1,710,239	1,710,239	22%
Eastern Michigan	G5	MAC	7,729,246	1,700,434	1,700,434	22%
Louisiana-Monroe	G5	S-Belt	7,689,285	1,691,643	1,691,643	22%
Virginia Commonwealth	D1	A10	7,602,581	1,672,568	1,672,568	22%
Western Kentucky	G5	CUSA	7,551,622	1,661,357	1,661,357	22%
Ball State	G5	MAC	7,530,392	1,656,686	1,656,686	22%
Texas State	G5	S-Belt	7,433,062	1,635,274	1,635,274	22%
Northern Illinois	G5	MAC	7,432,721	1,635,199	1,635,199	22%
Buffalo	G5	MAC	7,246,128	1,594,148	1,594,148	22%
Missouri State	D1	MVC	7,096,823	1,561,301	1,561,301	22%
Troy	G5	S-Belt	7,046,695	1,550,273	1,550,273	22%
James Madison	G5	S-Belt	6,975,380	1,534,584	1,534,584	22%
New Hampshire	D1	AM East	6,416,670	1,411,667	1,411,667	22%
California-Davis	D1	Big West	6,373,174	1,402,098	1,402,098	22%
Charlotte	G5	AAC	6,086,956	1,339,130	1,339,130	22%
Coastal Carolina	G5	S-Belt	6,057,710	1,332,696	1,332,696	22%
Southeastern Louisiana	D1	Southland	5,802,004	1,276,441	1,276,441	22%
Southern Illinois	D1	MVC	5,531,987	1,217,037	1,217,037	22%
South Dakota	D1	Summit	5,522,744	1,215,004	1,215,004	22%
Idaho	D1	Big Sky	5,475,898	1,204,698	1,204,698	22%
Sam Houston State	G5	CUSA	5,405,153	1,189,134	1,189,134	22%
Florida A&M	D1	SWAC	5,291,597	1,164,151	1,164,151	22%
Rhode Island	D1	A10	5,264,067	1,158,095	1,158,095	22%
Albany	D1	AM East	5,221,198	1,148,664	1,148,664	22%
Northern Iowa	D1	MVC	5,080,013	1,117,603	1,117,603	22%
California Polytechnic	D1	Big West	5,078,219	1,117,208	1,117,208	22%
Southern	D1	SWAC	5,018,375	1,104,043	1,104,043	22%
Kennesaw State	G5	CUSA	4,835,519	1,063,814	1,063,814	22%
Sacramento State	D1	Big Sky	4,720,801	1,038,576	1,038,576	22%
George Mason	D1	A10	4,620,770	1,016,569	1,016,569	22%
Stony Brook	D1	CAA	4,552,632	1,001,579	1,001,579	22%
McNeese State	D1	Southland	4,460,526	981,316	981,316	22%
Alabama State	D1	SWAC	4,458,891	980,956	980,956	22%
Maine	D1	AM East	4,294,310	944,748	944,748	22%
Vermont	D1	AM East	4,287,365	943,220	943,220	22%
East Tennessee State	D1	Southern	4,254,929	936,084	936,084	22%
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	D1	SWAC	4,253,463	935,762	935,762	22%
Northern Colorado	D1	Big Sky	4,117,149	905,773	905,773	22%
Lamar	D1	Southland	4,040,619	888,936	888,936	22%
Citadel	D1	Southern	3,931,356	864,898	864,898	22%
Northern Arizona	D1	Big Sky	3,922,043	862,849	862,849	22%
California-Irvine	D1	Big West	3,709,359	816,059	816,059	22%
Youngstown State	D1	Horizon	3,698,887	813,755	813,755	22%
North Florida	D1	ASUN	3,598,743	791,723	791,723	22%
Texas Southern	D1	SWAC	3,598,136	791,590	791,590	22%
North Carolina A&T	D1	CAA	3,579,281	787,442	787,442	22%
Southern Utah	D1	WAC	3,568,515	785,073	785,073	22%
Tennessee-Chattanooga	D1	Southern	3,529,320	776,450	776,450	22%
Murray State	D1	MVC	3,526,246	775,774	775,774	22%
Central Arkansas	D1	ASUN	3,521,414	774,711	774,711	22%
College of Charleston	D1	CAA	3,470,276	763,461	763,461	22%
Austin Peay	D1	ASUN	3,443,351	757,537	757,537	22%
Stephen F. Austin	D1	WAC	3,437,325	756,212	756,212	22%
Eastern Kentucky	D1	ASUN	3,350,516	737,114	737,114	22%
Eastern Washington	D1	Big Sky	3,305,381	727,184	727,184	22%
Towson	D1	CAA	3,304,287	726,943	726,943	22%
South Carolina State	D1	MEAC	3,288,021	723,365	723,365	22%
Prairie View A&M	D1	SWAC	3,269,726	719,340	719,340	22%
Weber State	D1	Big Sky	3,260,976	717,415	717,415	22%
Western Carolina	D1	Southern	3,258,688	716,911	716,911	22%
Idaho State	D1	Big Sky	3,251,217	715,268	715,268	22%
Long Beach State	D1	Big West	3,244,095	713,701	713,701	22%
Jacksonville State	G5	CUSA	3,115,248	685,355	685,355	22%
Norfolk State	D1	MEAC	3,102,827	682,622	682,622	22%
Eastern Illinois	D1	OVC	3,014,524	663,195	663,195	22%
Tennessee Tech	D1	OVC	2,966,636	652,660	652,660	22%
Oakland	D1	Horizon	2,918,138	641,990	641,990	22%
Alcorn State	D1	SWAC	2,918,132	641,989	641,989	22%
Nicholls State	D1	Southland	2,823,129	621,088	621,088	22%
North Carolina Wilmington	D1	CAA	2,783,777	612,431	612,431	22%
Northwestern State La	D1	Southland	2,718,473	598,064	598,064	22%
Binghamton	D1	AM East	2,628,552	578,281	578,281	22%
Indiana State	D1	MVC	2,573,065	566,074	566,074	22%
Tennessee-Martin	D1	OVC	2,517,550	553,861	553,861	22%
Florida Gulf Coast	D1	ASUN	2,517,260	553,797	553,797	22%
Southeast Missouri State	D1	OVC	2,508,796	551,935	551,935	22%
Grambling State	D1	SWAC	2,489,931	547,785	547,785	22%
Portland State	D1	Big Sky	2,489,848	547,767	547,767	22%
California-Santa Barbara	D1	Big West	2,466,132	542,549	542,549	22%
Tarleton State	D1	WAC	2,441,406	537,109	537,109	22%
Western Illinois	D1	OVC	2,390,542	525,919	525,919	22%
Texas-Arlington	D1	WAC	2,389,367	525,661	525,661	22%
Arkansas-Little Rock	D1	OVC	2,310,583	508,328	508,328	22%
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	D1	Southland	2,271,799	499,796	499,796	22%
Massachusetts-Lowell	D1	AM East	2,225,277	489,561	489,561	22%
Southern Illinois Edwardsville	D1	OVC	2,216,427	487,614	487,614	22%
Illinois-Chicago	D1	MVC	2,194,742	482,843	482,843	22%
Utah Tech	D1	WAC	2,148,856	472,748	472,748	22%
North Carolina Central	D1	MEAC	2,102,571	462,566	462,566	22%
Utah Valley	D1	WAC	2,091,610	460,154	460,154	22%
Tennessee State	D1	OVC	2,002,408	440,530	440,530	22%
Wisconsin-Green Bay	D1	Horizon	1,890,485	415,907	415,907	22%
North Alabama	D1	ASUN	1,881,761	413,987	413,987	22%
Morehead State	D1	OVC	1,876,261	412,777	412,777	22%
VMI	D1	Southern	1,851,268	407,279	407,279	22%
North Carolina Greensboro	D1	Southern	1,843,583	405,588	405,588	22%
California State-Fullerton	D1	Big West	1,817,621	399,877	399,877	22%
Missouri-Kansas City	D1	Summit	1,790,439	393,897	393,897	22%
Texas-Rio Grande Valley	D1	WAC	1,787,569	393,265	393,265	22%
Cleveland State	D1	Horizon	1,786,021	392,925	392,925	22%
Central Connecticut	D1	NEC	1,763,424	387,953	387,953	22%
Radford	D1	Big South	1,761,835	387,604	387,604	22%
Wright State	D1	Horizon	1,714,794	377,255	377,255	22%
Maryland-Baltimore Cty	D1	AM East	1,692,086	372,259	372,259	22%
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	D1	Horizon	1,623,233	357,111	357,111	22%
Mississippi Valley State	D1	SWAC	1,593,781	350,632	350,632	22%
Northern Kentucky	D1	Horizon	1,526,658	335,865	335,865	22%
Maryland-Eastern Shore	D1	MEAC	1,466,750	322,685	322,685	22%
North Carolina Asheville	D1	Big South	1,421,565	312,744	312,744	22%
California-San Diego	D1	Big West	1,382,837	304,224	304,224	22%
New Jersey Tech	D1	AM East	1,349,787	296,953	296,953	22%
Alabama A&M	D1	SWAC	1,345,574	296,026	296,026	22%
California State-Bakersfield	D1	Big West	1,254,479	275,985	275,985	22%
Morgan State	D1	MEAC	1,247,370	274,421	274,421	22%
California-Riverside	D1	Big West	1,241,054	273,032	273,032	22%
Coppin State	D1	MEAC	1,215,677	267,449	267,449	22%
Purdue Fort Wayne	D1	Horizon	1,191,837	262,204	262,204	22%
Longwood	D1	Big South	1,158,308	254,828	254,828	22%
Winthrop	D1	Big South	1,149,466	252,883	252,883	22%
Indiana-Purdue Indianapolis	D1	Horizon	1,132,733	249,201	249,201	22%
California State-Northridge	D1	Big West	979,609	215,514	215,514	22%
South Carolina Upstate	D1	Big South	963,236	211,912	211,912	22%
Delaware State	D1	MEAC	835,191	183,742	183,742	22%
New Orleans	D1	Southland	681,927	150,024	150,024	22%
Chicago State	D1	NEC	533,237	117,312	117,312	22%

The above data includes public NCAA Division I colleges only, comprehensive private school data is not currently available. For our sources of information see our Methodology page.

Non-Power Conference Schools face a newly tilted playing field:

Non-Power conference schools have much smaller revenues and their athlete revenue sharing pool will likely be a fraction of what big schools can – and will – pay. In men’s basketball and football, the average Power conference player can expect to receive between 5 to 60 times what a non-power conference player would receive.

Recruiting by non-power conference teams in revenue generating sports is going to be much more difficult. Since inception of the NCAA in 1906, all Division I member schools have recruited athletes subject to the same financial parameters: all schools were subject to identical scholarship limits per sport, and no member school could compensate athletes directly. The revenue sharing model scheduled to begin in 2025 will uproot this this long existing level playing field, and drastically alter the competitive balance between NCAA I schools.

Substantial increase in potential athletic scholarships for NCAA I athletes:

The NCAA recognizes that revenue sharing will primarily benefit athletes in only a few sports. To address this issue, the organization has proposed to eliminate existing scholarship restrictions on all D1 sports and instead substitute roster limits.  This could create a substantial increase in athletic scholarships especially in non-revenue sports. For example, the scholarship limit in women’s rowing will increase from 20 to 68, in softball from 12 to 25 and in baseball from 11.7 to 34.  Here are the new limits under the proposal:

Scholarship Limits per NCAA I Sport	Team	Old limit	New limit	Increase Per team	% Increase	# of Teams	Increase in Available Scholarships	# of Athletes
Men's NCAA I Sports
Baseball	M	11.7	34	22.3	191%	305	6,802	12,109
Basketball	M	13	15	2	15%	362	724	5,826
Fencing	M	4.5	24	19.5	433%	23	449	444
Football (FBS)	M	85	105	20	24%	133	2,660	16,907
Golf	M	4.5	9	4.5	100%	305	1,373	3,090
Gymnastics	M	6.3	20	13.7	217%	12	164	250
Hockey	M	18	26	8	44%	63	504	1,834
Lacrosse	M	12.6	48	35.4	281%	77	2,726	3,914
Skiing	M	6.3	16	9.7	154%	11	107	160
Soccer	M	9.9	28	18.1	183%	212	3,837	6,708
Swimming	M	9.9	30	20.1	203%	137	2,754	4,032
Tennis	M	4.5	10	5.5	122%	242	1,331	2,485
Track / X-C	M	12.6	62	49.4	392%	301	14,869	11,942
Volleyball	M	4.5	18	13.5	300%	29	392	610
Water polo	M	4.5	24	19.5	433%	29	566	774
Wrestling	M	9.9	30	20.1	203%	80	1,608	2,805
Women's NCAA I Sports
Basketball	W	15	15	-	-	360	-	5,468
Beach volleyball	W	6	19	13	217%	67	871	1,202
Bowling	W	5	11	6	120%	37	222	360
Equestrian	W	15	50	35	233%	20	700	798
Fencing	W	5	24	19	380%	28	532	506
Field hockey	W	12	27	15	125%	82	1,230	2,024
Golf	W	6	9	3	50%	277	831	2,357
Gymnastics	W	12	20	8	67%	62	496	1,279
Hockey	W	18	26	8	44%	39	312	1,006
Lacrosse	W	12	38	26	217%	130	3,380	4,459
Rowing	W	20	68	48	240%	92	4,416	1,824
Rugby	W	12	36	24	200%	11	264	386
Skiing	W	7	16	9	129%	12	108	192
Soccer	W	14	28	14	100%	348	4,872	10,658
Softball	W	12	25	13	108%	307	3,991	7,024
Swimming	W	14	30	16	114%	200	3,200	6,196
Tennis	W	8	10	2	25%	312	624	2,930
Track / X-C	W	18	62	44	244%	350	15,400	14,116
Triathlon	W	6.5	14	7.5	115%	12	90	110
Acrobatics	W	14	55	41	293%	6	246	252
Volleyball	W	12	18	6	50%	346	2,076	6,159
Water polo	W	8	24	16	200%	37	592	854
Wrestling	W	10	30	20	200%	4	80	46
							-
Mixed / Coed Sports							-
Rifle	Mix	3.6	12	8.4	233%	22	185	262
Stunt	Mix	14	65	51	364%	2	102	74
Totals							86,212	144,432

The potential impact of these additional awards is massive. Under our calculations, NCAA I schools could award up to 86,212 additional “full-ride” scholarships. Assuming a value of $ 35,000 annually per scholarship, this would result in potentially up to $ 3 billion in additional scholarship awards per year – almost double the estimated $ 1.6 billion in revenue sharing distributions.

But the actual increase is going to be substantially less than $ 3 billion. Scholarships awards are optional – a school can fully fund a sport or make awards less than the maximum allowed. Many schools already operate with roster sizes less than the NCAA limit, and they will have a new financial incentive to operate with smaller teams. And sadly, we’re likely to see cuts to non-revenue sports at many schools. Athletic directors are currently looking at a new reality where the costs of sponsoring a (competitive) non-revenue sport are likely to increase significantly, while the historical offsetting subsidy from sports such as football is being substantially decreased due to revenue sharing. To make matters worse, athletic departments are losing an undetermined amount of support from booster contributions being diverted to NIL collectives rather than directly to the schools. There are going to be painful decisions to make about non-revenue sports at many schools.

Potential Total Impact to schools from House v NCAA settlement:

As part of the potential settlement of the House v NCAA antitrust litigation, the NCAA has proposed the revenue sharing model outlined above, as well as removing scholarship limits for all NCAA I sports in order to give some additional consideration to athletes participating in non-revenue sports. For purposes of this analysis we are assuming a school’s athletic scholarship costs will increase by 25% – this percentage may be too low as there will likely be intense pressure from non-revenue sports to fully fund athletic scholarships.  In addition to revenue sharing and additional scholarship costs, schools are currently losing booster financial support from donor funds that are being contributed to NIL collectives rather than directly to the schools.  These three elements will have a potentially severe effect on a school’s athletic budget. The estimated potential total impact by school is as follows:

School	Conference	Football Division	Revenue Sharing	Additional Scholarships	Collective Funding	Total Impact
Ohio State	Big Ten	FBS	21,000,000	5,779,488	20,253,400	$ 47,032,889
Texas	SEC	FBS	21,000,000	3,610,803	22,272,474	$ 46,883,278
Michigan	Big Ten	FBS	21,000,000	7,969,319	16,357,054	$ 45,326,373
Louisiana State	SEC	FBS	21,000,000	3,147,779	20,137,141	$ 44,284,920
Georgia	SEC	FBS	21,000,000	2,963,443	18,326,566	$ 42,290,010
Texas A & M	SEC	FBS	21,000,000	3,410,965	17,228,714	$ 41,639,680
Alabama	SEC	FBS	21,000,000	3,947,942	15,995,406	$ 40,943,349
Penn State	Big Ten	FBS	21,000,000	5,847,097	13,793,489	$ 40,640,587
Oklahoma	SEC	FBS	21,000,000	4,652,676	14,817,595	$ 40,470,272
Florida	SEC	FBS	21,000,000	2,714,463	15,802,237	$ 39,516,701
Indiana	Big Ten	FBS	21,000,000	4,634,825	13,631,160	$ 39,265,985
Clemson	ACC	FBS	20,028,062	3,374,371	15,258,374	$ 38,660,808
Michigan State	Big Ten	FBS	21,000,000	4,213,978	13,035,471	$ 38,249,450
Tennessee	SEC	FBS	21,000,000	4,820,395	11,602,164	$ 37,422,560
Auburn	SEC	FBS	21,000,000	4,730,835	11,588,953	$ 37,319,789
Arkansas	SEC	FBS	21,000,000	3,623,305	11,544,039	$ 36,167,345
Kentucky	SEC	FBS	21,000,000	3,774,524	11,254,204	$ 36,028,729
Oregon	Big Ten	FBS	21,000,000	3,307,891	10,623,807	$ 34,931,698
Virginia	ACC	FBS	16,456,092	5,550,086	12,780,301	$ 34,786,480
Washington	Big Ten	FBS	21,000,000	4,093,057	9,406,794	$ 34,499,852
Wisconsin	Big Ten	FBS	21,000,000	4,451,499	8,982,406	$ 34,433,906
Louisville	ACC	FBS	21,000,000	3,734,149	9,443,439	$ 34,177,589
Iowa	Big Ten	FBS	21,000,000	3,362,494	9,698,730	$ 34,061,225
South Carolina	SEC	FBS	21,000,000	3,133,545	9,554,700	$ 33,688,246
Illinois	Big Ten	FBS	20,777,937	3,353,188	9,311,667	$ 33,442,793
Florida State	ACC	FBS	21,000,000	1,954,392	10,034,191	$ 32,988,584
North Carolina	ACC	FBS	20,324,623	3,784,472	8,355,617	$ 32,464,714
Nebraska	Big Ten	FBS	21,000,000	3,220,270	7,973,918	$ 32,194,189
Minnesota	Big Ten	FBS	21,000,000	4,016,619	7,171,424	$ 32,188,043
Mississippi	SEC	FBS	20,561,661	2,721,040	8,872,378	$ 32,155,080
Kansas	Big 12	FBS	19,633,310	4,086,281	7,427,957	$ 31,147,549
Missouri	SEC	FBS	21,000,000	2,589,779	7,146,859	$ 30,736,639
Purdue	Big Ten	FBS	21,000,000	3,011,956	5,510,579	$ 29,522,536
Iowa State	Big 12	FBS	19,008,825	2,496,355	7,551,312	$ 29,056,493
Mississippi State	SEC	FBS	19,369,051	3,137,077	6,467,166	$ 28,973,295
UCLA	Big Ten	FBS	18,031,565	4,210,184	5,919,423	$ 28,161,174
Virginia Tech	ACC	FBS	16,043,296	3,563,217	7,732,903	$ 27,339,417
Arizona State	Big 12	FBS	16,984,130	4,077,476	5,689,877	$ 26,751,484
North Carolina State	ACC	FBS	17,704,739	3,100,788	5,935,429	$ 26,740,957
Utah	Big 12	FBS	16,138,896	3,248,572	7,252,969	$ 26,640,437
Maryland	Big Ten	FBS	18,102,322	4,769,350	3,735,112	$ 26,606,786
Arizona	Big 12	FBS	16,142,479	4,000,369	6,414,683	$ 26,557,531
West Virginia	Big 12	FBS	17,959,239	2,664,101	5,495,362	$ 26,118,703
Rutgers	Big Ten	FBS	16,843,489	5,291,239	3,624,816	$ 25,759,545
Georgia InstituteTechnology	ACC	FBS	17,824,397	3,498,392	4,281,809	$ 25,604,600
Texas Tech	Big 12	FBS	16,583,063	1,876,847	6,986,182	$ 25,446,092
Kansas State	Big 12	FBS	15,996,864	2,117,046	7,121,436	$ 25,235,347
Colorado	Big 12	FBS	15,330,085	3,056,619	5,337,719	$ 23,724,424
Oklahoma State	Big 12	FBS	15,794,704	2,220,222	5,338,583	$ 23,353,510
California	ACC	FBS	15,610,988	3,680,583	3,932,903	$ 23,224,474
Oregon State	Pac-12	FBS	13,762,729	2,594,594	3,163,423	$ 19,520,747
Washington State	Pac-12	FBS	13,066,002	3,083,116	3,216,991	$ 19,366,111
Cincinnati	Big 12	FBS	9,199,725	2,643,668	3,984,845	$ 15,828,240
Connecticut	Big East	FBS	6,497,914	3,007,977	3,839,690	$ 13,345,585
Nevada-Las Vegas	MWC	FBS	6,545,178	2,568,353	2,772,864	$ 11,886,396
Central Florida	Big 12	FBS	5,737,958	2,634,921	3,308,993	$ 11,681,873
Memphis	AAC	FBS	5,835,325	2,138,532	2,634,877	$ 10,608,736
Boise State	MWC	FBS	5,362,012	2,409,742	2,765,657	$ 10,537,412
San Diego State	MWC	FBS	3,892,602	2,292,839	4,158,476	$ 10,343,919
Colorado State	MWC	FBS	4,849,091	2,407,323	2,586,300	$ 9,842,716
Fresno State	MWC	FBS	5,278,375	1,902,461	2,102,800	$ 9,283,638
Houston	Big 12	FBS	4,853,282	2,130,414	2,098,333	$ 9,082,030
South Florida	AAC	FBS	4,501,682	2,117,236	2,235,939	$ 8,854,859
East Carolina	AAC	FBS	4,176,643	1,630,289	2,887,971	$ 8,694,906
Wyoming	MWC	FBS	4,108,859	2,076,030	2,426,393	$ 8,611,284
Nevada	MWC	FBS	4,375,923	2,232,243	2,000,558	$ 8,608,726
New Mexico	MWC	FBS	4,387,074	2,329,142	1,776,472	$ 8,492,690
Old Dominion	S-Belt	FBS	2,225,610	2,586,825	2,389,384	$ 7,201,821
Hawaii	Big West	FBS	3,433,934	2,612,451	1,051,850	$ 7,098,237
Appalachian State	S-Belt	FBS	2,975,012	1,644,867	1,925,394	$ 6,545,275
North Dakota State	Summit	FCS	2,892,732	1,258,273	2,070,608	$ 6,221,616
Montana	Big Sky	FCS	2,621,981	1,423,133	2,167,846	$ 6,212,962
Utah State	MWC	FBS	2,714,046	1,890,865	1,511,795	$ 6,116,708
Massachusetts	A10	FBS	1,984,622	3,228,861	743,864	$ 5,957,351
North Dakota	Summit	FCS	2,685,036	1,543,784	1,602,727	$ 5,831,550
Marshall	S-Belt	FBS	2,229,835	2,107,694	1,462,900	$ 5,800,430
Georgia State	S-Belt	FBS	3,093,985	1,879,116	781,177	$ 5,754,281
William & Mary	CAA	FCS	2,000,322	2,662,909	933,943	$ 5,597,177
Wichita State	AAC	-	2,619,391	975,579	1,972,609	$ 5,567,581
Miami	MAC	FBS	1,946,674	2,990,200	602,237	$ 5,539,113
Toledo	MAC	FBS	2,223,654	2,238,293	928,243	$ 5,390,191
Texas at San Antonio	AAC	FBS	2,462,662	1,843,301	1,058,313	$ 5,364,278
James Madison	S-Belt	FBS	1,534,584	2,608,490	1,207,786	$ 5,350,862
Louisiana - Lafayette	S-Belt	FBS	2,154,794	1,877,348	1,284,835	$ 5,316,979
San Jose State	MWC	FBS	2,183,446	2,117,415	1,001,536	$ 5,302,399
Alabama at Birmingham	AAC	FBS	1,970,373	1,990,059	1,240,957	$ 5,201,390
Florida Atlantic	AAC	FBS	2,083,064	1,762,873	1,308,349	$ 5,154,288
Montana State	Big Sky	FCS	2,072,763	1,461,880	1,553,594	$ 5,088,239
Texas at El Paso	CUSA	FBS	2,218,333	1,836,341	955,659	$ 5,010,335
Arkansas State	S-Belt	FBS	2,411,584	1,362,744	1,207,619	$ 4,981,948
New Mexico State	CUSA	FBS	1,960,536	2,198,038	680,038	$ 4,838,613
Western Michigan	MAC	FBS	2,041,787	1,847,863	827,015	$ 4,716,667
Eastern Michigan	MAC	FBS	1,700,434	2,353,424	649,674	$ 4,703,534
Southern Mississippi	S-Belt	FBS	1,778,354	1,391,988	1,500,334	$ 4,670,677
New Hampshire	AM East	FCS	1,411,667	2,655,901	587,647	$ 4,655,218
South Dakota State	Summit	FCS	2,360,895	1,076,449	1,164,532	$ 4,601,879
Florida International	CUSA	FBS	2,300,702	2,052,892	229,930	$ 4,583,526
Kent State	MAC	FBS	2,438,909	1,924,336	160,201	$ 4,523,449
Ohio	MAC	FBS	1,802,489	2,185,491	509,427	$ 4,497,408
Virginia Commonwealth	A10	-	1,672,568	1,912,304	902,755	$ 4,487,629
UNC Charlotte	AAC	FBS	1,339,130	1,569,066	1,570,976	$ 4,479,174
Bowling Green	MAC	FBS	1,965,364	1,836,009	670,821	$ 4,472,196
Middle Tennessee State	CUSA	FBS	1,947,438	2,076,259	418,455	$ 4,442,153
Rhode Island	A10	FCS	1,158,095	2,709,600	561,639	$ 4,429,337
Georgia Southern	S-Belt	FBS	1,823,720	1,674,836	844,462	$ 4,343,020
South Alabama	S-Belt	FBS	1,860,692	1,869,166	479,267	$ 4,209,127
Texas State	S-Belt	FBS	1,635,274	1,970,442	599,058	$ 4,204,776
Louisiana Tech	CUSA	FBS	1,756,215	1,465,517	961,214	$ 4,182,947
UC Davis	Big West	FCS	1,402,098	2,218,851	524,841	$ 4,145,793
North Texas	AAC	FBS	1,934,224	1,600,017	607,493	$ 4,141,736
Illinois State	MVC	FCS	1,785,655	1,952,983	382,828	$ 4,121,469
Buffalo	MAC	FBS	1,594,148	2,176,767	348,600	$ 4,119,517
Coastal Carolina	S-Belt	FBS	1,332,696	2,366,235	367,676	$ 4,066,609
Central Michigan	MAC	FBS	1,897,249	1,533,857	545,831	$ 3,976,939
Ball State	MAC	FBS	1,656,686	1,937,905	341,183	$ 3,935,775
Western Kentucky	CUSA	FBS	1,661,357	1,336,892	870,548	$ 3,868,799
Missouri State	MVC	FCS	1,561,301	1,341,843	910,982	$ 3,814,129
Akron	MAC	FBS	1,938,669	1,459,703	372,336	$ 3,770,710
Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo	Big West	FCS	1,117,208	1,754,737	879,459	$ 3,751,408
Northern Illinois	MAC	FBS	1,635,199	1,604,622	506,195	$ 3,746,018
Troy	S-Belt	FBS	1,550,273	1,794,868	386,184	$ 3,731,327
Binghamton	AM East	-	578,281	1,200,533	1,848,070	$ 3,626,887
Nebraska at Omaha	Summit	-	1,996,415	1,024,047	556,138	$ 3,576,602
Albany	AM East	FCS	1,148,664	2,182,177	202,187	$ 3,533,031
George Mason	A10	-	1,016,569	1,755,603	612,537	$ 3,384,712
Louisiana - Monroe	S-Belt	FBS	1,691,643	1,370,275	307,993	$ 3,369,913
Stony Brook	CAA	FCS	1,001,579	2,072,405	224,341	$ 3,298,327
Northern Colorado	Big Sky	FCS	905,773	1,605,102	779,260	$ 3,290,138
Vermont	AM East	-	943,220	1,861,020	479,689	$ 3,283,932
South Dakota	Summit	FCS	1,215,004	1,270,948	672,950	$ 3,158,904
Idaho	Big Sky	FCS	1,204,698	1,357,799	546,769	$ 3,109,268
Southern Illinois	MVC	FCS	1,217,037	1,361,772	524,242	$ 3,103,053
Towson	CAA	FCS	726,943	1,919,581	411,577	$ 3,058,104
Virginia Military Institute	Southern	FCS	407,279	1,443,155	1,181,769	$ 3,032,206
Jackson State	SWAC	FCS	1,710,239	563,253	757,484	$ 3,030,979
Maine	AM East	FCS	944,748	1,654,854	402,864	$ 3,002,470
Kennesaw State	CUSA	FCS	1,063,814	1,564,657	362,703	$ 2,991,176
Citadel	Southern	FCS	864,898	1,253,652	861,186	$ 2,979,739
East Tennessee State	Southern	FCS	936,084	1,222,833	746,505	$ 2,905,425
Northern Iowa	MVC	FCS	1,117,603	1,044,608	704,682	$ 2,866,896
Sam Houston State	CUSA	FBS	1,189,134	1,386,427	238,669	$ 2,814,231
Tennessee-Chattanooga	Southern	FCS	776,450	1,455,122	549,269	$ 2,780,845
Sacramento State	Big Sky	FCS	1,038,576	1,551,808	162,018	$ 2,752,406
Lamar	Southland	FCS	888,936	1,573,669	284,546	$ 2,747,154
Southeastern Louisiana	Southland	FCS	1,276,441	1,087,825	257,071	$ 2,621,340
Charleston	CAA	-	763,461	1,291,654	479,053	$ 2,534,171
McNeese State	Southland	FCS	981,316	1,024,636	519,547	$ 2,525,502
Northern Arizona	Big Sky	FCS	862,849	1,418,458	203,457	$ 2,484,767
Indiana State	MVC	FCS	566,074	1,392,538	524,475	$ 2,483,090
Eastern Kentucky	ASUN	FCS	737,114	1,576,200	161,551	$ 2,474,867
Murray State	MVC	FCS	775,774	1,258,666	409,722	$ 2,444,165
Florida A & M	SWAC	FCS	1,164,151	967,913	299,552	$ 2,431,619
Youngstown State	Horizon	FCS	813,755	1,335,219	245,788	$ 2,394,765
UC Santa Barbara	Big West	-	542,549	1,473,122	371,000	$ 2,386,673
Florida Gulf Coast	ASUN	-	553,797	1,057,031	757,497	$ 2,368,329
Umass - Lowell	AM East	-	489,561	1,634,881	184,144	$ 2,308,588
Alabama State	SWAC	FCS	980,956	1,033,199	288,741	$ 2,302,899
Southern	SWAC	FCS	1,104,043	839,071	351,048	$ 2,294,164
Jacksonville State	CUSA	FBS	685,355	1,281,097	316,158	$ 2,282,611
Weber State	Big Sky	FCS	717,415	1,184,812	372,994	$ 2,275,224
UC Irvine	Big West	-	816,059	1,198,547	199,130	$ 2,213,739
Austin Peay	ASUN	FCS	757,537	1,164,591	253,579	$ 2,175,711
Idaho State	Big Sky	FCS	715,268	1,294,793	165,227	$ 2,175,290
Central Arkansas	ASUN	FCS	774,711	1,206,092	129,109	$ 2,109,915
Eastern Washington	Big Sky	FCS	727,184	1,079,503	301,421	$ 2,108,111
Southern Utah	WAC	FCS	785,073	1,182,380	137,755	$ 2,105,211
Oakland	Horizon	-	641,990	1,206,812	224,580	$ 2,073,385
Tennessee Tech	OVC	FCS	652,660	1,254,993	104,683	$ 2,012,339
Tennessee-Martin	OVC	FCS	553,861	1,112,913	344,944	$ 2,011,721
Illinois at Chicago	MVC	-	482,843	1,395,580	115,207	$ 1,993,633
Stephen F Austin State	WAC	FCS	756,212	779,988	427,846	$ 1,964,048
Long Beach State	Big West	-	713,701	868,332	365,199	$ 1,947,235
Portland State	Big Sky	FCS	547,767	1,291,255	107,223	$ 1,946,247
Northwestern State	Southland	FCS	598,064	1,040,455	295,595	$ 1,934,117
Tarleton State	WAC	FCS	537,109	1,092,257	281,304	$ 1,910,673
Western Carolina	Southern	FCS	716,911	809,652	345,011	$ 1,871,577
Norfolk State	MEAC	FCS	682,622	1,027,020	139,803	$ 1,849,448
North Florida	ASUN	-	791,723	726,752	306,858	$ 1,825,337
Eastern Illinois	OVC	FCS	663,195	965,509	194,477	$ 1,823,184
Texas Southern	SWAC	FCS	791,590	920,169	104,025	$ 1,815,787
Maryland- Baltimore Cty	AM East	-	372,259	1,368,166	71,101	$ 1,811,529
Arkansas - Little Rock	OVC	-	508,328	978,889	272,370	$ 1,759,590
North Alabama	ASUN	FCS	413,987	1,040,400	303,471	$ 1,757,862
Morgan State	MEAC	FCS	274,421	1,323,664	144,401	$ 1,742,489
UNC Wilmington	CAA	-	612,431	766,419	355,627	$ 1,734,480
New Jersey InstituteTechnology	AM East	-	296,953	1,412,622	19,862	$ 1,729,440
Nicholls State	Southland	FCS	621,088	770,279	282,571	$ 1,673,941
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Horizon	-	357,111	1,135,942	171,885	$ 1,664,942
Southeast Missouri State	OVC	FCS	551,935	962,812	142,232	$ 1,656,982
UC San Diego	Big West	-	304,224	1,226,230	125,845	$ 1,656,299
Longwood	Big South	-	254,828	1,182,437	195,164	$ 1,632,432
Prairie View A & M	SWAC	FCS	719,340	803,079	109,473	$ 1,631,894
North Carolina Central	MEAC	FCS	462,566	985,202	174,784	$ 1,622,554
Tennessee State	OVC	FCS	440,530	948,351	206,888	$ 1,595,772
South Carolina State	MEAC	FCS	723,365	717,493	153,860	$ 1,594,720
Arkansas at Pine Bluff	SWAC	FCS	935,762	585,105	71,226	$ 1,592,096
Texas at Arlington	WAC	-	525,661	882,066	181,592	$ 1,589,321
Grambling State	SWAC	FCS	547,785	824,494	203,964	$ 1,576,246
Cal State Fullerton	Big West	-	399,877	984,018	171,802	$ 1,555,700
Central Connecticut	NEC	FCS	387,953	1,020,204	121,254	$ 1,529,414
Western Illinois	OVC	FCS	525,919	909,400	88,370	$ 1,523,692
Cal State - Bakersfield	Big West	-	275,985	953,876	278,392	$ 1,508,256
Utah Valley	WAC	-	460,154	844,682	191,396	$ 1,496,235
Missouri-Kansas City	Summit	-	393,897	985,966	102,761	$ 1,482,627
Alabama A & M	SWAC	FCS	296,026	1,086,912	97,473	$ 1,480,414
Delaware State	MEAC	FCS	183,742	1,189,562	103,664	$ 1,476,972
North Carolina A & T	CAA	FCS	787,442	437,030	210,326	$ 1,434,801
Alcorn State	SWAC	FCS	641,989	753,542	36,786	$ 1,432,319
UC Riverside	Big West	-	273,032	1,056,744	76,105	$ 1,405,884
Northern Kentucky	Horizon	-	335,865	795,652	272,399	$ 1,403,918
Utah Tech	WAC	FCS	472,748	783,457	145,357	$ 1,401,566
Cleveland State	Horizon	-	392,925	850,203	138,367	$ 1,381,497
Texas A & M - Corpus Christi	Southland	-	499,796	757,285	118,556	$ 1,375,639
UNC - Greensboro	Southern	-	405,588	672,529	274,806	$ 1,352,926
Southern Illinois - Edwardsville	OVC	-	487,614	738,000	107,624	$ 1,333,240
Texas Rio Grande Valley	WAC	-	393,265	729,395	178,054	$ 1,300,716
Radford	Big South	-	387,604	704,659	194,979	$ 1,287,245
Cal State - Northridge	Big West	-	215,514	979,640	66,414	$ 1,261,571
Wisconsin-Green Bay	Horizon	-	415,907	513,047	292,411	$ 1,221,368
Indiana-Purdue Univ- Fort Wayne	Horizon	-	262,204	718,820	213,519	$ 1,194,545
South Carolina - Upstate	Big South	-	211,912	909,876	46,237	$ 1,168,028
Wright State	Horizon	-	377,255	595,552	192,499	$ 1,165,309
Indiana-Purdue Univ- Indianapolis	Horizon	-	249,201	799,705	30,560	$ 1,079,469
Morehead State	OVC	FCS	412,777	591,933	60,450	$ 1,065,164
UNC - Asheville	Big South	-	312,744	519,091	194,803	$ 1,026,641
Winthrop	Big South	-	252,883	543,760	144,932	$ 941,577
Maryland Eastern Shore	MEAC	-	322,685	583,799	6,114	$ 912,602
Chicago State	NEC	-	117,312	722,892	1,644	$ 841,851
New Orleans	Southland	-	150,024	617,996	21,246	$ 789,269
Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	FCS	350,632	338,303	42,261	$ 731,199
Coppin State	MEAC	-	267,449	346,170	89,103	$ 702,725

The total impact above does not include each school’s share of the House v NCAA $ 2.8 billion settlement to current & former athletes. This settlement will be paid by a combination of direct NCAA payments ($ 1.1 billion) and withheld NCAA revenue sharing distributions ($ 1.665 billion) to schools over the next ten years – see the table below for details.

The wildcard here are the NIL Collectives. With the advent of the proposed revenue sharing model, the NCAA has indicated that it will step up enforcement of NIL collectives so that payments to athletes are only for true NIL, and that these entities are not used as vehicles to circumvent (and exceed) the forthcoming $ 21 million revenue sharing cap.

Most schools would prefer that donor funds currently flowing to collectives instead go directly to the schools, where they can be used for areas in most need and even help pay for a school’s revenue sharing commitment: i.e., schools should determine how donor funds are spent.  Athletic department budgets would be healthier if schools did not have to compete with collectives for contributions from the same boosters. Intercollegiate competition would also be on a more level playing field, as there would be less opportunity for a rogue coach to gain an unfair recruiting advantage by using a collective to do an end-around the revenue sharing caps.

The above data includes public NCAA Division I colleges only, comprehensive private school data is not currently available. For our sources of information see our Methodology page.

Are Non-Power Conference Schools getting hosed in proposed House v NCAA settlement?

Under the proposed $ 2.8 billion House settlement, the NCAA will pay $ 1.1 billion directly from its reserve funds and the remaining $ 1.665 billion will be paid by schools via reduced NCAA income distributions over the next ten years.  But the proposed allocation of the amount due from schools is receiving some justified criticism. Under the proposal, Power conference schools will be responsible for $ 675 million or about 40% and all other NCAA I schools will be responsible for $ 990 million or around 60%. The issue is that Power conference schools account for over 80% of athletic revenues while all other D1 schools account for less than 20%. At first glance this appears inequitable, because as a percentage of annual revenue, non-power schools are paying about 6 times more of the House settlement than Power 5 schools:

House V NCAA Proposed Settlement	# of Schools	%	Total	Per School Total	Per School Annually	Avr Annual Revenue	% paid per year
Power Conference Schools	70	40%	$ 675 million	$ 9,642,857	$ 964,286	$ 100,420,042	1%
All Other NCAA I Schools	292	60%	$ 990 million	$ 3,390,411	$ 339,041	$ 5,445,470	6%
Total	362		$ 1.665 billion

The NCAA’s presumed position on this is that the proposed settlement allocation matches the sources of the revenue streams it distributes to schools, and what a school may have in other revenue is irrelevant. While this position is valid, whether it is truly equitable remains up for debate. The plaintiffs in House are all former Power conference athletes, and it’s not unreasonable to argue that it appears non-Power conference schools are being asked to pay for more than their fair share. Allocating the settlement instead to match school or conference revenues would result in all NCAA I schools paying about 2% of their annual revenue.

School support of Athletic Programs by Percentage:

There is a direct relationship between Athletic Department Revenues and what a school needs to internally contribute to support its athletic department.  Schools with substantial revenues from ticket sales, booster contributions and TV contracts require little or no school support. But most Athletic Departments have limited outside revenue and must rely on school funds & student fees to a significant extent to support their athletic programs:

NCAA I Schools Public Universities	Total AD Revenue	School & Student %	Ticket Sales	Contributions	Rights & Licensing	Student Fees	School Funds	Other
Ohio State	251,615,345	0%	59,649,921	63,582,228	104,211,451	-	102,794	24,068,951
Texas	239,290,648	0%	57,543,166	77,974,073	94,128,116	-	-	9,645,293
Alabama	214,365,357	8%	44,211,016	53,113,300	83,989,823	-	17,577,998	15,473,220
Michigan	210,652,287	0%	55,266,135	44,258,631	91,652,498	-	188,808	19,286,215
Georgia	203,048,566	2%	37,192,353	74,315,945	77,447,079	3,530,802	-	10,562,387
LSU	199,309,382	0%	46,594,942	75,929,827	71,943,756	-	-	4,840,857
Texas A&M	193,139,619	0%	50,624,287	54,204,110	76,984,470	-	-	11,326,752
Florida	190,417,139	3%	34,784,702	61,364,272	75,817,625	2,559,134	2,706,111	13,185,295
Penn State	181,227,448	0%	44,678,657	39,248,059	77,552,680	-	-	19,748,052
Oklahoma	177,320,217	0%	46,977,771	43,180,134	69,875,826	-	-	17,286,486
Auburn	174,568,442	9%	34,140,396	36,372,783	79,666,600	6,403,602	9,746,530	8,238,531
Michigan State	172,799,513	1%	25,178,673	54,135,871	76,017,850	-	1,658,948	15,808,171
Indiana	166,761,471	2%	21,278,997	61,660,023	77,770,033	-	2,708,975	3,343,443
Virginia	161,916,231	15%	15,114,983	62,646,969	52,059,542	15,833,065	8,635,778	7,625,894
Florida State	161,141,884	14%	18,773,797	42,279,406	65,815,245	8,691,672	13,597,540	11,984,224
Kentucky	159,079,024	0%	40,538,111	27,938,279	83,524,057	953	-	7,077,624
Clemson	158,283,618	4%	31,980,356	60,859,475	56,800,545	-	6,387,497	2,255,745
Tennessee	154,566,935	1%	35,110,289	35,483,274	78,312,542	1,000,000	204,849	4,455,981
Oregon	153,510,555	0%	24,357,945	40,282,784	66,910,945	-	530,816	21,428,065
Arkansas	152,513,755	1%	48,073,959	22,165,941	78,155,868	-	2,038,078	2,079,909
Iowa	151,483,092	0%	26,416,829	32,595,258	76,821,019	650,000	-	14,999,986
Wisconsin	150,100,977	7%	38,117,093	7,054,061	90,004,532	-	10,955,182	3,970,109
Louisville	146,225,965	4%	27,045,669	30,413,091	65,419,107	900,000	5,167,836	17,280,262
Illinois	145,735,330	7%	15,693,517	40,963,477	72,261,630	3,430,709	6,895,974	6,490,023
Washington	145,184,864	10%	29,198,790	28,037,008	63,795,509	-	15,082,998	9,070,559
Nebraska	143,423,944	0%	38,946,701	1,292,933	91,985,961	-	-	11,198,349
South Carolina	142,210,807	4%	24,301,862	33,833,869	67,594,219	-	5,571,866	10,908,991
Missouri	141,157,028	9%	13,929,479	29,555,704	62,960,968	-	13,157,427	21,553,450
Minnesota	135,198,272	6%	19,252,536	24,382,112	75,284,862	-	7,986,732	8,292,030
Mississippi	133,557,937	4%	19,574,652	34,409,478	66,400,484	1,911,778	3,774,584	7,486,961
Arizona	124,353,539	25%	19,164,426	19,865,817	48,238,594	3,246,328	27,866,490	5,971,884
North Carolina	122,603,567	8%	30,224,001	20,615,893	56,571,395	7,864,743	1,738,279	5,589,256
Arizona State	121,079,615	19%	14,144,182	20,475,970	63,056,407	11,661,761	11,741,295	-
California	118,212,179	27%	8,073,384	15,856,430	51,682,270	444,374	30,952,340	11,203,381
Kansas	118,020,175	1%	17,933,864	27,261,662	63,118,649	-	1,516,194	8,189,806
Utah	115,719,266	12%	15,286,819	28,843,990	51,162,315	6,141,558	7,375,102	6,909,482
Purdue	115,139,432	0%	16,617,614	16,911,593	72,749,095	-	-	8,861,130
Virginia Tech	113,000,052	13%	21,168,159	25,882,821	44,777,987	12,474,178	1,718,981	6,977,926
Iowa State	111,287,492	2%	22,909,710	23,036,374	52,409,992	1,847,367	-	11,084,049
Mississippi State	110,653,367	0%	16,737,350	22,612,228	67,589,159	-	-	3,714,630
Texas Tech	110,154,695	5%	13,560,519	28,947,020	57,296,617	-	5,830,118	4,520,421
Rutgers	109,601,529	22%	13,049,333	9,005,919	58,432,406	12,835,080	11,199,216	5,079,575
Maryland	107,526,374	14%	12,735,792	9,990,560	62,761,705	11,963,920	3,288,610	6,785,787
Georgia Tech	106,635,094	11%	12,303,309	13,749,430	46,154,021	6,024,950	5,840,726	22,562,658
West Virginia	105,193,311	8%	18,763,866	14,672,758	57,310,556	3,387,649	5,500,000	5,558,482
Oklahoma State	104,404,398	12%	12,882,021	19,600,676	54,534,792	75,606	12,934,006	4,377,297
UCLA	103,061,344	3%	17,494,361	18,522,470	56,455,535	2,517,213	60,000	8,011,765
North Carolina State	102,387,569	7%	21,214,362	14,899,856	56,060,166	7,010,316	1,311	3,201,558
Kansas State	100,822,204	0%	15,221,310	28,109,188	52,734,038	-	-	4,757,668
Connecticut	99,041,960	56%	9,747,824	13,614,837	16,738,811	6,534,945	49,356,205	3,049,338
Colorado	94,873,830	13%	19,175,198	13,302,241	45,363,772	1,504,264	10,385,119	5,143,236
Central Florida	89,228,205	55%	5,782,943	14,350,681	17,004,491	23,224,972	25,570,927	3,294,191
Washington State	85,028,825	18%	9,299,636	10,274,202	45,003,702	1,275,107	14,088,596	5,087,582
Oregon State	83,480,015	13%	9,447,886	9,800,013	50,863,950	2,656,329	8,465,812	2,246,025
Cincinnati	83,344,028	32%	9,631,998	14,613,858	21,577,341	-	26,913,237	10,607,594
Houston	78,088,086	62%	5,191,579	7,575,763	12,951,912	8,513,075	39,938,875	3,916,882
Air Force	76,587,462	68%	4,194,959	5,902,630	10,015,668	404,865	51,393,212	4,676,128
San Diego State	65,897,302	43%	5,624,459	19,677,856	10,142,470	13,030,308	15,495,491	1,926,718
Nevada-Las Vegas	64,243,413	38%	7,034,986	9,836,550	14,041,977	5,868,321	18,787,735	8,673,844
Memphis	62,174,875	48%	10,253,609	5,778,343	15,285,719	7,872,383	21,999,945	984,876
Colorado State	61,263,230	46%	4,742,234	10,994,149	14,126,395	5,965,065	22,262,693	3,172,694
James Madison	57,800,447	81%	3,564,462	3,784,335	3,218,630	45,485,307	1,555,425	192,288
South Florida	56,110,830	51%	6,485,854	7,118,757	12,583,285	17,173,584	11,356,297	1,393,053
East Carolina	54,964,121	44%	5,807,897	11,764,013	12,458,632	14,544,931	9,670,435	718,213
Fresno State	54,124,579	43%	5,914,738	6,879,783	11,388,888	4,374,784	18,877,397	6,688,989
Massachusetts	53,639,818	78%	1,626,956	2,899,096	3,020,712	10,264,102	31,455,609	4,373,343
Old Dominion	53,419,653	59%	2,493,640	12,044,609	2,355,747	31,258,633	-	5,267,024
Boise State	50,569,147	33%	7,226,105	9,601,581	15,425,015	3,761,925	12,832,861	1,721,660
Wyoming	50,255,884	42%	4,084,611	10,678,818	9,756,593	1,948,214	18,952,221	4,835,427
Hawaii	49,422,827	59%	1,950,230	4,449,768	10,447,079	1,685,517	27,678,753	3,211,480
Nevada	47,946,637	48%	7,325,678	4,846,753	8,845,838	2,703,999	20,505,326	3,719,043
Georgia State	45,666,910	60%	606,809	4,146,278	5,432,438	20,950,989	6,506,074	8,024,322
Coastal Carolina	45,443,779	85%	1,306,549	930,579	4,373,817	5,348,195	33,107,295	377,344
New Mexico	44,881,065	42%	4,510,754	6,298,218	9,839,712	3,690,912	14,950,688	5,590,781
North Texas	44,477,324	75%	1,337,778	2,358,524	4,815,302	13,251,782	20,075,091	2,638,847
California-Davis	44,275,782	80%	773,182	2,420,219	3,078,019	25,502,413	9,979,976	2,521,973
Virginia Commonwealth	43,201,616	75%	2,132,585	3,360,240	4,715,650	23,602,752	8,636,043	754,346
Utah State	43,157,838	56%	2,718,827	6,479,715	6,679,716	4,508,014	19,833,536	2,938,030
Charlotte	41,261,880	66%	1,628,183	7,930,445	2,731,955	21,484,274	5,760,205	1,726,818
Florida International	41,043,885	73%	774,837	624,176	5,987,242	24,120,200	5,841,771	3,695,659
Buffalo	40,192,255	79%	1,010,239	1,110,824	4,149,105	10,002,577	21,832,726	2,086,784
Marshall	39,338,519	59%	2,946,763	5,954,274	4,373,063	6,775,000	16,473,630	2,815,789
Florida Atlantic	39,201,524	58%	1,112,409	6,848,265	2,321,971	13,950,403	8,934,385	6,034,091
Western Michigan	39,162,014	67%	1,460,058	3,571,926	4,494,087	-	26,309,236	3,326,707
South Alabama	39,119,983	74%	1,176,270	1,739,840	4,178,556	8,386,199	20,536,254	3,102,864
San Jose State	39,030,222	61%	608,561	5,485,303	7,753,590	8,789,866	14,830,300	1,562,602
Central Michigan	39,002,244	71%	682,078	2,639,042	4,107,499	-	27,739,345	3,834,280
Appalachian State	38,542,661	49%	5,407,791	6,307,299	6,152,978	14,003,740	4,708,839	1,962,014
Alabama at Birmingham	38,351,074	63%	2,306,791	5,243,833	3,953,927	7,730,425	16,420,577	2,695,521
Texas-San Antonio	38,183,028	63%	3,315,102	3,124,221	4,225,178	14,049,104	9,815,784	3,653,639
Miami (Ohio)	38,076,046	69%	745,947	2,918,375	4,539,330	17,096,904	9,212,250	3,563,240
Texas State	37,288,587	73%	1,191,968	2,453,012	4,799,943	18,924,463	8,478,050	1,441,151
California Polytechnic	37,134,737	74%	640,595	4,710,491	2,377,264	9,312,245	18,033,782	2,060,360
Stony Brook	37,027,808	86%	572,319	792,687	2,271,898	9,718,977	21,963,512	1,708,415
Sacramento State	35,893,960	85%	294,297	691,505	2,285,654	9,286,571	21,195,083	2,140,850
Middle Tennessee	35,614,512	71%	906,239	1,639,857	6,746,109	8,803,466	16,319,199	1,199,642
Toledo	35,602,789	61%	1,933,429	3,714,483	5,553,038	9,452,822	12,327,968	2,621,049
George Mason	35,162,841	78%	617,434	3,109,559	3,360,862	21,517,542	5,914,970	642,474
Western Kentucky	35,142,710	70%	2,281,717	3,015,146	4,297,084	3,262,101	21,313,841	972,821
Binghamton	34,835,289	61%	186,645	11,057,965	1,688,822	8,764,675	12,384,097	753,085
Troy	33,355,524	74%	778,536	1,571,210	3,109,159	821,841	23,915,778	3,159,000
Texas-El Paso	33,131,210	59%	2,318,851	3,495,870	6,014,844	7,874,846	11,677,160	1,749,639
New Hampshire	33,102,605	74%	1,478,024	2,097,522	3,632,289	13,315,230	11,273,183	1,306,357
Eastern Michigan	33,040,581	67%	771,271	3,181,680	4,569,264	-	22,129,655	2,388,711
Louisiana-Lafayette	33,021,554	54%	2,411,959	5,405,641	5,338,946	482,460	17,338,935	2,043,613
Kennesaw State	32,970,444	81%	635,600	1,571,272	3,213,663	15,264,355	11,299,298	986,256
Arkansas State	32,376,515	47%	1,178,133	6,169,644	4,316,767	6,274,431	8,970,695	5,466,845
Rhode Island	31,993,515	77%	1,281,600	2,135,704	3,469,698	-	24,593,744	512,769
William & Mary	30,941,310	55%	773,522	4,909,072	2,225,450	15,805,578	1,134,287	6,093,401
North Dakota	30,859,877	48%	5,874,403	3,877,419	3,499,669	3,083,815	11,693,936	2,830,635
Georgia Southern	30,700,262	63%	1,999,550	3,138,595	4,354,551	9,109,539	10,162,490	1,935,537
Akron	30,498,496	65%	552,228	1,713,256	3,996,321	-	19,973,110	4,263,581
New Mexico State	30,350,192	62%	1,465,012	2,672,691	2,541,512	3,501,004	15,264,972	4,905,001
Missouri State	29,915,772	61%	1,064,588	4,478,299	2,526,087	3,274,918	15,065,732	3,506,148
Illinois State	29,899,837	70%	1,426,063	903,259	2,976,597	10,830,469	10,049,494	3,713,955
Ohio	29,335,290	66%	1,234,040	1,865,575	5,090,423	-	19,276,584	1,868,668
North Dakota State	29,295,443	32%	5,961,999	6,636,653	4,970,904	1,378,132	8,131,877	2,215,878
Montana	28,970,312	35%	6,183,720	7,006,574	3,553,708	1,008,859	9,036,783	2,180,668
California-San Diego	28,899,588	93%	195,457	570,247	184,899	24,427,315	2,519,189	1,002,481
Ball State	28,804,851	69%	795,202	1,280,729	3,697,833	12,545,600	7,448,130	3,037,357
Louisiana Tech	28,693,958	56%	1,136,506	4,712,014	5,317,772	-	15,999,149	1,528,517
Wichita State	28,611,561	33%	4,713,121	7,289,251	5,242,024	4,271,768	5,144,218	1,951,179
Kent State	28,605,618	59%	313,217	661,531	4,189,872	11,562,384	5,295,751	6,582,863
Towson	28,568,909	81%	265,996	2,238,250	2,692,954	17,872,941	5,153,431	345,337
Southern Mississippi	28,361,867	51%	3,324,383	5,804,423	2,167,192	9,372,477	5,101,541	2,591,851
Albany	27,295,306	78%	406,713	823,500	1,946,257	7,422,081	13,828,527	2,868,228
Montana State	26,410,575	45%	4,436,089	5,016,777	3,562,002	2,125,688	9,846,462	1,423,557
Nebraska-Omaha	25,890,688	62%	2,633,319	750,509	4,082,815	3,186,679	12,878,888	2,358,478
Northern Arizona	25,750,579	82%	527,901	710,038	2,262,993	2,872,609	18,245,889	1,131,149
Bowling Green	25,573,967	54%	1,201,307	2,880,313	4,286,911	13,335,180	425,000	3,445,256
South Dakota State	25,570,541	48%	4,513,665	2,571,951	4,112,668	2,890,832	9,376,419	2,105,006
Maine	25,063,461	77%	929,590	1,521,645	1,783,723	-	19,247,506	1,580,997
California-Irvine	24,937,907	82%	349,927	861,683	1,310,951	5,046,016	15,320,849	2,048,481
Maryland-Baltimore Cty	23,488,196	92%	154,368	278,247	906,800	11,581,776	9,936,087	630,918
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	23,311,589	89%	180,191	865,649	1,194,392	12,490,850	8,331,857	248,650
Stephen F. Austin	23,217,377	76%	558,338	2,044,898	1,330,850	-	17,735,154	1,548,137
College of Charleston	23,201,574	77%	958,022	1,956,787	981,047	13,516,600	4,257,911	1,531,207
Vermont	23,196,348	74%	1,179,692	1,738,983	2,020,058	4,111,787	13,058,213	1,087,615
Idaho	23,013,225	63%	400,758	2,926,065	1,752,997	1,716,896	12,894,366	3,322,143
Massachusetts-Lowell	22,547,158	87%	476,983	643,444	1,196,951	-	19,678,437	551,343
Northern Colorado	22,439,916	63%	522,402	4,219,019	1,837,606	2,020,321	12,083,427	1,757,141
South Dakota	22,184,268	62%	1,229,582	2,864,991	3,229,226	3,006,672	10,789,861	1,063,936
Northern Illinois	22,177,045	55%	495,563	2,584,389	3,688,750	6,860,923	5,299,012	3,248,408
East Tennessee State	22,173,333	64%	886,468	3,655,653	2,085,475	5,745,721	8,517,030	1,282,986
California State-Fullerton	21,983,747	89%	443,686	601,648	1,000,765	8,067,081	11,497,397	373,170
California-Santa Barbara	21,720,136	79%	231,232	2,026,121	1,362,010	2,488,031	14,739,852	872,890
Sam Houston State	21,690,534	70%	307,512	1,144,673	1,852,117	10,006,182	5,134,526	3,245,524
Long Beach State	21,434,487	78%	827,845	1,394,216	1,156,484	4,241,914	12,554,262	1,259,766
California State-Northridge	21,090,545	94%	38,107	365,991	651,737	5,598,772	14,146,173	289,765
Tennessee-Chattanooga	21,051,127	71%	803,128	2,538,909	1,105,026	5,433,242	9,549,656	1,621,166
New Jersey Tech	20,660,097	93%	26,502	94,347	802,989	2,852,362	16,363,601	520,296
Jacksonville State	20,288,342	77%	281,617	1,642,052	1,254,865	1,078,248	14,452,794	1,578,766
Eastern Kentucky	19,440,010	79%	296,858	686,101	1,886,889	-	15,403,393	1,166,769
Louisiana-Monroe	19,119,368	53%	623,091	1,250,898	3,340,331	215,971	9,963,214	3,725,863
Lamar	18,882,235	72%	475,090	1,256,233	2,601,383	3,182,629	10,402,754	964,146
Southern Illinois	18,739,324	59%	1,074,469	2,115,288	3,655,346	5,477,846	5,614,203	802,172
Indiana State	18,656,224	71%	348,145	2,843,032	1,516,538	11,154,554	2,085,573	708,382
Murray State	18,597,756	74%	1,273,984	1,218,979	1,799,008	3,289,745	10,562,786	453,254
North Carolina Greensboro	18,432,746	82%	131,664	1,540,395	939,643	10,486,476	4,562,292	772,276
Tarleton State	18,308,489	81%	604,450	1,107,151	935,421	10,740,331	4,019,601	901,535
Citadel	18,209,217	60%	1,817,148	3,422,750	1,531,294	7,003,245	3,851,866	582,914
Illinois-Chicago	18,193,225	85%	102,727	598,252	1,446,503	9,428,752	5,971,479	645,512
Southern	18,190,798	72%	2,135,959	-	1,779,099	3,396,386	9,776,037	1,103,317
Texas-Arlington	17,996,376	82%	270,856	834,042	1,378,590	5,435,482	9,337,485	739,921
Utah Valley	17,816,209	83%	224,785	939,767	1,211,393	4,550,406	10,234,426	655,432
Youngstown State	17,773,160	73%	417,712	1,077,787	2,190,161	-	12,996,486	1,091,014
California-Riverside	17,692,802	91%	54,951	408,113	647,565	2,519,212	13,524,423	538,538
Austin Peay	17,641,703	74%	417,101	1,125,807	1,924,946	3,369,931	9,702,614	1,101,304
Oakland	17,619,216	77%	222,065	1,144,397	1,612,651	-	13,556,681	1,083,422
Northern Iowa	17,603,463	53%	1,135,780	3,151,870	3,200,049	1,861,917	7,509,663	744,184
Florida Gulf Coast	17,583,497	64%	825,822	3,783,182	1,102,711	7,065,391	4,217,664	588,727
Tennessee Tech	17,547,092	81%	276,908	360,036	1,545,152	5,342,885	8,877,535	1,144,576
Central Arkansas	17,502,833	78%	481,200	304,365	1,781,947	5,093,498	8,583,556	1,258,267
Southern Utah	17,259,008	76%	242,198	595,972	1,548,431	1,820,517	11,274,004	1,777,886
California State-Bakersfield	17,216,224	85%	406,260	1,287,619	848,219	4,154,106	10,520,020	-
Portland State	16,839,891	83%	233,398	419,000	1,248,562	3,115,627	10,815,416	1,007,888
Northern Kentucky	16,467,014	82%	242,279	1,415,137	827,133	-	13,525,219	457,246
Western Carolina	16,396,597	69%	316,317	1,782,909	1,463,506	6,795,831	4,559,169	1,478,865
North Carolina A&T	16,372,030	78%	1,257,381	22,350	1,436,732	9,479,012	3,291,387	885,168
Delaware State	16,211,290	92%	201,650	429,097	498,541	-	14,947,002	135,000
Texas-Rio Grande Valley	16,091,645	84%	279,567	803,803	952,698	9,757,190	3,743,083	555,304
Central Connecticut	16,043,570	85%	47,085	690,684	667,070	-	13,589,462	1,049,269
North Carolina Wilmington	15,989,714	73%	652,718	1,511,099	1,294,293	10,833,489	861,349	836,766
VMI	15,960,931	45%	297,659	6,892,834	514,917	6,478,842	737,987	1,038,692
Norfolk State	15,929,886	77%	325,150	525,484	1,786,615	8,296,369	4,005,206	991,062
Tennessee State	15,883,556	81%	276,808	982,008	644,638	3,111,739	9,787,401	1,080,962
Radford	15,848,430	82%	80,867	1,105,489	1,149,874	9,282,614	3,698,492	531,094
Weber State	15,842,365	69%	617,398	1,652,090	1,703,914	2,520,891	8,408,408	939,664
Southeastern Louisiana	14,876,169	56%	755,181	808,974	3,375,693	2,270,771	5,994,420	1,671,130
North Florida	14,783,497	65%	235,804	1,631,279	2,183,793	8,166,493	1,386,982	1,179,146
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	14,616,970	81%	210,723	510,632	1,189,363	5,345,796	6,488,743	871,713
Alabama State	14,550,273	65%	1,105,382	651,466	1,358,584	-	9,439,916	1,994,925
Tennessee-Martin	14,461,961	69%	132,377	1,966,438	1,727,254	1,816,783	8,161,190	657,919
Utah Tech	14,348,736	80%	156,801	727,627	394,122	1,683,857	9,788,396	1,597,933
Prairie View A&M	14,322,177	76%	484,351	181,741	1,373,443	2,995,463	7,875,247	1,411,932
Cleveland State	14,140,486	83%	213,684	628,211	805,306	10,924,312	801,942	767,031
Alabama A&M	14,006,086	90%	593,074	-	-	506,977	12,153,535	752,500
North Alabama	13,788,806	75%	312,542	1,533,933	889,666	-	10,373,112	679,553
Arkansas-Little Rock	13,734,051	73%	307,167	1,350,070	1,253,626	2,988,439	7,084,959	749,790
McNeese State	13,623,100	51%	897,853	2,263,340	2,095,720	610,162	6,289,072	1,466,953
Northwestern State La	13,505,438	68%	215,433	1,583,122	1,611,468	1,812,500	7,391,343	891,572
Texas Southern	13,362,715	72%	507,870	125,073	1,524,779	2,529,947	7,109,559	1,565,487
Purdue Fort Wayne	13,300,194	82%	78,078	1,221,081	662,365	1,836,101	9,051,175	451,394
South Carolina State	13,271,355	73%	601,290	334,871	1,360,612	1,105,499	8,542,964	1,326,119
Florida A&M	13,172,315	60%	1,822,630	-	675,907	3,959,411	3,921,307	2,793,060
Eastern Washington	12,886,340	70%	1,247,729	586,273	1,118,960	1,650,000	7,344,686	938,692
Eastern Illinois	12,837,153	68%	113,384	1,069,914	1,627,490	1,538,745	7,213,970	1,273,650
Jackson State	12,821,652	39%	4,608,925	-	1,215,491	3,547,840	1,500,000	1,949,396
Southeast Missouri State	12,807,771	77%	410,833	454,580	1,450,577	976,207	8,868,188	647,386
Missouri-Kansas City	12,337,892	81%	113,867	511,386	1,076,675	1,310,855	8,725,212	599,897
Longwood	12,319,728	82%	74,200	1,113,279	620,768	8,376,084	1,672,057	463,340
Idaho State	12,137,163	67%	256,597	748,727	1,343,715	1,744,850	6,392,369	1,650,905
Morehead State	11,639,966	81%	74,897	292,915	1,002,396	-	9,470,790	798,968
Winthrop	11,409,622	83%	106,692	775,149	576,543	5,995,591	3,489,416	466,231
Grambling State	11,378,552	74%	763,192	477,828	296,640	1,125,899	7,284,894	1,430,099
North Carolina Central	11,339,477	77%	507,307	556,171	841,768	4,869,411	3,811,324	753,496
Southern Illinois Edwardsville	11,204,485	75%	122,988	531,851	1,517,102	5,269,209	3,186,998	576,337
Morgan State	11,126,282	83%	183,362	695,248	303,028	8,241,647	942,017	760,980
Wright State	11,046,655	77%	348,062	823,201	908,868	-	8,508,660	457,864
Nicholls State	10,961,304	60%	201,127	1,518,178	1,120,832	2,601,574	4,018,423	1,501,170
Indiana-Purdue Indianapolis	10,289,130	88%	78,614	107,330	976,608	3,193,461	5,855,606	77,511
Western Illinois	10,066,267	72%	87,498	450,191	1,306,058	2,513,576	4,711,958	996,986
Wisconsin-Green Bay	9,500,254	65%	389,835	1,389,347	1,108,822	1,607,992	4,612,430	391,828
South Carolina Upstate	8,941,784	86%	13,409	267,920	383,759	3,745,547	3,965,081	566,068
North Carolina Asheville	8,720,475	71%	45,071	1,140,209	826,569	2,400,409	3,758,292	549,925
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	8,650,669	51%	433,375	-	594,814	1,522,733	2,874,473	3,225,274
Chicago State	8,001,394	93%	10,000	-	2,099	517,123	6,951,034	521,138
Maryland-Eastern Shore	7,875,993	81%	37,203	-	871,146	2,168,717	4,240,526	558,401
Alcorn State	6,159,503	53%	223,822	-	504,074	1,099,871	2,141,500	2,190,236
Coppin State	4,091,289	58%	32,468	509,680	428,484	1,665,340	700,592	754,725
Mississippi Valley State	4,040,925	59%	209,026	48,114	492,247	620,076	1,778,954	892,508
New Orleans	2,526,887	73%	129,273	-	552,654	1,278,662	566,298	-

The emergence of revenue sharing & NIL collectives is going to substantially widen the already large financial gap between big revenue schools and everyone else. The NCAA is in a very difficult situation, while it truly strives to have member schools compete fairly, settlement of the ongoing anti-trust cases may require that competitive equity be sacrificed.  However, athletics is key part of the college experience. It’s important that the necessary steps be taken to maintain as level of a playing field as possible between all NCAA I schools.

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Statistics compiled & edited by Patrick O’Rourke, CPA Washington, DC