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
TeamAverage
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 M545,3342620,9752.6%
BaseballM 358,510 34 10,394 1.8%
Basketball W 229,259 14 16,740 1.2%
WrestlingM123,695
30
4,1280.6%
VolleyballW 101,916 17 6,161 0.5%
GymnasticsW89,335194,9050.4%
SoftballW 81,799 23 3,605 0.4%
Hockey W64,353252,6860.3%
SoccerM/W57,790282,0640.3%
Track & Field / X-CM/W41,761498520.2%
Lacrosse M/W39,562419750.2%
Swimming M/W30,802301,0270.2%
Rowing W19,771642970.1%
Field HockeyW19,039257240.1%
TennisM/W16,52991,8370.1%
GolfM/W12,12491,3470.1%
Beach VolleyballW8,372175200.0%
Totals per School 19,432,197100%

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
ACC18 85,546,578 18,820,247 18,443,578
Big 1216 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 West11 19,862,094 4,369,661 4,369,661
American Athletic13 13,597,219 2,991,388 2,991,388
Sun Belt14 9,187,681 2,021,290 2,021,290
Mid-American12 8,651,993 1,903,438 1,903,438
Conference USA10 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 Schools232$ 3,881,357$ 853,899$ 853,899
Totals - All NCAA I Schools362

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
GroupConfAnnual
Revenue
22% of
Revenue
2025 Cap% of
revenue
Ohio StateP5Big Ten 187,930,323 41,344,671 21,000,000 11%
MichiganP5Big Ten 166,204,848 36,565,067 21,000,000 13%
TexasP5SEC 161,316,575 35,489,647 21,000,000 13%
AlabamaP5SEC 143,674,059 31,608,293 21,000,000 15%
Nebraska P5Big Ten 142,131,011 31,268,822 21,000,000 15%
Penn StateP5Big Ten 141,979,389 31,235,466 21,000,000 15%
Texas A&MP5SEC 138,935,509 30,565,812 21,000,000 15%
OklahomaP5SEC 134,140,083 29,510,818 21,000,000 16%
Wisconsin P5Big Ten 132,091,734 29,060,181 21,000,000 16%
KentuckyP5SEC 131,139,792 28,850,754 21,000,000 16%
ArkansasP5SEC 128,309,736 28,228,142 21,000,000 16%
GeorgiaP5SEC 125,201,819 27,544,400 21,000,000 17%
FloridaP5SEC 123,787,622 27,233,277 21,000,000 17%
LSUP5SEC 123,379,555 27,143,502 21,000,000 17%
AuburnP5SEC 122,045,527 26,850,016 21,000,000 17%
IowaP5Big Ten 118,237,834 26,012,323 21,000,000 18%
TennesseeP5SEC 117,878,812 25,933,339 21,000,000 18%
Michigan StateP5Big Ten 117,004,694 25,741,033 21,000,000 18%
OregonP5Big Ten 112,696,955 24,793,330 21,000,000 19%
LouisvilleP5ACC 109,745,038 24,143,908 21,000,000 19%
MinnesotaP5Big Ten 102,829,428 22,622,474 21,000,000 20%
South CarolinaP5SEC 102,805,072 22,617,116 21,000,000 20%
IndianaP5Big Ten 102,392,473 22,526,344 21,000,000 21%
WashingtonP5Big Ten 102,064,858 22,454,269 21,000,000 21%
MissouriP5SEC 98,443,897 21,657,657 21,000,000 21%
PurdueP5Big Ten 98,227,839 21,610,125 21,000,000 21%
Florida StateP5ACC 96,573,266 21,246,119 21,000,000 22%
IllinoisP5Big Ten 94,445,170 20,777,937 20,777,937 22%
MississippiP5SEC 93,462,097 20,561,661 20,561,661 22%
North CarolinaP5ACC 92,384,652 20,324,623 20,324,623 22%
ClemsonP5ACC 91,036,646 20,028,062 20,028,062 22%
KansasP5Big 12 89,242,319 19,633,310 19,633,310 22%
Mississippi StateP5SEC 88,041,139 19,369,051 19,369,051 22%
Iowa StateP5Big 12 86,403,751 19,008,825 19,008,825 22%
MarylandP5Big Ten 82,283,284 18,102,322 18,102,322 22%
UCLAP5Big Ten 81,961,661 18,031,565 18,031,565 22%
West VirginiaP5Big 12 81,632,904 17,959,239 17,959,239 22%
Georgia TechP5ACC 81,019,988 17,824,397 17,824,397 22%
North Carolina StateP5ACC 80,476,086 17,704,739 17,704,739 22%
Arizona StateP5Big 12 77,200,589 16,984,130 16,984,130 22%
RutgersP5Big Ten 76,561,314 16,843,489 16,843,489 22%
Texas TechP5Big 12 75,377,557 16,583,063 16,583,063 22%
VirginiaP5ACC 74,800,419 16,456,092 16,456,092 22%
ArizonaP5Big 12 73,374,904 16,142,479 16,142,479 22%
UtahP5Big 12 73,358,616 16,138,896 16,138,896 22%
Virginia TechP5ACC 72,924,072 16,043,296 16,043,296 22%
Kansas StateP5Big 12 72,713,016 15,996,864 15,996,864 22%
Oklahoma StateP5Big 12 71,794,110 15,794,704 15,794,704 22%
CaliforniaP5ACC 70,959,035 15,610,988 15,610,988 22%
ColoradoP5Big 12 69,682,206 15,330,085 15,330,085 22%
Oregon StateP5Pac-12 62,557,861 13,762,729 13,762,729 22%
Washington StateP5Pac-12 59,390,920 13,066,002 13,066,002 22%
CincinnatiP5Big 12 41,816,933 9,199,725 9,199,725 22%
Nevada-Las VegasG5MWC 29,750,807 6,545,178 6,545,178 22%
ConnecticutD1Big East 29,535,973 6,497,914 6,497,914 22%
MemphisG5AAC 26,524,204 5,835,325 5,835,325 22%
Central FloridaP5Big 12 26,081,625 5,737,958 5,737,958 22%
Boise StateG5MWC 24,372,780 5,362,012 5,362,012 22%
Fresno StateG5MWC 23,992,615 5,278,375 5,278,375 22%
HoustonP5Big 12 22,060,373 4,853,282 4,853,282 22%
Colorado StateG5MWC 22,041,323 4,849,091 4,849,091 22%
South FloridaG5AAC 20,462,192 4,501,682 4,501,682 22%
New MexicoG5MWC 19,941,247 4,387,074 4,387,074 22%
NevadaG5MWC 19,890,559 4,375,923 4,375,923 22%
East CarolinaG5AAC 18,984,742 4,176,643 4,176,643 22%
WyomingG5MWC 18,676,631 4,108,859 4,108,859 22%
San Diego StateG5MWC 17,693,647 3,892,602 3,892,602 22%
HawaiiD1Big West 15,608,789 3,433,934 3,433,934 22%
Georgia StateG5S-Belt 14,063,569 3,093,985 3,093,985 22%
Appalachian StateG5S-Belt 13,522,783 2,975,012 2,975,012 22%
North Dakota StateD1Summit 13,148,781 2,892,732 2,892,732 22%
Utah StateG5MWC 12,336,573 2,714,046 2,714,046 22%
North DakotaD1Summit 12,204,707 2,685,036 2,685,036 22%
MontanaD1Big Sky 11,918,096 2,621,981 2,621,981 22%
Wichita StateG5AAC 11,906,324 2,619,391 2,619,391 22%
Texas-San AntonioG5AAC 11,193,919 2,462,662 2,462,662 22%
Kent StateG5MAC 11,085,952 2,438,909 2,438,909 22%
Arkansas StateG5S-Belt 10,961,745 2,411,584 2,411,584 22%
South Dakota StateD1Summit 10,731,339 2,360,895 2,360,895 22%
Florida InternationalG5CUSA 10,457,738 2,300,702 2,300,702 22%
MarshallG5S-Belt 10,135,615 2,229,835 2,229,835 22%
Old DominionG5S-Belt 10,116,411 2,225,610 2,225,610 22%
ToledoG5MAC 10,107,516 2,223,654 2,223,654 22%
Texas-El PasoG5CUSA 10,083,334 2,218,333 2,218,333 22%
San Jose StateG5MWC 9,924,753 2,183,446 2,183,446 22%
Louisiana-LafayetteG5S-Belt 9,794,518 2,154,794 2,154,794 22%
Florida AtlanticG5AAC 9,468,471 2,083,064 2,083,064 22%
Montana StateD1Big Sky 9,421,648 2,072,763 2,072,763 22%
Western MichiganG5MAC 9,280,852 2,041,787 2,041,787 22%
William & MaryD1CAA 9,092,373 2,000,322 2,000,322 22%
Nebraska-OmahaD1Summit 9,074,612 1,996,415 1,996,415 22%
MassachusettsD1A10 9,021,011 1,984,622 1,984,622 22%
Alabama at BirminghamG5AAC 8,956,239 1,970,373 1,970,373 22%
Bowling GreenG5MAC 8,933,474 1,965,364 1,965,364 22%
New Mexico StateG5CUSA 8,911,525 1,960,536 1,960,536 22%
Middle TennesseeG5CUSA 8,851,990 1,947,438 1,947,438 22%
Miami (Ohio)G5MAC 8,848,517 1,946,674 1,946,674 22%
AkronG5MAC 8,812,130 1,938,669 1,938,669 22%
North TexasG5AAC 8,791,927 1,934,224 1,934,224 22%
Central MichiganG5MAC 8,623,857 1,897,249 1,897,249 22%
South AlabamaG5S-Belt 8,457,690 1,860,692 1,860,692 22%
Georgia SouthernG5S-Belt 8,289,638 1,823,720 1,823,720 22%
OhioG5MAC 8,193,131 1,802,489 1,802,489 22%
Illinois StateD1MVC 8,116,615 1,785,655 1,785,655 22%
Southern MississippiG5S-Belt 8,083,426 1,778,354 1,778,354 22%
Louisiana TechG5CUSA 7,982,795 1,756,215 1,756,215 22%
Jackson StateD1SWAC 7,773,812 1,710,239 1,710,239 22%
Eastern MichiganG5MAC 7,729,246 1,700,434 1,700,434 22%
Louisiana-MonroeG5S-Belt 7,689,285 1,691,643 1,691,643 22%
Virginia CommonwealthD1A10 7,602,581 1,672,568 1,672,568 22%
Western KentuckyG5CUSA 7,551,622 1,661,357 1,661,357 22%
Ball StateG5MAC 7,530,392 1,656,686 1,656,686 22%
Texas StateG5S-Belt 7,433,062 1,635,274 1,635,274 22%
Northern IllinoisG5MAC 7,432,721 1,635,199 1,635,199 22%
BuffaloG5MAC 7,246,128 1,594,148 1,594,148 22%
Missouri StateD1MVC 7,096,823 1,561,301 1,561,301 22%
TroyG5S-Belt 7,046,695 1,550,273 1,550,273 22%
James MadisonG5S-Belt 6,975,380 1,534,584 1,534,584 22%
New HampshireD1AM East 6,416,670 1,411,667 1,411,667 22%
California-DavisD1Big West 6,373,174 1,402,098 1,402,098 22%
CharlotteG5AAC 6,086,956 1,339,130 1,339,130 22%
Coastal CarolinaG5S-Belt 6,057,710 1,332,696 1,332,696 22%
Southeastern LouisianaD1Southland 5,802,004 1,276,441 1,276,441 22%
Southern IllinoisD1MVC 5,531,987 1,217,037 1,217,037 22%
South DakotaD1Summit 5,522,744 1,215,004 1,215,004 22%
IdahoD1Big Sky 5,475,898 1,204,698 1,204,698 22%
Sam Houston StateG5CUSA 5,405,153 1,189,134 1,189,134 22%
Florida A&MD1SWAC 5,291,597 1,164,151 1,164,151 22%
Rhode IslandD1A10 5,264,067 1,158,095 1,158,095 22%
AlbanyD1AM East 5,221,198 1,148,664 1,148,664 22%
Northern IowaD1MVC 5,080,013 1,117,603 1,117,603 22%
California PolytechnicD1Big West 5,078,219 1,117,208 1,117,208 22%
SouthernD1SWAC 5,018,375 1,104,043 1,104,043 22%
Kennesaw StateG5CUSA 4,835,519 1,063,814 1,063,814 22%
Sacramento StateD1Big Sky 4,720,801 1,038,576 1,038,576 22%
George MasonD1A10 4,620,770 1,016,569 1,016,569 22%
Stony BrookD1CAA 4,552,632 1,001,579 1,001,579 22%
McNeese StateD1Southland 4,460,526 981,316 981,316 22%
Alabama StateD1SWAC 4,458,891 980,956 980,956 22%
MaineD1AM East 4,294,310 944,748 944,748 22%
VermontD1AM East 4,287,365 943,220 943,220 22%
East Tennessee StateD1Southern 4,254,929 936,084 936,084 22%
Arkansas-Pine BluffD1SWAC 4,253,463 935,762 935,762 22%
Northern ColoradoD1Big Sky 4,117,149 905,773 905,773 22%
LamarD1Southland 4,040,619 888,936 888,936 22%
CitadelD1Southern 3,931,356 864,898 864,898 22%
Northern ArizonaD1Big Sky 3,922,043 862,849 862,849 22%
California-IrvineD1Big West 3,709,359 816,059 816,059 22%
Youngstown StateD1Horizon 3,698,887 813,755 813,755 22%
North FloridaD1ASUN 3,598,743 791,723 791,723 22%
Texas SouthernD1SWAC 3,598,136 791,590 791,590 22%
North Carolina A&TD1CAA 3,579,281 787,442 787,442 22%
Southern UtahD1WAC 3,568,515 785,073 785,073 22%
Tennessee-ChattanoogaD1Southern 3,529,320 776,450 776,450 22%
Murray StateD1MVC 3,526,246 775,774 775,774 22%
Central ArkansasD1ASUN 3,521,414 774,711 774,711 22%
College of CharlestonD1CAA 3,470,276 763,461 763,461 22%
Austin PeayD1ASUN 3,443,351 757,537 757,537 22%
Stephen F. AustinD1WAC 3,437,325 756,212 756,212 22%
Eastern KentuckyD1ASUN 3,350,516 737,114 737,114 22%
Eastern WashingtonD1Big Sky 3,305,381 727,184 727,184 22%
TowsonD1CAA 3,304,287 726,943 726,943 22%
South Carolina StateD1MEAC 3,288,021 723,365 723,365 22%
Prairie View A&MD1SWAC 3,269,726 719,340 719,340 22%
Weber StateD1Big Sky 3,260,976 717,415 717,415 22%
Western CarolinaD1Southern 3,258,688 716,911 716,911 22%
Idaho StateD1Big Sky 3,251,217 715,268 715,268 22%
Long Beach StateD1Big West 3,244,095 713,701 713,701 22%
Jacksonville StateG5CUSA 3,115,248 685,355 685,355 22%
Norfolk StateD1MEAC 3,102,827 682,622 682,622 22%
Eastern IllinoisD1OVC 3,014,524 663,195 663,195 22%
Tennessee TechD1OVC 2,966,636 652,660 652,660 22%
OaklandD1Horizon 2,918,138 641,990 641,990 22%
Alcorn StateD1SWAC 2,918,132 641,989 641,989 22%
Nicholls StateD1Southland 2,823,129 621,088 621,088 22%
North Carolina WilmingtonD1CAA 2,783,777 612,431 612,431 22%
Northwestern State LaD1Southland 2,718,473 598,064 598,064 22%
BinghamtonD1AM East 2,628,552 578,281 578,281 22%
Indiana StateD1MVC 2,573,065 566,074 566,074 22%
Tennessee-MartinD1OVC 2,517,550 553,861 553,861 22%
Florida Gulf CoastD1ASUN 2,517,260 553,797 553,797 22%
Southeast Missouri StateD1OVC 2,508,796 551,935 551,935 22%
Grambling StateD1SWAC 2,489,931 547,785 547,785 22%
Portland StateD1Big Sky 2,489,848 547,767 547,767 22%
California-Santa BarbaraD1Big West 2,466,132 542,549 542,549 22%
Tarleton StateD1WAC 2,441,406 537,109 537,109 22%
Western IllinoisD1OVC 2,390,542 525,919 525,919 22%
Texas-ArlingtonD1WAC 2,389,367 525,661 525,661 22%
Arkansas-Little RockD1OVC 2,310,583 508,328 508,328 22%
Texas A&M-Corpus ChristiD1Southland 2,271,799 499,796 499,796 22%
Massachusetts-LowellD1AM East 2,225,277 489,561 489,561 22%
Southern Illinois EdwardsvilleD1OVC 2,216,427 487,614 487,614 22%
Illinois-ChicagoD1MVC 2,194,742 482,843 482,843 22%
Utah TechD1WAC 2,148,856 472,748 472,748 22%
North Carolina CentralD1MEAC 2,102,571 462,566 462,566 22%
Utah ValleyD1WAC 2,091,610 460,154 460,154 22%
Tennessee StateD1OVC 2,002,408 440,530 440,530 22%
Wisconsin-Green BayD1Horizon 1,890,485 415,907 415,907 22%
North AlabamaD1ASUN 1,881,761 413,987 413,987 22%
Morehead StateD1OVC 1,876,261 412,777 412,777 22%
VMID1Southern 1,851,268 407,279 407,279 22%
North Carolina GreensboroD1Southern 1,843,583 405,588 405,588 22%
California State-FullertonD1Big West 1,817,621 399,877 399,877 22%
Missouri-Kansas CityD1Summit 1,790,439 393,897 393,897 22%
Texas-Rio Grande ValleyD1WAC 1,787,569 393,265 393,265 22%
Cleveland StateD1Horizon 1,786,021 392,925 392,925 22%
Central ConnecticutD1NEC 1,763,424 387,953 387,953 22%
RadfordD1Big South 1,761,835 387,604 387,604 22%
Wright StateD1Horizon 1,714,794 377,255 377,255 22%
Maryland-Baltimore CtyD1AM East 1,692,086 372,259 372,259 22%
Wisconsin-MilwaukeeD1Horizon 1,623,233 357,111 357,111 22%
Mississippi Valley StateD1SWAC 1,593,781 350,632 350,632 22%
Northern KentuckyD1Horizon 1,526,658 335,865 335,865 22%
Maryland-Eastern ShoreD1MEAC 1,466,750 322,685 322,685 22%
North Carolina AshevilleD1Big South 1,421,565 312,744 312,744 22%
California-San DiegoD1Big West 1,382,837 304,224 304,224 22%
New Jersey TechD1AM East 1,349,787 296,953 296,953 22%
Alabama A&MD1SWAC 1,345,574 296,026 296,026 22%
California State-BakersfieldD1Big West 1,254,479 275,985 275,985 22%
Morgan StateD1MEAC 1,247,370 274,421 274,421 22%
California-RiversideD1Big West 1,241,054 273,032 273,032 22%
Coppin StateD1MEAC 1,215,677 267,449 267,449 22%
Purdue Fort WayneD1Horizon 1,191,837 262,204 262,204 22%
LongwoodD1Big South 1,158,308 254,828 254,828 22%
WinthropD1Big South 1,149,466 252,883 252,883 22%
Indiana-Purdue IndianapolisD1Horizon 1,132,733 249,201 249,201 22%
California State-NorthridgeD1Big West 979,609 215,514 215,514 22%
South Carolina UpstateD1Big South 963,236 211,912 211,912 22%
Delaware StateD1MEAC 835,191 183,742 183,742 22%
New OrleansD1Southland 681,927 150,024 150,024 22%
Chicago StateD1NEC 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
TeamOld
limit
New
limit
Increase
Per team
%
Increase
# of
Teams
Increase in
Available
Scholarships
# of
Athletes
Men's NCAA I Sports
BaseballM11.73422.3191% 305 6,802 12,109
BasketballM1315215% 362 724 5,826
FencingM4.52419.5433% 23 449 444
Football (FBS)M851052024% 133 2,660 16,907
GolfM4.594.5100% 305 1,373 3,090
GymnasticsM6.32013.7217% 12 164 250
HockeyM1826844% 63 504 1,834
LacrosseM12.64835.4281% 77 2,726 3,914
SkiingM6.3169.7154% 11 107 160
SoccerM9.92818.1183% 212 3,837 6,708
SwimmingM9.93020.1203% 137 2,754 4,032
TennisM4.5105.5122% 242 1,331 2,485
Track / X-CM12.66249.4392% 301 14,869 11,942
VolleyballM4.51813.5300% 29 392 610
Water poloM4.52419.5433% 29 566 774
WrestlingM9.93020.1203% 80 1,608 2,805
Women's NCAA I Sports
BasketballW1515-- 360 - 5,468
Beach volleyballW61913217% 67 871 1,202
BowlingW5116120% 37 222 360
EquestrianW155035233% 20 700 798
FencingW52419380% 28 532 506
Field hockeyW122715125% 82 1,230 2,024
GolfW69350% 277 831 2,357
GymnasticsW1220867% 62 496 1,279
HockeyW1826844% 39 312 1,006
LacrosseW123826217% 130 3,380 4,459
RowingW206848240% 92 4,416 1,824
RugbyW123624200% 11 264 386
SkiingW7169129% 12 108 192
SoccerW142814100% 348 4,872 10,658
SoftballW122513108% 307 3,991 7,024
SwimmingW143016114% 200 3,200 6,196
TennisW810225% 312 624 2,930
Track / X-CW186244244% 350 15,400 14,116
TriathlonW6.5147.5115% 12 90 110
AcrobaticsW145541293% 6 246 252
VolleyballW1218650% 346 2,076 6,159
Water poloW82416200% 37 592 854
WrestlingW103020200% 4 80 46
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Mixed / Coed Sports -
RifleMix3.6128.4233% 22 185 262
StuntMix146551364% 2 102 74
Totals86,212 144,432

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:

SchoolConferenceFootball
Division
Revenue
Sharing
Additional
Scholarships
Collective
Funding
Total
Impact
Ohio State Big TenFBS 21,000,000 5,779,488 20,253,400 $ 47,032,889
Texas SECFBS 21,000,000 3,610,803 22,272,474 $ 46,883,278
MichiganBig TenFBS 21,000,000 7,969,319 16,357,054 $ 45,326,373
Louisiana State SECFBS 21,000,000 3,147,779 20,137,141 $ 44,284,920
GeorgiaSECFBS 21,000,000 2,963,443 18,326,566 $ 42,290,010
Texas A & M SECFBS 21,000,000 3,410,965 17,228,714 $ 41,639,680
AlabamaSECFBS 21,000,000 3,947,942 15,995,406 $ 40,943,349
Penn State Big TenFBS 21,000,000 5,847,097 13,793,489 $ 40,640,587
OklahomaSECFBS 21,000,000 4,652,676 14,817,595 $ 40,470,272
FloridaSECFBS 21,000,000 2,714,463 15,802,237 $ 39,516,701
Indiana Big TenFBS 21,000,000 4,634,825 13,631,160 $ 39,265,985
Clemson ACCFBS 20,028,062 3,374,371 15,258,374 $ 38,660,808
Michigan State Big TenFBS 21,000,000 4,213,978 13,035,471 $ 38,249,450
TennesseeSECFBS 21,000,000 4,820,395 11,602,164 $ 37,422,560
Auburn SECFBS 21,000,000 4,730,835 11,588,953 $ 37,319,789
ArkansasSECFBS 21,000,000 3,623,305 11,544,039 $ 36,167,345
KentuckySECFBS 21,000,000 3,774,524 11,254,204 $ 36,028,729
OregonBig TenFBS 21,000,000 3,307,891 10,623,807 $ 34,931,698
VirginiaACCFBS 16,456,092 5,550,086 12,780,301 $ 34,786,480
WashingtonBig TenFBS 21,000,000 4,093,057 9,406,794 $ 34,499,852
WisconsinBig TenFBS 21,000,000 4,451,499 8,982,406 $ 34,433,906
LouisvilleACCFBS 21,000,000 3,734,149 9,443,439 $ 34,177,589
IowaBig TenFBS 21,000,000 3,362,494 9,698,730 $ 34,061,225
South CarolinaSECFBS 21,000,000 3,133,545 9,554,700 $ 33,688,246
Illinois Big TenFBS 20,777,937 3,353,188 9,311,667 $ 33,442,793
Florida State ACCFBS 21,000,000 1,954,392 10,034,191 $ 32,988,584
North Carolina ACCFBS 20,324,623 3,784,472 8,355,617 $ 32,464,714
NebraskaBig TenFBS 21,000,000 3,220,270 7,973,918 $ 32,194,189
MinnesotaBig TenFBS 21,000,000 4,016,619 7,171,424 $ 32,188,043
MississippiSECFBS 20,561,661 2,721,040 8,872,378 $ 32,155,080
KansasBig 12FBS 19,633,310 4,086,281 7,427,957 $ 31,147,549
MissouriSECFBS 21,000,000 2,589,779 7,146,859 $ 30,736,639
Purdue Big TenFBS 21,000,000 3,011,956 5,510,579 $ 29,522,536
Iowa State Big 12FBS 19,008,825 2,496,355 7,551,312 $ 29,056,493
Mississippi State SECFBS 19,369,051 3,137,077 6,467,166 $ 28,973,295
UCLABig TenFBS 18,031,565 4,210,184 5,919,423 $ 28,161,174
Virginia TechACCFBS 16,043,296 3,563,217 7,732,903 $ 27,339,417
Arizona State Big 12FBS 16,984,130 4,077,476 5,689,877 $ 26,751,484
North Carolina State ACCFBS 17,704,739 3,100,788 5,935,429 $ 26,740,957
UtahBig 12FBS 16,138,896 3,248,572 7,252,969 $ 26,640,437
MarylandBig TenFBS 18,102,322 4,769,350 3,735,112 $ 26,606,786
ArizonaBig 12FBS 16,142,479 4,000,369 6,414,683 $ 26,557,531
West Virginia Big 12FBS 17,959,239 2,664,101 5,495,362 $ 26,118,703
Rutgers Big TenFBS 16,843,489 5,291,239 3,624,816 $ 25,759,545
Georgia InstituteTechnologyACCFBS 17,824,397 3,498,392 4,281,809 $ 25,604,600
Texas Tech Big 12FBS 16,583,063 1,876,847 6,986,182 $ 25,446,092
Kansas State Big 12FBS 15,996,864 2,117,046 7,121,436 $ 25,235,347
Colorado Big 12FBS 15,330,085 3,056,619 5,337,719 $ 23,724,424
Oklahoma State Big 12FBS 15,794,704 2,220,222 5,338,583 $ 23,353,510
CaliforniaACCFBS 15,610,988 3,680,583 3,932,903 $ 23,224,474
Oregon State Pac-12FBS 13,762,729 2,594,594 3,163,423 $ 19,520,747
Washington State Pac-12FBS 13,066,002 3,083,116 3,216,991 $ 19,366,111
CincinnatiBig 12FBS 9,199,725 2,643,668 3,984,845 $ 15,828,240
ConnecticutBig EastFBS 6,497,914 3,007,977 3,839,690 $ 13,345,585
Nevada-Las VegasMWCFBS 6,545,178 2,568,353 2,772,864 $ 11,886,396
Central FloridaBig 12FBS 5,737,958 2,634,921 3,308,993 $ 11,681,873
MemphisAACFBS 5,835,325 2,138,532 2,634,877 $ 10,608,736
Boise State MWCFBS 5,362,012 2,409,742 2,765,657 $ 10,537,412
San Diego State MWCFBS 3,892,602 2,292,839 4,158,476 $ 10,343,919
Colorado State MWCFBS 4,849,091 2,407,323 2,586,300 $ 9,842,716
Fresno State MWCFBS 5,278,375 1,902,461 2,102,800 $ 9,283,638
HoustonBig 12FBS 4,853,282 2,130,414 2,098,333 $ 9,082,030
South FloridaAACFBS 4,501,682 2,117,236 2,235,939 $ 8,854,859
East Carolina AACFBS 4,176,643 1,630,289 2,887,971 $ 8,694,906
WyomingMWCFBS 4,108,859 2,076,030 2,426,393 $ 8,611,284
NevadaMWCFBS 4,375,923 2,232,243 2,000,558 $ 8,608,726
New MexicoMWCFBS 4,387,074 2,329,142 1,776,472 $ 8,492,690
Old Dominion S-BeltFBS 2,225,610 2,586,825 2,389,384 $ 7,201,821
Hawaii Big WestFBS 3,433,934 2,612,451 1,051,850 $ 7,098,237
Appalachian State S-BeltFBS 2,975,012 1,644,867 1,925,394 $ 6,545,275
North Dakota State SummitFCS 2,892,732 1,258,273 2,070,608 $ 6,221,616
MontanaBig SkyFCS 2,621,981 1,423,133 2,167,846 $ 6,212,962
Utah State MWCFBS 2,714,046 1,890,865 1,511,795 $ 6,116,708
MassachusettsA10FBS 1,984,622 3,228,861 743,864 $ 5,957,351
North DakotaSummitFCS 2,685,036 1,543,784 1,602,727 $ 5,831,550
Marshall S-BeltFBS 2,229,835 2,107,694 1,462,900 $ 5,800,430
Georgia State S-BeltFBS 3,093,985 1,879,116 781,177 $ 5,754,281
William & MaryCAAFCS 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 MACFBS 1,946,674 2,990,200 602,237 $ 5,539,113
ToledoMACFBS 2,223,654 2,238,293 928,243 $ 5,390,191
Texas at San AntonioAACFBS 2,462,662 1,843,301 1,058,313 $ 5,364,278
James Madison S-BeltFBS 1,534,584 2,608,490 1,207,786 $ 5,350,862
Louisiana - LafayetteS-BeltFBS 2,154,794 1,877,348 1,284,835 $ 5,316,979
San Jose State MWCFBS 2,183,446 2,117,415 1,001,536 $ 5,302,399
Alabama at BirminghamAACFBS 1,970,373 1,990,059 1,240,957 $ 5,201,390
Florida Atlantic AACFBS 2,083,064 1,762,873 1,308,349 $ 5,154,288
Montana State Big SkyFCS 2,072,763 1,461,880 1,553,594 $ 5,088,239
Texas at El PasoCUSAFBS 2,218,333 1,836,341 955,659 $ 5,010,335
Arkansas State S-BeltFBS 2,411,584 1,362,744 1,207,619 $ 4,981,948
New Mexico State CUSAFBS 1,960,536 2,198,038 680,038 $ 4,838,613
Western Michigan MACFBS 2,041,787 1,847,863 827,015 $ 4,716,667
Eastern Michigan MACFBS 1,700,434 2,353,424 649,674 $ 4,703,534
Southern MississippiS-BeltFBS 1,778,354 1,391,988 1,500,334 $ 4,670,677
New HampshireAM EastFCS 1,411,667 2,655,901 587,647 $ 4,655,218
South Dakota State SummitFCS 2,360,895 1,076,449 1,164,532 $ 4,601,879
Florida International CUSAFBS 2,300,702 2,052,892 229,930 $ 4,583,526
Kent State MACFBS 2,438,909 1,924,336 160,201 $ 4,523,449
Ohio MACFBS 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 CharlotteAACFBS 1,339,130 1,569,066 1,570,976 $ 4,479,174
Bowling GreenMACFBS 1,965,364 1,836,009 670,821 $ 4,472,196
Middle Tennessee State CUSAFBS 1,947,438 2,076,259 418,455 $ 4,442,153
Rhode IslandA10FCS 1,158,095 2,709,600 561,639 $ 4,429,337
Georgia Southern S-BeltFBS 1,823,720 1,674,836 844,462 $ 4,343,020
South AlabamaS-BeltFBS 1,860,692 1,869,166 479,267 $ 4,209,127
Texas State S-BeltFBS 1,635,274 1,970,442 599,058 $ 4,204,776
Louisiana Tech CUSAFBS 1,756,215 1,465,517 961,214 $ 4,182,947
UC DavisBig WestFCS 1,402,098 2,218,851 524,841 $ 4,145,793
North TexasAACFBS 1,934,224 1,600,017 607,493 $ 4,141,736
Illinois State MVCFCS 1,785,655 1,952,983 382,828 $ 4,121,469
BuffaloMACFBS 1,594,148 2,176,767 348,600 $ 4,119,517
Coastal Carolina S-BeltFBS 1,332,696 2,366,235 367,676 $ 4,066,609
Central Michigan MACFBS 1,897,249 1,533,857 545,831 $ 3,976,939
Ball State MACFBS 1,656,686 1,937,905 341,183 $ 3,935,775
Western Kentucky CUSAFBS 1,661,357 1,336,892 870,548 $ 3,868,799
Missouri State MVCFCS 1,561,301 1,341,843 910,982 $ 3,814,129
AkronMACFBS 1,938,669 1,459,703 372,336 $ 3,770,710
Cal Poly - San Luis ObispoBig WestFCS 1,117,208 1,754,737 879,459 $ 3,751,408
Northern Illinois MACFBS 1,635,199 1,604,622 506,195 $ 3,746,018
Troy S-BeltFBS 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 OmahaSummit- 1,996,415 1,024,047 556,138 $ 3,576,602
AlbanyAM EastFCS 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 - MonroeS-BeltFBS 1,691,643 1,370,275 307,993 $ 3,369,913
Stony Brook CAAFCS 1,001,579 2,072,405 224,341 $ 3,298,327
Northern ColoradoBig SkyFCS 905,773 1,605,102 779,260 $ 3,290,138
VermontAM East- 943,220 1,861,020 479,689 $ 3,283,932
South DakotaSummitFCS 1,215,004 1,270,948 672,950 $ 3,158,904
IdahoBig SkyFCS 1,204,698 1,357,799 546,769 $ 3,109,268
Southern Illinois MVCFCS 1,217,037 1,361,772 524,242 $ 3,103,053
Towson CAAFCS 726,943 1,919,581 411,577 $ 3,058,104
Virginia Military InstituteSouthernFCS 407,279 1,443,155 1,181,769 $ 3,032,206
Jackson State SWACFCS 1,710,239 563,253 757,484 $ 3,030,979
MaineAM EastFCS 944,748 1,654,854 402,864 $ 3,002,470
Kennesaw State CUSAFCS 1,063,814 1,564,657 362,703 $ 2,991,176
Citadel SouthernFCS 864,898 1,253,652 861,186 $ 2,979,739
East Tennessee State SouthernFCS 936,084 1,222,833 746,505 $ 2,905,425
Northern IowaMVCFCS 1,117,603 1,044,608 704,682 $ 2,866,896
Sam Houston State CUSAFBS 1,189,134 1,386,427 238,669 $ 2,814,231
Tennessee-ChattanoogaSouthernFCS 776,450 1,455,122 549,269 $ 2,780,845
Sacramento State Big SkyFCS 1,038,576 1,551,808 162,018 $ 2,752,406
Lamar SouthlandFCS 888,936 1,573,669 284,546 $ 2,747,154
Southeastern Louisiana SouthlandFCS 1,276,441 1,087,825 257,071 $ 2,621,340
CharlestonCAA- 763,461 1,291,654 479,053 $ 2,534,171
McNeese State SouthlandFCS 981,316 1,024,636 519,547 $ 2,525,502
Northern Arizona Big SkyFCS 862,849 1,418,458 203,457 $ 2,484,767
Indiana State MVCFCS 566,074 1,392,538 524,475 $ 2,483,090
Eastern Kentucky ASUNFCS 737,114 1,576,200 161,551 $ 2,474,867
Murray State MVCFCS 775,774 1,258,666 409,722 $ 2,444,165
Florida A & M SWACFCS 1,164,151 967,913 299,552 $ 2,431,619
Youngstown State HorizonFCS 813,755 1,335,219 245,788 $ 2,394,765
UC Santa BarbaraBig 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 - LowellAM East- 489,561 1,634,881 184,144 $ 2,308,588
Alabama State SWACFCS 980,956 1,033,199 288,741 $ 2,302,899
Southern SWACFCS 1,104,043 839,071 351,048 $ 2,294,164
Jacksonville State CUSAFBS 685,355 1,281,097 316,158 $ 2,282,611
Weber State Big SkyFCS 717,415 1,184,812 372,994 $ 2,275,224
UC IrvineBig West- 816,059 1,198,547 199,130 $ 2,213,739
Austin Peay ASUNFCS 757,537 1,164,591 253,579 $ 2,175,711
Idaho State Big SkyFCS 715,268 1,294,793 165,227 $ 2,175,290
Central ArkansasASUNFCS 774,711 1,206,092 129,109 $ 2,109,915
Eastern Washington Big SkyFCS 727,184 1,079,503 301,421 $ 2,108,111
Southern Utah WACFCS 785,073 1,182,380 137,755 $ 2,105,211
Oakland Horizon- 641,990 1,206,812 224,580 $ 2,073,385
Tennessee Tech OVCFCS 652,660 1,254,993 104,683 $ 2,012,339
Tennessee-MartinOVCFCS 553,861 1,112,913 344,944 $ 2,011,721
Illinois at ChicagoMVC- 482,843 1,395,580 115,207 $ 1,993,633
Stephen F Austin State WACFCS 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 SkyFCS 547,767 1,291,255 107,223 $ 1,946,247
Northwestern State SouthlandFCS 598,064 1,040,455 295,595 $ 1,934,117
Tarleton State WACFCS 537,109 1,092,257 281,304 $ 1,910,673
Western Carolina SouthernFCS 716,911 809,652 345,011 $ 1,871,577
Norfolk State MEACFCS 682,622 1,027,020 139,803 $ 1,849,448
North FloridaASUN- 791,723 726,752 306,858 $ 1,825,337
Eastern Illinois OVCFCS 663,195 965,509 194,477 $ 1,823,184
Texas Southern SWACFCS 791,590 920,169 104,025 $ 1,815,787
Maryland- Baltimore CtyAM East- 372,259 1,368,166 71,101 $ 1,811,529
Arkansas - Little RockOVC- 508,328 978,889 272,370 $ 1,759,590
North AlabamaASUNFCS 413,987 1,040,400 303,471 $ 1,757,862
Morgan State MEACFCS 274,421 1,323,664 144,401 $ 1,742,489
UNC WilmingtonCAA- 612,431 766,419 355,627 $ 1,734,480
New Jersey InstituteTechnologyAM East- 296,953 1,412,622 19,862 $ 1,729,440
Nicholls State SouthlandFCS 621,088 770,279 282,571 $ 1,673,941
Wisconsin-MilwaukeeHorizon- 357,111 1,135,942 171,885 $ 1,664,942
Southeast Missouri State OVCFCS 551,935 962,812 142,232 $ 1,656,982
UC San DiegoBig 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 SWACFCS 719,340 803,079 109,473 $ 1,631,894
North Carolina Central MEACFCS 462,566 985,202 174,784 $ 1,622,554
Tennessee State OVCFCS 440,530 948,351 206,888 $ 1,595,772
South Carolina State MEACFCS 723,365 717,493 153,860 $ 1,594,720
Arkansas at Pine BluffSWACFCS 935,762 585,105 71,226 $ 1,592,096
Texas at ArlingtonWAC- 525,661 882,066 181,592 $ 1,589,321
Grambling State SWACFCS 547,785 824,494 203,964 $ 1,576,246
Cal State FullertonBig West- 399,877 984,018 171,802 $ 1,555,700
Central Connecticut NECFCS 387,953 1,020,204 121,254 $ 1,529,414
Western Illinois OVCFCS 525,919 909,400 88,370 $ 1,523,692
Cal State - BakersfieldBig West- 275,985 953,876 278,392 $ 1,508,256
Utah Valley WAC- 460,154 844,682 191,396 $ 1,496,235
Missouri-Kansas CitySummit- 393,897 985,966 102,761 $ 1,482,627
Alabama A & M SWACFCS 296,026 1,086,912 97,473 $ 1,480,414
Delaware State MEACFCS 183,742 1,189,562 103,664 $ 1,476,972
North Carolina A & T CAAFCS 787,442 437,030 210,326 $ 1,434,801
Alcorn State SWACFCS 641,989 753,542 36,786 $ 1,432,319
UC RiversideBig 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 WACFCS 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 ChristiSouthland- 499,796 757,285 118,556 $ 1,375,639
UNC - GreensboroSouthern- 405,588 672,529 274,806 $ 1,352,926
Southern Illinois - EdwardsvilleOVC- 487,614 738,000 107,624 $ 1,333,240
Texas Rio Grande ValleyWAC- 393,265 729,395 178,054 $ 1,300,716
Radford Big South- 387,604 704,659 194,979 $ 1,287,245
Cal State - NorthridgeBig West- 215,514 979,640 66,414 $ 1,261,571
Wisconsin-Green BayHorizon- 415,907 513,047 292,411 $ 1,221,368
Indiana-Purdue Univ- Fort WayneHorizon- 262,204 718,820 213,519 $ 1,194,545
South Carolina - UpstateBig 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- IndianapolisHorizon- 249,201 799,705 30,560 $ 1,079,469
Morehead State OVCFCS 412,777 591,933 60,450 $ 1,065,164
UNC - AshevilleBig South- 312,744 519,091 194,803 $ 1,026,641
Winthrop Big South- 252,883 543,760 144,932 $ 941,577
Maryland Eastern ShoreMEAC- 322,685 583,799 6,114 $ 912,602
Chicago State NEC- 117,312 722,892 1,644 $ 841,851
New OrleansSouthland- 150,024 617,996 21,246 $ 789,269
Mississippi Valley State SWACFCS 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 Schools7040% $ 675 million $ 9,642,857 $ 964,286 $ 100,420,042 1%
All Other NCAA I Schools29260% $ 990 million $ 3,390,411 $ 339,041 $ 5,445,470 6%
Total362$ 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
ContributionsRights &
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