Football and Men’s basketball will account for close to 90% of revenue sharing payments at most Power 4 schools. The remaining 10% results in an average payout of around $ 4,306 per athlete in all other sports including baseball:
Revenue Sharing Estimates
Power 4 Schools: 2026-27 *Revenue
Share %
Allocation
to Team ($)
# of eligible
Athletes *Average per
Athlete ($)
Football 75% 15,600,000 105 148,570
Men's Basketball 15% 3,120,000 15 208,000
All Other Sports 10% 2,080,000 483
4,306
Power Conference Average 100% $ 20,800,000 603
These are averages, a few athletes will receive much more, while most will receive less. These estimates are for revenue sharing payments only (Institutional NIL), they do not include third-party NIL compensation. Most sports will likely receive no revenue sharing allocation, but will be eligible for greater scholarship awards.
* In almost all cases, the maximum $ 21.3 million revenue sharing distribution for 2026-27 will be reduced by a $ 500,000 offset for additional scholarships. Eligible athletes are based on the new roster limits effective July 1, 2025.
Athletic scholarship limits removed for NCAA I Baseball teams:
While baseball players will not receive substantial revenue sharing payments, most will be eligible for significantly higher athletic scholarship awards. As part of the House v NCAA settlement, scholarship limits have been removed, and roster caps have been established for each sport. For participating schools this would result in every player being eligible for a full scholarship. For baseball, the athletic scholarship limit has been increased from 11.7 to 34, potentially tripling the available scholarship money at most NCAA I schools:
2025 Scholarship Awards
NCAA I Baseball Teams *Conference 2025
Roster# of
awardsAverage ($)
Award 2025 Potential ($)
Award 2026 Roster
Limit **
Akron MAC 38 28 10,303 35,268 34
Alabama SEC 49 33 23,189 66,125 34
Albany Coastal 34 25 14,704 40,639 34
Appalachian State Sun Belt 39 27 18,470 32,108 34
Arizona Big 12 40 41 14,896 62,723 34
Arizona State Big 12 41 38 16,590 67,576 34
Arkansas SEC 43 33 20,318 50,376 34
Ball State MAC 38 37 11,016 39,029 34
Binghamton America East 33 28 14,170 41,763 34
Bowling Green MAC 36 32 10,984 36,359 34
Cal Poly Big West 39 27 14,930 39,057 34
Cal State Bakersfield Big West 40 25 13,320 37,576 34
Cal State Northridge Big West 27 31 11,904 41,276 34
California ACC 43 32 17,936 69,819 34
Central Connecticut Northeast 42 24 9,080 33,720 34
Central Florida Big 12 40 35 11,518 43,593 34
Central Michigan MAC 41 31 9,289 31,628 34
Charlotte American 42 24 17,603 31,532 34
Cincinnati Big 12 40 32 16,896 49,454 34
Clemson ACC 47 30 31,018 82,226 34
Connecticut Indep 42 30 17,348 48,203 34
Coppin State MEAC 32 17 8,929 25,700 34
Eastern Illinois OVC 44 27 9,813 31,882 34
Eastern Michigan MAC 48 31 15,794 40,538 34
Florida SEC 38 30 14,169 70,448 34
Florida Gulf Coast ASUN 47 30 10,737 41,040 34
Florida State ACC 40 32 12,790 39,706 34
Fresno State Pac-12 37 30 10,093 31,120 34
Georgia SEC 55 27 20,634 52,351 34
Georgia Southern Sun Belt 49 30 13,057 44,971 34
Georgia State Sun Belt 40 29 19,673 43,044 34
Grambling State SWAC 38 29 7,543 23,271 34
Hawaii Mountain West 58 28 16,110 46,404 34
Houston Big 12 47 34 14,765 40,842 34
Illinois Big Ten 39 30 19,166 48,881 34
Illinois - Chicago MVC 41 30 16,691 47,031 34
Illinois State MVC 38 29 15,254 32,307 34
Indiana Big Ten 41 33 18,877 58,399 34
Iowa Big Ten 46 32 15,090 48,734 34
James Madison Sun Belt 41 30 16,413 45,615 34
Kansas Big 12 39 32 18,470 50,420 34
Kansas State Big 12 45 33 14,101 39,973 34
Kennesaw State CUSA 47 30 11,673 34,470 34
Kent State MAC 40 31 13,221 38,335 34
Lamar Southland 40 32 12,604 34,889 34
Long Beach State Big West 45 30 12,508 35,386 34
Louisiana Lafayette Sun Belt 39 34 14,769 40,072 34
Louisiana Monroe Sun Belt 51 27 12,898 29,145 34
LSU SEC 41 27 22,395 45,797 34
Marshall Sun Belt 40 28 13,638 30,332 34
Maryland Big Ten 38 29 25,508 65,294 34
Maryland Eastern Shore MEAC 41 23 8,652 31,685 34
Massachusetts MAC 43 2 5,512 59,521 34
McNeese State Southland 41 29 9,367 23,606 34
Miami of Ohio MAC 48 29 22,414 50,811 34
Michigan Big Ten 42 30 28,621 86,131 34
Michigan State Big Ten 40 32 17,271 64,830 34
Minnesota Big Ten 38 33 15,785 51,913 34
Mississippi SEC 40 32 19,487 55,220 34
Mississippi State SEC 41 30 23,915 53,993 34
Mississippi Valley State SWAC 33 12 4,957 17,663 34
Missouri SEC 55 41 14,887 53,321 34
Missouri State CUSA 31 28 16,174 32,353 34
Nebraska Big Ten 42 34 17,189 44,411 34
Nebraska - Omaha Summit League 44 34 9,196 35,794 34
Nevada Mountain West 39 32 15,757 49,244 34
New Mexico Mountain West 40 30 18,354 50,539 34
New Mexico State CUSA 43 31 13,028 39,619 34
New Orleans Southland 46 32 8,899 27,946 34
Nicholls State Southland 47 26 9,158 23,829 34
Norfolk State MEAC 35 19 11,211 36,985 34
North Carolina ACC 52 23 32,644 45,931 34
North Carolina A&T Coastal 39 28 10,852 17,178 34
North Carolina State ACC 39 30 20,747 44,314 34
North Dakota State Summit 40 32 10,692 29,892 34
North Florida ASUN 43 31 8,727 33,951 34
Northern Illinois Horizon 40 31 12,062 33,988 34
Northwestern State Southland 43 12 30,014 33,403 34
Oakland Horizon 35 27 13,577 38,281 34
Ohio MAC 37 30 14,537 41,249 34
Ohio State Big Ten 44 34 17,242 60,509 34
Oklahoma SEC 40 32 24,478 60,504 34
Oklahoma State Big 12 41 34 10,149 39,353 34
Oregon Big Ten 44 29 25,181 65,586 34
Oregon State Pac-12 44 33 17,807 46,740 34
Penn State Big Ten 41 28 30,078 63,133 34
Purdue Big Ten 45 32 16,723 50,795 34
Purdue Fort Wayne Horizon 38 23 10,186 30,857 34
Rhode Island Coastal 37 27 18,462 56,870 34
Rutgers Big Ten 40 30 24,844 71,187 34
Sacramento State MAC 44 31 13,271 32,240 34
Sam Houston State CUSA 36 29 9,755 31,587 34
San Diego State Pac-12 40 27 17,776 44,937 34
San Jose State Mountain West 48 30 12,657 39,541 34
South Carolina SEC 48 28 24,413 66,856 34
South Dakota State Summit 41 31 6,263 22,911 34
South Florida American 60 34 11,709 38,375 34
Southeast Missouri State OVC 37 27 9,265 24,777 34
Southeastern Louisiana Southland 47 32 13,498 29,912 34
Southern SWAC 37 33 6,144 19,482 34
Southern Illinois MVC 34 30 10,416 31,341 34
Southern Miss Sun Belt 39 32 9,813 31,345 34
Stephen F. Austin Southland 59 27 8,177 36,588 34
Stony Brook Coastal 41 27 18,301 46,632 34
Tarleton State WAC 41 31 10,776 30,778 34
Tennessee SEC 55 29 42,421 92,131 34
Texas SEC 41 28 24,300 49,964 34
Texas A&M SEC 48 25 27,940 50,075 34
Texas A&M Corpus Christi Southland 44 25 9,762 29,695 34
Texas at Arlington WAC 39 31 11,841 38,061 34
Texas Rio Grande Southland 40 23 11,685 35,230 34
Texas State Pac-12 40 31 15,215 37,058 34
Texas Tech Big 12 40 25 15,350 33,528 34
Toledo MAC 40 32 14,947 44,058 34
Towson Coastal 46 18 16,634 44,027 34
UC Davis Mountain West 43 30 12,071 45,210 34
UC Irvine Big West 40 30 17,661 46,857 34
UC San Diego Big West 42 30 16,598 47,033 34
UCLA Big Ten 40 25 23,605 62,537 34
UMBC America East 36 36 12,218 43,763 34
UNC Greensboro Southern 39 30 10,371 25,388 34
UNC Wilmington Coastal 43 31 8,859 27,869 34
UNLV Mountain West 38 28 16,523 42,072 34
Utah Big 12 39 33 22,854 60,192 34
Utah Tech Big Sky 42 31 7,798 23,895 34
Utah Valley WAC 44 30 13,327 33,679 34
UTSA American 38 29 12,134 34,328 34
VCU Atlantic 10 42 32 22,669 60,151 34
Virginia ACC 41 25 33,017 75,988 34
Virginia Tech ACC 45 32 21,810 65,734 34
Washington Big Ten 44 27 22,794 69,130 34
Washington State Pac-12 36 33 17,028 55,210 34
West Virginia Big 12 42 30 20,661 52,200 34
Western Carolina Southern 47 34 5,712 20,932 34
Western Illinois OVC 34 30 10,100 27,154 34
Western Kentucky CUSA 40 32 11,753 33,683 34
Western Michigan MAC 33 28 12,866 33,199 34
Wichita State American 50 32 16,383 45,178 34
William & Mary Coastal 40 28 18,807 60,765 34
Winthrop Big South 49 28 10,065 46,367 34
Wisconsin - Milwaukee Horizon 40 30 14,260 33,685 34
Wright State Horizon 42 30 11,232 30,184 34
Youngstown State Horizon 51 28 9,290 26,045 34
Average - 144 Schools 42 29 15,426 43,141 34
These are potential increases as athletic scholarship awards are optional. Schools can fully fund a sport, or award less than the maximum allowed. While Football and Men’s basketball will receive close to 90% of revenue sharing payments at most FBS schools, conversely, about 90% of additional scholarship awards will go to athletes in Women’s and Men’s sports other than football and basketball.
* These averages are for NCAA I public Universities for which we have compiled data from available reporting.
** Roster limits are not mandatory. However, schools opting not to be subject to roster limits must adhere to the prior (lower) scholarship limits. Participating schools must submit certified rosters to the College Sports Commission.
Number of US College Baseball teams:
NCAA I teams represent about 18% of all US College baseball teams. There are also many opportunities to play college baseball at schools in other divisions and athletic associations:
Intercollegiate Baseball
Programs 2025-26Total
SchoolsTotal
Teams
NCAA I 365 308
NCAA II 299 253
NCAA III 429 381
NAIA 226 179
NJCAA 433 403
CCCAA 104 87
Other Associations 136 73
Totals 1,992 1,684
We didn’t just make this stuff up … see our page on methodology and sources of information. Questions on our data? Contact us at: NIL-NCAA.com Statistics compiled & edited by Patrick O’Rourke CPA, Washington, DC 
