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NIL & Revenue Sharing – NCAA I Basketball Schools

Here is how revenue sharing participation currently breaks down by the 32 NCAA I Conferences for the upcoming 2026-27 season. Schools that spend more on athletics overall will likely (but not always) spend more on revenue sharing as well.

Participation in NCAA Revenue Sharing by Basketball Conference	Total Schools	Opting In	Opting Out	Average ($) Athletic Budget

ACC	18	18	-	165,140,288
America East	9	8	1	26,145,638
American	13	13	-	62,183,968
Atlantic Sun	8	5	3	21,171,455
Atlantic 10	14	14	-	33,738,809
Big 12	16	16	-	130,364,327
Big East	11	11	-	54,060,319
Big Sky	11	10	1	23,309,168
Big South	9	6	3	16,238,200
Big Ten	18	18	-	179,704,868
Big West	12	12	-	30,300,152
Coastal	13	13	-	30,836,430
Conference USA	10	10	-	41,539,667
Horizon League	12	12	-	17,534,322
Ivy League	8	0	8	51,326,119
Metro	13	11	2	22,388,394
Mid-American	12	12	-	39,879,691
Mid-Eastern	8	8	-	16,224,880
Missouri Valley	11	11	-	21,612,886
Mountain West	10	9	1	49,349,824
NEC	9	1	8	19,376,278
Ohio Valley	9	9	-	15,683,371
Pac-12	9	9	-	65,423,106
Patriot League	10	1	9	34,913,594
SEC	16	16	-	208,234,404
Southern	11	11	-	23,760,059
Southland	12	11	1	18,590,902
Southwestern	12	12	-	12,802,872
Summit League	8	8	-	26,573,122
Sun Belt	14	14	-	41,008,367
United	9	9	-	20,730,050
West Coast	10	10	-	34,491,012

Total Schools	365	328	37
Average 2025 Budget ($)				$ 57,553,170
Median 2025 Budget ($)				$ 32,651,311

The median (mid-point) of 2025 NCAA athletic department budgets was $ 32 million per year while the average ($ 57 million) skews much higher due to the impact of increasingly high spending by Power conference schools, a few of which will exceed $ 300 million in annual spending this year.

NCAA basketball – average NIL & Revenue Sharing payments per team

Let’s take a look at how this works in practice. Here are estimated 2025-26 roster costs for NCAA I men’s basketball teams. Most large player contracts are a combination of third-party NIL and revenue sharing:

Estimated NCAA Basketball Team Roster Cost 2025-26 *	Average Cost of Team Roster ($)	Portion paid via third-party NIL	Portion paid via Revenue Sharing

SEC	$ 9,700,000	$ 7,100,000	$ 2,600,000
Big 12	8,600,000	4,400,000	4,200,000
Big Ten	8,500,000	5,400,000	3,100,000
ACC	8,200,000	4,100,000	4,100,000
Big East	8,000,000	2,300,000	5,700,000
Mid to High Majors	2,300,000	1,000,000	1,300,000
Low to Mid Majors	525,000	100,000	425,000

* These estimates were compiled by a confidential survey of NCAA I basketball coaches conducted by the Athletic. Some notes on these estimates:

The SEC has the highest average per team primarily due to Kentucky’s reported $ 22 million roster cost.
There was a WIDE range of team roster costs – the SEC and ACC both have differences of over $ 10 million between some teams.8
The Big East has the highest percentage of revenue sharing allocated to basketball since with the exception of UConn, no other Big East school has an FBS football program accounting for a significant amount of team specific revenue.8

The million-dollar question is will these pricey wagers buy basketball success? Results from the 2026 NCAA Tournament were definitely interesting … Kentucky (with reportedly the most expensive roster) and BYU (with reportedly the most expensive player) both failed to advance beyond the opening weekend. One high-major coach told this to CBS Sports about the current NIL spending spree in general: “The guys aren’t worth the money they’re going for. I could spend $15 million, but the roster I’d put together wouldn’t win a national championship. There are bad players going for big money.”

Head Basketball Coach Salary Ranges:

There is a wide disparity in Men’s Head Basketball coach compensation even within conferences. Some coaches are nearing $ 10 million in total compensation per most recently available reporting for NCAA I public colleges & universities:

Head Basketball Coach Compensation ($) *	Average per team	High ($)	Low ($)	Median ($)

SEC	5,432,512	9,853,771	3,009,750	4,674,885
Big Ten	5,203,625	7,277,466	2,923,763	5,192,343
Big 12	4,101,060	9,646,853	1,863,769	3,290,124
ACC	3,491,431	4,787,387	2,519,354	3,428,046
Pac-12	1,557,061	3,009,158	497,857	1,394,847
American	1,202,476	2,500,000	630,464	1,063,154
Mountain West	953,251	1,467,333	620,547	913,909
Mid-American	722,710	2,100,132	403,272	588,660
Conference USA	640,717	896,807	473,395	626,819
Sun Belt	579,164	865,885	372,850	503,477
All other Conferences	643,007	8,582,034	164,345	441,187


P4 Average	4,717,309	9,853,771	1,863,769	4,314,823
G6 Average	921,684	3,009,158	372,850	698,743
All other Conferences	643,007	8,582,034	164,345	441,187

Average Basketball Staff Payrolls:

Disparities in compensation aren’t limited to just player rosters, there is also a wide difference in total basketball coaching and support staff payrolls:

Basketball Staff Total Payroll *	Average per team	Head Coach	Assistant Coaches	Support Staff	Severance Payments

Big Ten	8,679,266	5,203,625	2,081,722	817,055	576,863
SEC	8,316,551	5,432,512	1,675,293	1,043,541	165,204
ACC	6,720,526	3,491,431	1,669,779	1,136,857	422,459
Big 12	6,495,738	4,101,060	1,477,225	861,725	55,728
Pac-12	2,799,857	1,557,061	942,117	277,896	22,783
American	2,420,531	1,202,476	782,127	239,801	196,126
Mountain West	2,127,782	953,251	911,672	244,900	17,960
Mid-American	1,407,219	722,710	606,319	62,353	15,837
Conference USA	1,280,107	640,717	513,882	125,508	-
Sun Belt	1,249,934	579,164	516,494	146,743	7,533
All other Conferences	1,240,916	643,007	509,671	81,796	6,442

P4 Average ($)	7,704,009	4,717,309	1,747,855	937,131	301,714
G6 Average ($)	1,828,221	921,684	697,847	171,543	37,147
All other Conferences ($)	1,240,916	643,007	509,671	81,796	6,442

* Per most recently available reporting from NCAA I public universities.

Annual Athletic Spending – NCAA I Schools by Basketball Conference

The following is average annual spending per school for the current 32 NCAA I basketball conferences for years 2022-25:

Athletics Spending * per School 2022-25	# of Schools	FY 2025 ($)	FY 2024 ($)	FY 2023 ($)	FY 2022 ($)	3-year % Increase

ACC	18	165,140,288	147,691,670	136,108,276	120,780,704	37%
America East	9	26,145,638	23,725,573	23,099,417	21,711,886	20%
American	13	62,183,968	54,841,896	50,441,927	44,293,083	40%
Atlantic Sun	8	21,171,455	21,324,491	19,381,958	16,779,997	26%
Atlantic 10	14	33,738,809	31,768,513	29,773,800	27,628,774	22%
Big 12	16	130,364,327	118,427,029	113,643,577	95,933,388	36%
Big East	11	54,060,319	49,602,621	47,307,386	44,846,737	21%
Big Sky	11	23,309,168	21,935,095	20,224,766	18,260,445	28%
Big South	9	16,238,200	14,455,915	12,695,165	12,772,939	27%
Big Ten	18	179,704,868	170,920,831	152,218,262	134,942,914	33%
Big West	12	30,300,152	26,483,216	24,549,923	23,048,325	31%
Coastal	13	30,836,430	28,801,585	26,829,129	25,627,408	20%
Conference USA	10	41,539,667	39,235,840	34,386,700	30,905,091	34%
Horizon League	12	17,534,322	16,031,412	15,204,712	14,604,120	20%
Ivy League	8	51,326,119	48,564,251	44,005,921	39,403,949	30%
Metro Atlantic	13	22,388,394	21,650,119	19,878,664	18,571,695	21%
Mid-American	12	39,879,691	36,917,514	34,589,678	31,957,060	25%
Mid-Eastern	8	16,224,880	15,489,853	13,392,550	11,367,840	43%
Missouri Valley	11	21,612,886	21,149,876	19,951,562	18,409,716	17%
Mountain West	10	49,349,824	47,020,101	44,005,197	38,193,949	29%
NEC	9	19,376,278	18,406,783	17,125,945	15,527,206	25%
Ohio Valley	9	15,683,371	15,700,427	13,293,697	12,496,333	26%
Pac-12	9	65,423,106	63,227,251	62,664,711	55,345,172	18%
Patriot League	10	34,913,594	33,475,952	31,636,188	29,497,086	18%
SEC	16	208,234,404	186,184,880	166,230,426	151,759,723	37%
Southern	11	23,760,059	21,987,458	21,038,594	19,474,894	22%
Southland	12	18,590,902	17,750,116	16,582,258	15,394,515	21%
Southwestern	12	12,802,872	11,682,478	11,410,880	10,635,091	20%
Summit League	8	26,573,122	24,236,132	22,253,489	19,486,441	36%
Sun Belt	14	41,008,367	38,857,610	35,331,129	32,817,660	25%
United	9	21,254,495	20,051,811	17,863,060	15,866,816	34%
West Coast	10	34,491,012	32,331,877	29,954,705	26,571,645	30%
Average per School ($)	365	57,553,170	53,088,104	48,810,971	43,855,307	31%

Median Spending ($)	365	32,651,311	30,305,928	28,658,603	25,973,056	26%

* Expenses per Equity in Athletics Act (EADA) annual reporting. These results are comparable to NCAA membership reporting with one major exception – EADA reporting does not include payments made for athletic facilities debt service and leases. However, one key advantage of EADA reporting is that the data includes all schools, while NCAA financial reporting is typically available only for public universities. See our methodology page for more detail and disclosures.

Schools with football programs are going to have significantly higher annual spending than schools without football programs. At Power conference schools, football can account for 75% to 80% of allocated revenue sharing, while basketball is typically around 15%. So schools without football programs will typically allocate a much higher percentage of revenue sharing to basketball than schools with football programs.

Athletic scholarship limits removed for NCAA I Basketball teams:

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 Men’s basketball, the athletic scholarship limit has been increased from 13 to 15, slightly increasing the available scholarship money at most NCAA I schools:

2025 Scholarship Awards * NCAA I Men's Basketball	Conference	2025 Roster	# of awards	Average ($) Award 2025	Roster Limit **
Akron	MAC	18	13	32,075	15
Alabama	SEC	20	13	65,736	15
Albany	Coastal	15	13	51,766	15
Appalachian State	Sun Belt	17	13	28,843	15
Arizona	Big 12	20	19	50,982	15
Arizona State	Big 12	15	14	52,525	15
Arkansas	SEC	15	13	51,480	15
Ball State	MAC	14	14	31,315	15
Binghamton	America East	14	13	55,975	15
Boise State	Pac-12	14	13	56,645	15
Bowling Green	MAC	14	13	41,584	15
Buffalo	MAC	15	13	69,337	15
Cal Poly	Big West	21	15	47,844	15
Cal State Bakersfield	Big West	15	13	41,701	15
Cal State Northridge	Big West	19	13	58,005	15
California	ACC	22	13	101,267	15
Central Connecticut	Northeast	16	13	34,890	15
Central Florida	Big 12	16	13	46,037	15
Central Michigan	MAC	17	13	33,633	15
Charlotte	American	15	13	33,838	15
Chicago State	Northeast	19	13	27,720	15
Cincinnati	Big 12	16	13	55,084	15
Clemson	ACC	17	13	76,132	15
Cleveland State	Horizon	14	13	35,842	15
Colorado	Big 12	17	13	67,369	15
Colorado State	Pac-12	15	13	56,120	15
Connecticut	Big East	13	12	57,923	15
Coppin State	MEAC	16	13	21,360	15
Eastern Illinois	OVC	16	13	33,035	15
Eastern Michigan	MAC	15	23	25,884	15
Eastern Washington	Big Sky	16	13	41,086	15
Florida	SEC	18	14	43,052	15
Florida Gulf Coast	ASUN	17	13	56,141	15
Florida State	ACC	16	13	48,983	15
Fresno State	Pac-12	18	15	35,616	15
Georgia	SEC	15	13	48,403	15
Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	16	14	35,703	15
Georgia State	Sun Belt	17	14	40,105	15
Grambling State	SWAC	18	13	30,392	15
Hawaii	MW	16	14	44,698	15
Houston	Big 12	14	13	44,273	15
Idaho	Big Sky	16	13	32,025	15
Illinois	Big Ten	18	14	42,384	15
Illinois - Chicago	MVC	15	13	58,179	15
Illinois State	MVC	15	13	33,897	15
Indiana	Big Ten	19	13	57,843	15
Iowa	Big Ten	17	13	49,968	15
Iowa State	Big 12	15	12	42,082	15
James Madison	Sun Belt	17	13	46,306	15
Kansas	Big 12	19	13	56,116	15
Kansas State	Big 12	15	13	46,704	15
Kennesaw State	CUSA	18	25	21,936	15
Kent State	MAC	18	13	37,973	15
Lamar	Southland	14	13	37,983	15
Long Beach State	Big West	15	13	35,912	15
Louisiana Lafayette	Sun Belt	17	13	38,642	15
Louisiana Monroe	Sun Belt	14	13	27,790	15
Louisiana State	SEC	16	12	53,949	15
Marshall	Sun Belt	16	13	29,819	15
Maryland	Big Ten	15	13	73,562	15
Maryland Eastern Shore	MEAC	13	13	29,708	15
Massachusetts	MAC	17	13	63,677	15
McNeese State	Southland	15	14	24,072	15
Miami of Ohio	MAC	16	13	56,513	15
Michigan	Big Ten	16	13	84,651	15
Michigan State	Big Ten	16	13	72,109	15
Minnesota	Big Ten	16	13	55,721	15
Mississippi	SEC	16	14	45,879	15
Mississippi State	SEC	18	13	54,560	15
Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	18	14	12,734	15
Missouri	SEC	17	13	54,180	15
Missouri - Kansas City	Summit	16	13	48,453	15
Missouri State	CUSA	17	13	30,658	15
Montana	Big Sky	16	13	52,691	15
Montana State	Big Sky	16	13	48,809	15
Nebraska	Big Ten	18	14	46,962	15
Nebraska - Omaha	Summit	16	13	38,734	15
Nevada	MW	14	13	49,230	15
New Hampshire	Coastal	15	13	55,557	15
New Mexico	MW	14	13	41,969	15
New Mexico State	CUSA	16	13	43,011	15
New Orleans	Southland	15	13	30,861	15
Nicholls State	Southland	17	13	21,752	15
Norfolk State	MEAC	14	12	36,299	15
North Carolina	ACC	16	13	42,909	15
North Carolina A&T	Coastal	16	13	10,505	15
North Carolina State	ACC	15	13	46,095	15
North Dakota	Summit	15	13	33,135	15
North Dakota State	Summit	15	13	29,374	15
North Florida	ASUN	14	13	35,212	15
North Texas	American	17	13	31,353	15
Northern Arizona	Big Sky	14	13	33,603	15
Northern Illinois	Horizon	17	13	34,727	15
Northern Iowa	MVC	16	13	31,689	15
Northwestern State	Southland	15	13	39,480	15
Oakland	Horizon	15	13	43,765	15
Ohio	MAC	17	13	49,278	15
Ohio State	Big Ten	16	13	60,211	15
Oklahoma	SEC	17	13	54,255	15
Oklahoma State	Big 12	17	13	35,634	15
Oregon	Big Ten	18	13	61,125	15
Oregon State	Pac-12	16	13	50,758	15
Penn State	Big Ten	14	13	73,070	15
Portland State	Big Sky	14	13	62,775	15
Purdue	Big Ten	18	13	46,185	15
Purdue Fort Wayne	Horizon	15	13	39,136	15
Rhode Island	Coastal	16	13	72,414	15
Rutgers	Big Ten	15	13	77,105	15
Sacramento State	Big West	14	12	53,769	15
Sam Houston State	CUSA	15	13	31,760	15
San Diego State	Pac-12	17	13	50,061	15
San Jose State	MW	16	13	46,135	15
South Carolina	SEC	15	13	66,922	15
South Dakota State	Summit	15	13	25,168	15
South Florida	American	16	13	45,096	15
Southeast Missouri State	OVC	14	12	28,009	15
Southeastern Louisiana	Southland	15	13	30,286	15
Southern	SWAC	16	13	20,308	15
Southern Illinois	MVC	14	13	33,546	15
Southern Miss	Sun Belt	16	13	29,812	15
Southern Utah	WAC	18	13	30,073	15
Stephen F. Austin	Southland	15	12	35,090	15
Stony Brook	Coastal	14	13	57,422	15
Tarleton State	WAC	18	14	32,036	15
Tennessee	SEC	15	11	81,138	15
Texas	SEC	16	13	44,464	15
Texas A&M	SEC	16	14	43,206	15
Texas A&M Corpus Christi	Southland	16	13	35,712	15
Texas at Arlington	WAC	18	13	37,186	15
Texas Rio Grande	Southland	17	13	25,815	15
Texas State	Pac-12	15	13	43,481	15
Texas Tech	Big 12	15	13	32,989	15
Toledo	MAC	14	13	47,023	15
Towson	Coastal	17	13	47,853	15
UC Davis	Mountain West	16	13	64,902	15
UC Irvine	Big West	16	14	72,593	15
UC San Diego	Big West	16	13	64,493	15
UCLA	Big Ten	17	13	71,834	15
UMBC	America East	17	17	43,283	15
UNC Greensboro	Southern	16	18	21,662	15
UNC Wilmington	Coastal	17	13	42,119	15
UNLV	MW	16	13	49,169	15
Utah	Big 12	18	13	66,127	15
Utah State	Pac-12	15	14	32,847	15
Utah Tech	Big Sky	16	16	21,259	15
Utah Valley	WAC	17	13	31,364	15
UTEP	MW	16	13	37,301	15
UTSA	American	16	13	37,112	15
VCU	Atlantic 10	13	12	83,179	15
Vermont	America East	15	13	55,783	15
Virginia	ACC	19	13	86,804	15
Virginia Tech	ACC	15	14	66,242	15
Washington	Big Ten	17	14	63,948	15
Washington State	Pac-12	14	13	42,811	15
Weber State	Big Sky	16	18	27,623	15
West Virginia	Big 12	16	13	44,525	15
Western Carolina	Southern	23	13	23,843	15
Western Illinois	OVC	15	13	26,275	15
Western Kentucky	CUSA	18	13	25,706	15
Western Michigan	MAC	16	13	33,551	15
Wichita State	American	15	13	42,321	15
William & Mary	Coastal	16	13	77,726	15
Winthrop	Big South	15	13	41,169	15
Wisconsin	Big Ten	17	13	62,448	15
Wisconsin - Green Bay	Horizon	19	14	28,442	15
Wisconsin - Milwaukee	Horizon	18	13	39,552	15
Wright State	Horizon	14	13	33,968	15
Youngstown State	Horizon	16	13	32,531	15
Average - 168 teams		16	13	45,089	15

For women’s basketball, the athletic scholarship limit remains unchanged at 15 per team:

2025 Scholarship Awards * NCAA I Women's Basketball	Conference	2025 Roster	# of awards	Average ($) Award 2025	Roster Limit **
Akron	MAC	16	15	30,621	15
Albany	Coastal	14	14	42,547	15
Appalachian State	Sun Belt	15	15	32,401	15
Arizona	Big 12	15	17	45,077	15
Arizona State	Big 12	16	16	58,482	15
Arkansas	SEC	14	14	42,361	15
Ball State	MAC	14	20	20,594	15
Binghamton	America East	14	14	46,835	15
Boise State	Pac-12	18	15	49,719	15
Bowling Green	MAC	14	15	31,153	15
Buffalo	MAC	16	15	52,696	15
Cal Poly	Big West	23	15	46,273	15
Cal State Bakersfield	Big West	14	14	38,779	15
Cal State Northridge	Big West	13	13	44,823	15
California	ACC	17	15	79,294	15
Central Connecticut	Northeast	14	14	37,447	15
Central Florida	Big 12	15	15	48,786	15
Central Michigan	MAC	16	16	32,456	15
Charlotte	American	14	14	30,016	15
Chicago State	Northeast	14	14	28,016	15
Cincinnati	Big 12	13	13	56,554	15
Clemson	ACC	16	16	75,074	15
Cleveland State	Horizon	14	14	41,599	15
Colorado	Big 12	14	14	81,832	15
Colorado State	Pac-12	19	15	59,799	15
Connecticut	Big East	14	14	54,210	15
Coppin State	MEAC	13	14	22,750	15
Eastern Illinois	OVC	15	15	29,504	15
Eastern Michigan	MAC	15	22	27,735	15
Eastern Washington	Big Sky	16	15	36,067	15
Florida	SEC	14	14	49,534	15
Florida Gulf Coast	ASUN	15	13	48,811	15
Florida State	ACC	12	12	44,177	15
Fresno State	Pac-12	16	16	40,049	15
Georgia	SEC	13	13	51,586	15
Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	16	14	42,556	15
Georgia State	Sun Belt	15	13	41,436	15
Grambling State	SWAC	13	14	26,828	15
Hawaii	Mountain West	17	16	41,409	15
Houston	Big 12	14	13	40,703	15
Idaho	Big Sky	14	14	35,026	15
Illinois	Big Ten	20	15	40,767	15
Illinois - Chicago	MVC	15	15	53,477	15
Illinois State	MVC	14	13	34,112	15
Indiana	Big Ten	18	14	62,823	15
Iowa	Big Ten	15	15	51,530	15
Iowa State	Big 12	12	12	37,718	15
James Madison	Sun Belt	16	16	43,501	15
Kansas	Big 12	14	14	54,311	15
Kansas State	Big 12	14	14	40,033	15
Kennesaw State	CUSA	14	18	27,587	15
Kent State	MAC	15	15	36,059	15
Lamar	Southland	12	14	30,857	15
Long Beach State	Big West	14	13	35,400	15
Louisiana Lafayette	Sun Belt	15	15	36,149	15
Louisiana Monroe	Sun Belt	15	14	28,466	15
Louisiana State	SEC	13	13	53,280	15
Marshall	Sun Belt	16	15	33,472	15
Maryland	Big Ten	15	15	74,076	15
Maryland Eastern Shore	MEAC	15	15	32,221	15
Massachusetts	MAC	14	13	51,834	15
McNeese State	Southland	15	15	25,605	15
Miami of Ohio	MAC	23	15	51,236	15
Michigan	Big Ten	12	12	89,984	15
Michigan State	Big Ten	16	16	63,072	15
Minnesota	Big Ten	15	15	47,027	15
Mississippi	SEC	15	15	52,610	15
Mississippi State	SEC	14	14	51,017	15
Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	18	15	14,704	15
Missouri	SEC	20	16	47,244	15
Missouri - Kansas City	Summit	15	15	47,541	15
Missouri State	CUSA	13	13	29,071	15
Montana	Big Sky	16	14	40,565	15
Montana State	Big Sky	16	16	42,179	15
Nebraska	Big Ten	15	14	40,144	15
Nebraska - Omaha	Summit	15	15	33,023	15
Nevada	Mountain West	16	16	32,426	15
New Hampshire	Coastal	15	14	52,051	15
New Mexico	Mountain West	14	14	52,093	15
New Mexico State	CUSA	15	15	47,282	15
New Orleans	Southland	15	15	26,888	15
Nicholls State	Southland	16	15	19,698	15
Norfolk State	MEAC	12	12	31,725	15
North Carolina	ACC	15	15	45,982	15
North Carolina A&T	Coastal	19	16	19,924	15
North Carolina State	ACC	13	13	38,879	15
North Dakota	Summit	15	15	32,611	15
North Dakota State	Summit	14	14	23,755	15
North Florida	ASUN	16	16	27,713	15
North Texas	American	15	15	31,778	15
Northern Arizona	Big Sky	13	13	33,969	15
Northern Illinois	Horizon	15	15	35,062	15
Northwestern State	Southland	17	16	35,147	15
Oakland	Horizon	15	15	41,129	15
Ohio	MAC	17	14	44,528	15
Ohio State	Big Ten	14	14	66,509	15
Oklahoma	SEC	14	15	50,089	15
Oklahoma State	Big 12	14	14	31,135	15
Oregon	Big Ten	15	15	62,872	15
Oregon State	Pac-12	12	12	43,617	15
Penn State	Big Ten	13	13	70,264	15
Portland State	Big Sky	16	15	31,166	15
Purdue	Big Ten	15	15	47,510	15
Purdue Fort Wayne	Horizon	14	14	34,317	15
Rhode Island	Coastal	13	14	66,135	15
Rutgers	Big Ten	12	11	79,635	15
Sacramento State	Big West	15	14	47,626	15
Sam Houston State	CUSA	13	13	32,115	15
San Jose State	Mountain West	15	15	37,201	15
South Carolina	SEC	13	13	75,202	15
South Dakota State	Summit	15	15	23,890	15
South Florida	American	15	14	48,533	15
Southeast Missouri State	OVC	15	16	22,783	15
Southeastern Louisiana	Southland	15	14	26,157	15
Southern	SWAC	16	15	22,000	15
Southern Illinois	MVC	15	15	33,740	15
Southern Miss	Sun Belt	14	13	33,425	15
Southern Utah	WAC	13	15	29,236	15
Stephen F. Austin	Southland	14	11	34,678	15
Stony Brook	Coastal	14	13	51,253	15
Tarleton State	WAC	15	15	32,891	15
Tennessee	SEC	15	14	83,772	15
Texas	SEC	14	14	44,216	15
Texas A&M	SEC	11	11	47,991	15
Texas A&M Corpus Christi	Southland	14	15	34,813	15
Texas at Arlington	WAC	13	13	42,122	15
Texas Rio Grande	Southland	16	15	27,954	15
Texas State	Pac-12	13	15	35,521	15
Texas Tech	Big 12	15	15	34,072	15
Toledo	MAC	15	15	41,616	15
Towson	Coastal	14	15	43,899	15
UC Davis	Mountain West	13	13	63,962	15
UC Irvine	Big West	16	16	63,771	15
UC San Diego	Big West	16	15	61,094	15
UCLA	Big Ten	13	14	74,166	15
UMBC	America East	14	14	55,398	15
UNC Greensboro	Southern	15	22	17,351	15
UNC Wilmington	Coastal	15	15	25,229	15
UNLV	Mountain West	23	13	51,195	15
Utah	Big 12	14	14	63,987	15
Utah State	Pac-12	16	15	29,945	15
Utah Tech	Big Sky	18	19	15,506	15
Utah Valley	WAC	14	14	26,915	15
UTEP	Mountain West	14	13	43,441	15
UTSA	American	15	15	39,255	15
VCU	Atlantic 10	15	15	73,983	15
Vermont	America East	16	14	52,350	15
Virginia	ACC	14	14	87,008	15
Virginia Tech	ACC	11	11	71,716	15
Washington	Big Ten	11	11	85,552	15
Washington State	Pac-12	13	13	37,619	15
Weber State	Big Sky	19	18	23,752	15
West Virginia	Big 12	15	15	34,756	15
Western Carolina	Southern	20	11	25,550	15
Western Illinois	OVC	14	14	24,281	15
Western Kentucky	CUSA	14	14	24,384	15
Western Michigan	MAC	15	15	33,723	15
Wichita State	American	15	15	43,114	15
William & Mary	Coastal	14	14	76,109	15
Winthrop	Big South	17	15	35,748	15
Wisconsin - Green Bay	Horizon	14	14	26,632	15
Wisconsin - Milwaukee	Horizon	15	15	34,802	15
Wright State	Horizon	15	15	32,187	15
Wyoming	Mountain West	15	15	36,308	15
Youngstown State	Horizon	16	15	28,249	15
Average - 165 teams		15	14	42,909	15

* 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 Basketball teams:

NCAA I teams represent about 19% of all US College basketball teams. Basketball is by far the most sponsored intercollegiate sport, there are also many opportunities to compete at schools in other divisions and athletic associations:

Intercollegiate Basketball Programs 2025-26	Total Schools	Men's Teams	Women's Teams

NCAA I	365	365	363
NCAA II	299	297	299
NCAA III	428	409	421
NAIA	226	222	224
NJCAA	433	430	404
CCCAA	104	100	94
Other Associations	136	136	124
Totals	1,991	1,959	1,959

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