Football and Men’s basketball will account for close to 90% of revenue sharing payments at most Power Conference schools. The remaining 10% results in an average payout of around $ 4,306 per athlete in all other sports including beach volleyball:
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 Beach Volleyball teams:
While beach volleyball 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 rostered athlete effectively being eligible for a full scholarship. For beach volleyball, the athletic scholarship limit has been increased from 6 to 19, potentially tripling the available scholarship money at most NCAA I schools:
2025 Scholarship Awards
Beach Volleyball teams *Conference 2025
Roster # of
awardsAverage ($)
Award 2025
Potential ($)
Award 2026 Roster
Limit **
Arizona Big 12 18 16 18,476 62,723 19
Arizona State Big 12 19 16 21,511 67,576 19
Boise State Pac-12 20 14 22,571 44,202 19
Cal Poly Big West 33 12 20,622 39,057 19
Cal State Bakersfield Big West 20 10 12,565 37,576 19
Cal State Northridge Big West 21 - - 41,276 19
California ACC 20 13 15,303 69,819 19
Eastern Illinois OVC 16 - - 31,882 19
Florida Gulf Coast ASUN 16 11 15,665 41,040 19
Florida International CUSA 24 13 3,608 13,138 19
Florida State ACC 22 14 17,834 39,706 19
Georgia State Sun Belt 16 13 20,830 43,044 19
Hawaii Mountain West 19 14 20,647 46,404 19
Long Beach State Big West 27 10 7,161 35,386 19
Louisiana Monroe Sun Belt 16 13 11,380 29,145 19
LSU SEC 19 13 16,463 45,797 19
McNeese State Southland 13 9 8,847 23,606 19
Missouri State CUSA 20 11 16,825 32,353 19
Nebraska Big Ten 13 - - 44,411 19
New Orleans Southland 12 11 5,749 27,946 19
Nicholls State Southland 18 - - 23,829 19
North Florida ASUN 17 12 11,183 33,951 19
Oregon Big Ten 22 9 13,289 65,586 19
Sacramento State Big West 16 0 - 32,240 19
Sam Houston State CUSA 21 0 - 31,587 19
San Jose State Mountain West 17 9 10,641 39,541 19
South Carolina SEC 21 13 30,695 66,856 19
South Florida American 12 10 22,306 38,375 19
Southeastern Louisiana Southland 23 14 18,481 29,912 19
Southern Miss Sun Belt 15 8 17,026 31,345 19
Stephen F. Austin Southland 23 14 7,042 36,588 19
Tarleton State WAC 11 10 7,865 30,778 19
Texas SEC 16 9 28,371 49,964 19
Texas A&M Corpus Christi Southland 16 12 14,022 29,695 19
UC Davis Big West 31 13 7,341 45,210 19
UCLA Big Ten 20 13 32,216 62,537 19
UNC Wilmington Coastal 14 6 6,083 27,869 19
Utah Big 12 18 14 8,400 60,192 19
UTEP Mountain West 19 5 30,952 40,479 19
Washington Big Ten 17 14 32,595 69,130 19
Average - 40 teams * 40 19 10 $ 13,864 $ 41,544 19
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 Beach Volleyball teams:
NCAA I teams represent about 37% of all US College Beach Volleyball teams. There are also many opportunities to compete at colleges in other divisions and athletic associations:
Beach Volleyball
Programs 2025-26Women's
TeamsMen's
Teams
NCAA I 67 -
NCAA II 17 1
NCAA III 9 1
NAIA 30 2
CCCAA 38 -
NJCAA 18 -
Totals 179 4
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 
