NCAA Revenue Sharing – Soccer Teams

Estimated 2025-26 Revenue Sharing – Soccer 

Under the proposed settlement in House V NCAA, schools will be able to share revenue with their athletes not to exceed the lesser of 22% of their annual athletic revenues or $ 21 million per year. We analyzed the most recent NCAA financial reporting from several NCAA I public universities and arrived at some estimates for soccer team revenue sharing scheduled to begin in the 2025-26 season:

Women’s Soccer Teams:

Est Revenue Sharing
Womens Soccer
ConferenceSoccer Team
Revenue Share
# of
Players
Average
per player
Revenue %
Soccer
Est Revenue
Sharing 2025
Total 2023
Revenue *
Colorado Big-12 210,319 28 7,511 1.5% 14,090,852 64,049,328
MississippiSEC 113,386 27 4,199 0.5% 21,000,000 101,643,972
Texas Tech Big-12 84,729 28 3,026 0.5% 18,258,244 82,992,017
Iowa State Big-12 84,047 28 3,002 0.5% 18,365,450 83,479,317
UtahBig-12 78,228 28 2,794 0.5% 16,049,837 72,953,805
Washington Big Ten 70,268 28 2,510 0.3% 21,000,000 98,468,704
Penn State Big Ten 62,938 28 2,248 0.3% 21,000,000 152,551,993
Oregon Big Ten 60,224 28 2,151 0.3% 21,000,000 109,439,421
MissouriSEC 54,520 28 1,947 0.3% 19,418,455 88,265,705
TennesseeSEC 49,368 28 1,763 0.2% 21,000,000 134,277,934
WisconsinBig Ten 43,359 28 1,549 0.2% 21,000,000 137,164,382
North DakotaMVC 29,192 28 1,043 1.2% 2,472,797 11,239,985
Colorado State MW 23,212 24 967 0.5% 5,117,008 23,259,125
Ohio State Big Ten 22,434 28 801 0.1% 21,000,000 215,167,642
ArkansasSEC 22,237 28 794 0.1% 21,000,000 132,103,766
Washington State Pac-12 22,089 28 789 0.2% 12,709,241 57,769,277
Illinois Big Ten 20,443 28 730 0.1% 21,000,000 99,358,957
GeorgiaSEC 18,979 28 678 0.1% 21,000,000 125,667,798
Kansas State Big-12 13,643 28 487 0.1% 16,751,854 76,144,789
IdahoBig Sky 9,975 28 356 0.8% 1,270,624 5,775,565
MinnesotaBig Ten 7,040 28 251 0.0% 21,000,000 113,102,807
Georgia SouthernSBC 5,447 28 195 0.3% 2,095,770 9,526,227
Louisiana State SEC 5,165 28 184 0.0% 21,000,000 138,574,324
Arkansas StateSBC 4,812 28 172 0.3% 1,805,824 8,208,289
Appalachian State SBC 2,664 28 95 0.1% 3,626,477 16,483,988
Tennessee Tech OVC 1,317 25 53 0.2% 721,811 3,280,961
P5 School Average19 54,917 28 1,969 0.3% 19,349,681 109,640,839

Men’s Soccer Teams:

Est Revenue Sharing
Men's Soccer
ConferenceSoccer Team
Revenue Share
# of
Players
Average
per player
Revenue %
Soccer
Est Revenue
Sharing 2025
Total 2023
Revenue *
Washington Big Ten 136,346 28 4,869 0.6% 21,000,000 98,468,704
Penn State Big Ten 40,796 26 1,569 0.2% 21,000,000 152,551,993
WisconsinBig Ten 72,945 25 2,918 0.3% 21,000,000 137,164,382
Ohio State Big Ten 35,664 28 1,274 0.2% 21,000,000 215,167,642
P5 School Average4 71,438 27 2,658 0.3% 21,000,000 150,838,180

Estimated revenue sharing is allocated per team based on the percentage of that team’s revenues to revenue from all sports as reported in the school’s most recent (2023) NCAA financial reporting. A significant variable here is athletic department revenue not allocated to a specific team.  Based on the NCAA reports this can be anywhere from 6% to 37% of school athletic department revenue. Our estimates assume this non-specific revenue will be allocated in the same proportion as the team’s revenue percentage to all sports.

These are averages per athlete. In actuality, a few players per team will receive substantially higher than the average, while many will get much less. For players who see little if any playing time, their revenue share will also likely be little or none.

Football and Men’s basketball account for close to 95% of all specific team allocated revenues at Power Conference schools, and athletes in these two sports will be the major beneficiaries of revenue sharing. Consequently, revenue sharing available to athletes in virtually all other sports will be minimal to modest at most schools. The NCAA and its member schools are well aware of this disparity and have consequently proposed to significantly increase the number of potential scholarships available to NCAA athletes.

For soccer, the proposal is to increase the maximum number of athletic scholarships for women’s soccer from 14 to 28 per team and for men’s soccer from 9.9 to 28 per team – this will also represent the limit of players on an NCAA I soccer roster.  So in theory, all 28 players on a team could receive a full scholarship. However, scholarships awards are optional – a school can fully fund a sport, or make awards less than the maximum allowed. 

* 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.


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