Estimated 2026 Revenue Sharing – NCAA I Soccer teams:
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 $ 5,187 per athlete in all other sports including soccer:
Revenue Sharing Estimates
Power 4 Schools: 2025-26 *Operating
Revenue %
Allocation
to Team ($)
# of eligible
Athletes *Average per
Athlete ($)
Football 72.7% 14,910,614 105 142,006
Men's Basketball 15.1% 3,084,215 15 205,614
All Other Sports 12.2% 2,505,171 483
5,187
2025-26 Average 100% 20,500,000 603
* These estimates are based on 2025 team specific operating revenues as reported to the NCAA. In almost all cases, the maximum $ 20.5 million revenue sharing allocation will ultimately be reduced by the $ 2.5 million dollar for dollar offset for new scholarships. Eligible athletes are based on the new roster limits effective July 1, 2025.
These are averages, a few players may receive much more, while most will likely receive less. These estimates are for revenue sharing payments only (i.e. 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.
Big potential increase in athletic scholarship awards for NCAA I Soccer players:
While soccer 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 limits have been established for each sport. For participating schools this would result in every player effectively being eligible for a full scholarship. For women’s soccer, the athletic scholarship limit has been increased from 14 to 28, doubling the available scholarship money at most NCAA I schools:
2025 Scholarship Awards
Women's Soccer Teams *Conference 2025
Roster # of Player
awards 2025Total Team ($)
Awards 2025 Average Player
Award 2025 ($)
Maximum Player
Award 2026 ($)
Roster
Limit **
Out-of-State
Average Cost of
Attendance ($)
Akron MAC 39 33 284,970 8,635 26,120 28 38,126
Appalachian State Sun Belt 28 26 397,133 15,274 42,748 28 43,766
Arizona Big 12 34 34 889,626 26,165 59,388 28 64,681
Arizona State Big 12 30 28 911,550 32,555 66,536 28 54,724
Arkansas SEC 37 43 914,686 21,272 59,012 28 51,292
Ball State MAC 27 27 480,033 17,779 36,784 28 44,228
Boise State Pac-12 39 36 615,134 17,087 38,663 28 21,650
Bowling Green MAC 30 33 481,765 14,599 30,803 28 39,657
Buffalo MAC 26 23 618,181 26,877 41,157 28 55,216
California ACC 33 31 698,814 22,542 46,650 28 78,189
Central Florida Big 12 30 34 615,172 18,093 38,520 28 41,924
Central Michigan MAC 32 33 362,057 10,971 29,532 28 30,709
Charlotte American 36 30 405,757 13,525 28,921 28 41,522
Cincinnati Big 12 32 35 707,415 20,212 52,596 28 52,212
Clemson ACC 27 34 1,065,213 31,330 79,612 28 61,126
Colorado Big 12 24 29 895,675 30,885 63,977 28 64,778
Colorado State Pac-12 36 25 634,184 25,367 44,194 28 55,378
Connecticut Big East 31 24 755,765 31,490 52,086 28 64,478
Eastern Michigan MAC 36 45 655,747 14,572 42,498 28 35,804
Florida SEC 34 39 731,140 18,747 47,756 28 45,808
Florida State ACC 26 31 670,710 21,636 41,325 28 39,830
Fresno State Pac-12 30 30 465,439 15,515 28,678 28 43,274
Georgia SEC 35 41 709,904 17,315 38,126 28 50,050
Georgia Southern Sun Belt 29 24 479,116 19,963 35,100 28 42,668
Georgia State Sun Belt 35 38 635,904 16,734 45,585 28 53,360
Hawaii MW 29 26 520,621 20,024 37,536 28 56,622
Houston Big 12 32 38 571,991 15,052 36,433 28 52,907
Illinois Big Ten 30 27 986,953 36,554 66,150 28 38,128
Indiana Big Ten 33 33 868,016 26,304 58,334 28 60,348
Iowa Big Ten 36 32 719,390 22,481 44,738 28 51,329
Iowa State Big 12 26 28 664,450 23,730 41,948 28 43,219
James Madison Sun Belt 36 25 624,546 24,982 42,954 28 50,630
Kansas Big 12 30 31 705,866 22,770 45,540 28 47,882
Kansas State Big 12 38 37 547,113 14,787 40,318 28 44,903
Kennesaw State CUSA 34 30 458,958 15,299 28,348 28 43,648
Kent State MAC 32 31 529,341 17,076 38,082 28 41,126
Louisiana Lafayette Sun Belt 38 38 633,467 16,670 43,064 28 45,751
LSU SEC 32 32 677,552 21,174 48,431 28 54,118
Marshall Sun Belt 31 25 531,815 21,273 35,861 28 38,934
Maryland Big Ten 32 30 795,672 26,522 50,680 28 66,762
Massachusetts MAC 33 30 793,345 26,445 56,830 28 59,759
Miami of Ohio MAC 31 27 750,298 27,789 53,593 28 64,426
Michigan Big Ten 32 30 1,081,986 36,066 75,610 28 82,277
Michigan State Big Ten 32 32 806,186 25,193 57,585 28 65,563
Minnesota Big Ten 29 31 778,448 25,111 54,021 28 57,074
Mississippi SEC 34 47 817,990 17,404 50,245 28 47,267
Mississippi State SEC 32 42 964,018 22,953 68,858 28 47,748
Missouri State CUSA 30 33 472,192 14,309 35,664 28 36,642
Nebraska Big Ten 30 28 713,136 25,469 47,196 28 47,968
Nevada MW 32 27 522,669 19,358 47,300 28 48,512
New Mexico MW 34 34 585,247 17,213 43,806 28 50,843
New Mexico State CUSA 35 27 502,298 18,604 41,341 28 44,898
North Carolina ACC 27 25 871,220 34,849 57,850 28 60,040
North Carolina State ACC 29 25 685,259 27,410 46,114 28 51,635
North Dakota State Summit League 31 29 394,378 13,599 29,945 28 29,416
North Texas American 33 30 446,580 14,886 30,297 28 41,452
Northern Illinois Horizon League 28 27 504,351 18,680 36,521 28 41,057
Ohio MAC 31 28 479,233 17,115 35,578 28 42,884
Ohio State Big Ten 32 30 1,073,351 35,778 76,668 28 59,528
Oklahoma SEC 29 39 1,077,811 27,636 76,987 28 61,770
Oklahoma State Big 12 30 35 470,358 13,439 34,158 28 47,320
Oregon Big Ten 29 33 946,979 28,696 62,301 28 66,531
Oregon State Pac-12 29 29 618,629 21,332 50,051 28 59,135
Penn State Big Ten 36 26 1,050,148 40,390 70,574 28 62,884
Purdue Big Ten 36 32 812,274 25,384 58,020 28 47,044
Rutgers Big Ten 38 34 820,101 24,121 58,789 28 59,000
Sam Houston State CUSA 27 27 352,888 13,070 25,516 28 40,576
San Diego State Pac-12 28 27 600,379 22,236 42,884 28 47,704
South Florida American 36 38 572,209 15,058 36,869 28 37,460
Southern Miss Sun Belt 26 25 363,519 14,541 26,690 28 27,180
Tennessee SEC 33 36 1,478,226 41,062 92,044 28 55,920
Texas SEC 31 34 542,541 15,957 34,165 28 66,681
Texas State Pac-12 32 24 617,741 25,739 44,894 28 42,200
Texas Tech Big 12 29 34 577,264 16,978 36,909 28 41,865
Toledo MAC 37 19 774,374 40,757 41,477 28 41,747
UCLA Big Ten 38 35 982,860 28,082 67,504 28 81,851
Utah Big 12 26 28 820,991 29,321 48,465 28 61,640
Utah State Pac-12 40 34 279,406 8,218 17,729 28 40,210
UTEP MW 30 30 473,907 15,797 30,340 28 37,226
UTSA American 30 28 499,900 17,854 32,997 28 45,598
Virginia ACC 29 25 1,170,375 46,815 81,163 28 84,446
Washington Big Ten 32 27 781,981 28,962 55,856 28 63,806
Washington State Pac-12 29 35 935,825 26,738 67,277 28 51,910
West Virginia Big 12 32 30 646,326 21,544 43,407 28 47,967
Western Kentucky CUSA 27 25 383,307 15,332 34,224 28 44,015
Western Michigan MAC 33 33 462,050 14,002 30,865 28 35,765
Wisconsin Big Ten 35 23 841,535 36,588 60,110 28 63,268
Wyoming MW 31 30 554,589 18,486 36,948 28 42,888
Averages - 89 Women's teams * 32 31 672,586 22,179 46,438 28 50,281
For Men’s soccer, the athletic scholarship limit has been increased from 9.9 to 28, almost tripling the available scholarship money at most NCAA I schools:
2025 Scholarship Awards
Men's Soccer Teams *Conference 2025
Roster # of Player
awards 2025Total Team ($)
Awards 2025 Average Player
Award 2025 ($)
Maximum Player
Award 2026 ($)
Roster
Limit **Out-of-State
Average Cost of
Attendance ($)
Akron MAC 37 23 445,919 19,388 40,245 28 38,126
Bowling Green MAC 26 26 286,616 11,024 31,531 28 39,657
California ACC 42 35 451,866 12,910 52,974 28 78,189
Central Florida Big 12 27 34 551,977 16,235 49,240 28 41,924
Charlotte American 37 20 414,566 20,728 38,139 28 41,522
Clemson ACC 34 35 903,188 25,805 91,231 28 61,126
Connecticut Big East 31 23 498,631 21,680 47,398 28 64,478
Georgia Southern Sun Belt 39 23 396,835 17,254 37,018 28 42,668
Georgia State Sun Belt 29 29 371,597 12,814 37,535 28 53,360
Indiana Big Ten 35 33 621,156 18,823 58,434 28 60,348
James Madison Sun Belt 30 17 415,802 24,459 42,171 28 50,630
Marshall Sun Belt 31 27 738,711 27,360 60,699 28 38,934
Maryland Big Ten 29 29 906,226 31,249 72,731 28 66,762
Massachusetts MAC 28 18 245,789 13,655 48,768 28 59,759
Michigan Big Ten 30 25 894,441 35,778 86,671 28 82,277
Michigan State Big Ten 28 29 525,444 18,119 53,129 28 65,563
Missouri State CUSA 26 33 430,348 13,041 43,518 28 36,642
North Carolina ACC 41 27 552,290 20,455 49,846 28 60,040
North Carolina State ACC 32 25 563,055 22,522 49,784 28 51,635
Northern Illinois Horizon 27 18 391,384 21,744 39,734 28 41,057
Ohio State Big Ten 29 25 528,590 21,144 54,494 28 59,528
Oregon State Pac-12 38 26 653,177 25,122 66,380 28 59,135
Penn State Big Ten 27 21 727,674 34,651 69,236 28 62,884
Rutgers Big Ten 28 26 630,738 24,259 63,840 28 59,000
San Diego State Pac-12 28 27 412,810 15,289 47,724 28 47,704
South Florida American 29 26 397,918 15,305 34,783 28 37,460
UCLA Big Ten 34 33 663,725 20,113 64,252 28 81,851
Virginia ACC 41 28 958,930 34,248 92,740 28 84,446
Washington Big Ten 36 30 562,165 18,739 56,784 28 63,806
West Virginia Big 12 30 36 465,800 12,939 43,861 28 47,967
Western Michigan MAC 31 28 343,410 12,265 31,304 28 35,765
Wisconsin Big Ten 27 28 687,415 24,551 69,436 28 63,268
Averages - 33 Men's teams * 32 27 541,091 20,398 52,972 28 55,065
* 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.
These are potential increases as athletic scholarship awards are optional. Schools can fully fund a sport, or award less than the maximum allowed. However, schools will be pressured to fully fund their sports for both competitive and equity considerations. Scholarships remain one of the primary recruiting tools, and programs offering less than the maximum awards allowed will likely be at a recruiting disadvantage to competitors who are fully funding their teams.
Additionally, one of the objectives of the new NCAA model is to provide enhanced monetary awards for those student-athletes in limited revenue sports. While Football and Men’s basketball will receive close to 90% of revenue sharing payments at most FBS schools, conversely, about 90% of the new potential scholarship awards will go to athletes in Women’s and Men’s sports other than football and basketball.
Number of US College Soccer teams:
NCAA I teams represent about 18% of all US College soccer teams. There are also many opportunities to play college soccer at schools in other divisions and athletic associations:
Intercollegiate Soccer
Programs 2025-26Total
MembersMen's
TeamsWomen's
Teams
NCAA I 365 213 350
NCAA II 299 203 260
NCAA III 429 407 419
NAIA 226 194 195
NJCAA 433 253 232
CCCAA 104 82 91
Other Associations 136 100 79
Totals 1,992 1,452
1,626
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Statistics compiled & edited by Patrick O’Rourke, CPA Washington, DC 
