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 soccer:
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
2025-26 Average 100% 20,800,000 603
These are averages, a few athletes will receive much more, while most will likely 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 Soccer teams:
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 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 2025Average Player
Award 2025 ($)
Potential Player
Award 2026 ($)
Roster
Limit **
Akron MAC 39 33 8,635 35,268 28
Alabama SEC 39 31 31,452 66,125 28
Albany Coastal 27 24 16,905 40,639 28
Appalachian State Sun Belt 28 26 15,274 32,108 28
Arizona Big 12 34 34 26,165 62,723 28
Arizona State Big 12 30 28 32,555 67,576 28
Arkansas SEC 37 43 21,272 50,376 28
Ball State MAC 27 27 17,779 39,029 28
Binghamton America East 27 26 18,113 41,763 28
Boise State Pac-12 39 36 17,087 44,202 28
Bowling Green MAC 30 33 14,599 36,359 28
Buffalo MAC 26 23 26,877 51,624 28
Cal Poly Big West 40 38 12,708 39,057 28
Cal State Bakersfield Big West 39 36 10,392 37,576 28
Cal State Northridge Big West 23 27 9,878 41,276 28
California ACC 33 31 22,542 69,819 28
Central Connecticut Northeast 27 22 15,162 33,720 28
Central Florida Big 12 30 34 18,093 43,593 28
Central Michigan MAC 32 33 10,971 31,628 28
Charlotte American 36 30 13,525 31,532 28
Chicago State Northeast 26 22 11,676 35,341 28
Cincinnati Big 12 32 35 20,212 49,454 28
Clemson ACC 27 34 31,330 82,226 28
Cleveland State Horizon 30 31 8,907 36,462 28
Colorado Big 12 24 29 30,885 65,905 28
Colorado State Pac-12 36 25 25,367 51,748 28
Connecticut Indep 31 24 31,490 48,203 28
Eastern Illinois OVC 25 24 9,132 31,882 28
Eastern Michigan MAC 36 45 14,572 40,538 28
Eastern Washington Big Sky 32 31 14,489 36,013 28
Florida SEC 34 39 18,747 70,448 28
Florida Gulf Coast ASUN 28 25 16,910 41,040 28
Florida State ACC 26 31 21,636 39,706 28
Fresno State Pac-12 30 30 15,515 31,120 28
Georgia SEC 35 41 17,315 52,351 28
Georgia Southern Sun Belt 29 24 19,963 44,971 28
Georgia State Sun Belt 35 38 16,734 43,044 28
Grambling State SWAC 30 31 7,699 23,271 28
Hawaii MW 29 26 20,024 46,404 28
Houston Big 12 32 38 15,052 40,842 28
Idaho Big Sky 32 34 13,202 42,045 28
Illinois Big Ten 30 27 36,554 48,881 28
Illinois - Chicago MVC 30 31 19,363 47,031 28
Illinois State MVC 33 31 14,892 32,307 28
Indiana Big Ten 33 33 26,304 58,399 28
Iowa Big Ten 36 32 22,481 48,734 28
Iowa State Big 12 26 28 23,730 42,054 28
James Madison Sun Belt 36 25 24,982 45,615 28
Kansas Big 12 30 31 22,770 50,420 28
Kansas State Big 12 38 37 14,787 39,973 28
Kennesaw State CUSA 34 30 15,299 34,470 28
Kent State MAC 32 31 17,076 38,335 28
Lamar Southland 33 40 14,357 34,889 28
Long Beach State Big West 25 27 10,055 35,386 28
Louisiana Lafayette Sun Belt 38 38 16,670 40,072 28
Louisiana Monroe Sun Belt 32 25 15,451 29,145 28
Louisiana State SEC 32 32 21,174 45,797 28
Marshall Sun Belt 31 25 21,273 30,332 28
Maryland Big Ten 32 30 26,522 65,294 28
Massachusetts MAC 33 30 26,445 59,521 28
McNeese State Southland 36 34 8,314 23,606 28
Miami of Ohio MAC 31 27 27,789 50,811 28
Michigan Big Ten 32 30 36,066 86,131 28
Michigan State Big Ten 32 32 25,193 64,830 28
Minnesota Big Ten 29 31 25,111 51,913 28
Mississippi SEC 34 47 17,404 55,220 28
Mississippi State SEC 32 42 22,953 53,993 28
Mississippi Valley State SWAC 20 20 4,750 17,663 28
Missouri SEC 34 28 27,284 53,321 28
Missouri - Kansas City Summit League 28 28 12,004 55,421 28
Missouri State CUSA 30 33 14,309 32,353 28
Montana Big Sky 36 36 14,514 44,116 28
Nebraska Big Ten 30 28 25,469 44,411 28
Nebraska - Omaha Summit League 30 29 17,138 35,794 28
Nevada MW 32 27 19,358 49,244 28
New Hampshire Coastal 30 29 25,923 53,236 28
New Mexico MW 34 34 17,213 50,539 28
New Mexico State CUSA 35 27 18,604 39,619 28
Nicholls State Southland 36 31 6,575 23,829 28
North Carolina ACC 27 25 34,849 45,931 28
North Carolina State ACC 29 25 27,410 44,314 28
North Dakota Summit 33 33 13,437 32,145 28
North Dakota State MW 31 29 13,599 29,892 28
North Florida ASUN 34 33 7,887 33,951 28
North Texas American 33 30 14,886 29,869 28
Northern Arizona Big Sky 38 40 10,460 41,162 28
Northern Illinois MW 28 27 18,680 33,988 28
Northern Iowa MVC 28 32 7,985 27,479 28
Northwestern State Southland 33 14 31,590 33,403 28
Oakland Horizon 26 28 16,775 38,281 28
Ohio MAC 31 28 17,115 41,249 28
Ohio State Big Ten 32 30 35,778 60,509 28
Oklahoma SEC 29 39 27,636 60,504 28
Oklahoma State Big 12 30 35 13,439 39,353 28
Oregon Big Ten 29 33 28,696 65,586 28
Oregon State Pac-12 29 29 21,332 46,740 28
Penn State Big Ten 36 26 40,390 63,133 28
Portland State Big Sky 32 24 17,566 37,085 28
Purdue Big Ten 36 32 25,384 50,795 28
Purdue Fort Wayne Horizon 34 27 10,591 30,857 28
Rhode Island Coastal 28 22 31,329 56,870 28
Rutgers Big Ten 38 34 24,121 71,187 28
Sacramento State MAC 30 22 15,054 32,240 28
Sam Houston State CUSA 27 27 13,070 31,587 28
San Diego State Pac-12 28 27 22,236 44,937 28
San Jose State MW 31 28 18,136 39,541 28
South Carolina SEC 38 36 26,346 66,856 28
South Dakota State Summit 31 30 11,673 22,911 28
South Florida American 36 38 15,058 38,375 28
Southeast Missouri State OVC 24 22 10,427 24,777 28
Southeastern Louisiana Southland 34 35 10,508 29,912 28
Southern SWAC 28 25 10,055 19,482 28
Southern Illinois MVC 34 36 10,194 31,341 28
Southern Miss Sun Belt 26 25 14,541 31,345 28
Southern Utah WAC 33 36 12,001 30,048 28
Stephen F. Austin Southland 31 28 12,828 36,588 28
Stony Brook Coastal 32 28 21,911 46,632 28
Tarleton State WAC 27 28 14,634 30,778 28
Tennessee SEC 33 36 41,062 92,131 28
Texas SEC 31 34 15,957 49,964 28
Texas A&M SEC 34 46 17,847 50,075 28
Texas A&M Corpus Christi Southland 29 25 11,304 29,695 28
Texas Rio Grande Southland 29 28 12,145 35,230 28
Texas State Pac-12 32 24 25,739 37,058 28
Texas Tech Big 12 29 34 16,978 33,528 28
Toledo MAC 37 19 40,757 44,058 28
Towson Coastal 33 33 18,055 44,027 28
UC Davis Big West 37 35 14,801 45,210 28
UC Irvine Big West 33 26 21,758 46,857 28
UC San Diego Big West 31 22 27,348 47,033 28
UCLA Big Ten 38 35 28,082 62,537 28
UMBC America East 36 36 15,183 43,763 28
UNC Greensboro Southern 26 27 14,324 25,388 28
UNC Wilmington Coastal 30 32 10,626 27,869 28
UNLV MW 28 29 21,516 42,072 28
Utah Big 12 26 28 29,321 60,192 28
Utah State Pac-12 40 34 8,218 33,560 28
Utah Tech Big Sky 38 37 5,059 23,895 28
Utah Valley WAC 34 39 11,289 33,679 28
UTEP MW 30 30 15,797 40,479 28
UTSA American 30 28 17,854 34,328 28
VCU Atlantic 10 34 31 18,812 60,151 28
Vermont America East 30 23 32,909 67,006 28
Virginia ACC 29 25 46,815 75,988 28
Virginia Tech ACC 36 32 21,988 65,734 28
Washington Big Ten 32 27 28,962 69,130 28
Washington State Pac-12 29 35 26,738 55,210 28
Weber State Big Sky 29 40 8,736 30,328 28
West Virginia Big 12 32 30 21,544 52,200 28
Western Carolina Southern 33 30 7,936 20,932 28
Western Illinois OVC 30 27 12,110 27,154 28
Western Kentucky CUSA 27 25 15,332 33,683 28
Western Michigan MAC 33 33 14,002 33,199 28
William & Mary Coastal 35 26 27,525 60,765 28
Winthrop Big South 28 29 3,789 46,367 28
Wisconsin Big Ten 35 23 36,588 63,378 28
Wisconsin - Green Bay Horizon 34 30 11,242 22,974 28
Wisconsin - Milwaukee Horizon 39 36 13,773 33,685 28
Wright State Horizon 36 32 8,737 30,184 28
Wyoming MW 31 30 18,486 42,337 28
Youngstown State Horizon 34 33 9,698 26,045 28
Average - 163 Schools 32 30 $ 18,895 $ 43,491 28
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 2025Average Player
Award 2025 ($)
Potential Player
Award 2026 ($)
Roster
Limit **
Akron MAC 37 23 19,388 35,268 28
Albany Coastal 30 26 16,956 40,639 28
Binghamton America East 28 15 22,065 41,763 28
Bowling Green MAC 26 26 11,024 36,359 28
Cal Poly Big West 38 20 16,259 39,057 28
Cal State Bakersfield Big West 28 21 12,850 37,576 28
Cal State Northridge Big West 27 32 16,418 41,276 28
California ACC 42 35 12,910 69,819 28
Central Connecticut Northeast 27 19 9,248 33,720 28
Central Florida Big 12 27 34 16,235 43,593 28
Charlotte American 37 20 20,728 31,532 28
Chicago State Northeast 32 12 18,269 35,341 28
Clemson ACC 34 35 25,805 82,226 28
Cleveland State Horizon 31 20 13,032 36,462 28
Connecticut Indep 31 23 21,680 48,203 28
Eastern Illinois OVC 32 14 3,125 31,882 28
Florida Gulf Coast ASUN 30 21 20,489 41,040 28
Georgia Southern Sun Belt 39 23 17,254 44,971 28
Georgia State Sun Belt 29 29 12,814 43,044 28
Illinois - Chicago MVC 31 21 25,615 47,031 28
Indiana Big Ten 35 33 18,823 58,399 28
James Madison Sun Belt 30 17 24,459 45,615 28
Marshall Sun Belt 31 27 27,360 30,332 28
Maryland Big Ten 29 29 31,249 65,294 28
Massachusetts MAC 28 18 13,655 59,521 28
Michigan Big Ten 30 25 35,778 86,131 28
Michigan State Big Ten 28 29 18,119 64,830 28
Missouri - Kansas City Summit League 35 29 19,206 55,421 28
Missouri State CUSA 26 33 13,041 32,353 28
Nebraska - Omaha Summit League 29 26 14,233 35,794 28
New Hampshire Coastal 32 24 23,459 53,236 28
North Carolina ACC 41 27 20,455 45,931 28
North Carolina State ACC 32 25 22,522 44,314 28
North Florida ASUN 29 24 13,053 33,951 28
Northern Illinois MW 27 18 21,744 33,988 28
Oakland Horizon 25 17 18,619 38,281 28
Ohio State Big Ten 29 25 21,144 60,509 28
Oregon State Pac-12 38 26 25,122 46,740 28
Penn State Big Ten 27 21 34,651 63,133 28
Purdue Fort Wayne Horizon 32 23 7,958 30,857 28
Rhode Island Coastal 27 17 31,385 56,870 28
Rutgers Big Ten 28 26 24,259 71,187 28
Sacramento State MAC 37 25 6,370 32,240 28
San Diego State Pac-12 28 27 15,289 44,937 28
San Jose State MW 32 24 10,833 39,541 28
South Carolina SEC 31 15 53,078 66,856 28
South Florida American 29 26 15,305 38,375 28
Stony Brook Coastal 30 19 22,997 46,632 28
Texas Rio Grande Southland 28 18 14,955 35,230 28
UC Davis Big West 29 23 12,085 45,210 28
UC Irvine Big West 28 26 13,739 46,857 28
UC San Diego Big West 31 21 21,533 47,033 28
UCLA Big Ten 34 33 20,113 62,537 28
UMBC America East 31 31 14,087 43,763 28
UNC Greensboro Southern 29 21 13,267 25,388 28
UNC Wilmington Coastal 27 21 12,223 27,869 28
UNLV MW 26 25 18,271 42,072 28
Utah Tech Big Sky 34 32 4,262 23,895 28
Utah Valley WAC 31 24 12,302 33,679 28
VCU Atlantic 10 31 17 35,956 60,151 28
Vermont America East 29 21 27,155 67,006 28
Virginia ACC 41 28 34,248 75,988 28
Virginia Tech ACC 28 32 18,889 65,734 28
Washington Big Ten 36 30 18,739 69,130 28
West Virginia Big 12 30 36 12,939 52,200 28
Western Illinois OVC 29 21 12,554 27,154 28
Western Michigan MAC 31 28 12,265 33,199 28
William & Mary Coastal 27 20 23,362 60,765 28
Winthrop Big South 29 19 11,579 46,367 28
Wisconsin Big Ten 27 28 24,551 63,378 28
Wisconsin - Green Bay Horizon 37 22 13,786 22,974 28
Wisconsin - Milwaukee Horizon 32 24 17,425 33,685 28
Wright State Horizon 35 20 11,587 30,184 28
Average - 73 Schools 31 24 $ 18,617 $ 45,901 28
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 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
Questions on our data? Contact us at: NIL-NCAA.com
Statistics compiled & edited by Patrick O’Rourke, CPA Washington, DC 
