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 tennis:
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 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 Tennis teams:
While tennis 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 player being eligible for a full scholarship. For Women’s tennis, the athletic scholarship limit has been increased from 8 to 10, increasing the available scholarship money at most NCAA I schools:
2025 Scholarship Awards
Women's Tennis Teams *Conference 2025
Roster # of
awardsAverage ($)
Award 2025
Potential ($)
Award 2026 Roster
Limit **
Alabama SEC 10 10 46,938 66,125 10
Appalachian State Sun Belt 9 8 23,531 32,108 10
Arizona Big 12 11 9 42,905 62,723 10
Arizona State Big 12 6 9 40,815 67,576 10
Arkansas SEC 9 8 45,599 50,376 10
Ball State MAC 8 9 29,412 39,029 10
Binghamton America East 10 5 16,100 41,763 10
Boise State Pac-12 10 8 46,692 44,202 10
Bowling Green MAC 9 7 33,381 36,359 10
Buffalo MAC 8 8 49,955 51,624 10
Cal Poly Big West 10 8 32,019 39,057 10
Cal State Northridge Big West 14 8 36,012 41,276 10
California ACC 10 8 71,760 69,819 10
Central Florida Big 12 10 9 43,011 43,593 10
Charlotte American 8 8 28,629 31,532 10
Chicago State Northeast 9 3 34,596 35,341 10
Cincinnati Big 12 8 8 37,520 49,454 10
Clemson ACC 10 10 65,472 82,226 10
Cleveland State Horizon 7 7 27,929 36,462 10
Colorado Big 12 10 8 71,136 65,905 10
Colorado State Pac-12 8 8 51,074 51,748 10
Connecticut Indep 8 8 38,712 48,203 10
Eastern Illinois OVC 8 7 17,062 31,882 10
Eastern Michigan MAC 10 9 40,097 40,538 10
Eastern Washington Big Sky 8 8 31,576 36,013 10
Florida SEC 8 7 48,273 70,448 10
Florida Gulf Coast ASUN 8 8 26,831 41,040 10
Florida State ACC 9 9 39,417 39,706 10
Fresno State Pac-12 9 8 37,232 31,120 10
Georgia SEC 12 8 41,590 52,351 10
Georgia Southern Sun Belt 9 9 36,878 44,971 10
Georgia State Sun Belt 9 8 29,285 43,044 10
Grambling State SWAC 7 8 17,906 23,271 10
Hawaii Mountain West 10 8 41,048 46,404 10
Houston Big 12 7 7 39,954 40,842 10
Idaho Big Sky 9 8 27,405 42,045 10
Illinois Big Ten 11 8 40,272 48,881 10
Illinois - Chicago MVC 8 8 49,545 47,031 10
Illinois State MVC 8 7 37,389 32,307 10
Indiana Big Ten 9 8 60,727 58,399 10
Iowa Big Ten 9 9 51,065 48,734 10
Iowa State Big 12 8 8 48,153 42,054 10
James Madison Sun Belt 11 9 44,911 45,615 10
Kansas Big 12 7 8 48,249 50,420 10
Kansas State Big 12 9 10 43,829 39,973 10
Kennesaw State CUSA 7 7 26,262 34,470 10
Lamar Southland 8 8 36,939 34,889 10
Long Beach State Big West 7 8 32,746 35,386 10
Louisiana Lafayette Sun Belt 8 8 33,737 40,072 10
Louisiana Monroe Sun Belt 8 8 24,703 29,145 10
Louisiana State SEC 13 10 45,416 45,797 10
Marshall Sun Belt 8 7 23,400 30,332 10
Maryland Big Ten 11 9 71,519 65,294 10
Massachusetts MAC 9 8 47,292 59,521 10
McNeese State Southland 8 8 23,620 23,606 10
Miami of Ohio MAC 9 8 46,548 50,811 10
Michigan Big Ten 9 8 67,969 86,131 10
Michigan State Big Ten 10 8 69,590 64,830 10
Minnesota Big Ten 10 8 57,964 51,913 10
Mississippi SEC 7 8 53,180 55,220 10
Mississippi State SEC 9 8 48,799 53,993 10
Mississippi Valley State SWAC 5 3 7,904 17,663 10
Missouri SEC 10 9 49,371 53,321 10
Missouri - Kansas City Summit 9 7 46,204 55,421 10
Missouri State CUSA 9 8 29,576 32,353 10
Montana Big Sky 9 8 29,347 44,116 10
Montana State Big Sky 9 8 35,738 44,558 10
Nebraska Big Ten 9 9 44,644 44,411 10
Nebraska - Omaha Summit 9 8 15,884 35,794 10
Nevada Mountain West 8 8 39,009 49,244 10
New Mexico Mountain West 9 10 46,553 50,539 10
New Mexico State CUSA 9 8 36,306 39,619 10
New Orleans Southland 6 6 22,030 27,946 10
Nicholls State Southland 8 7 21,074 23,829 10
Norfolk State MEAC 9 8 24,850 36,985 10
North Carolina ACC 10 8 29,518 45,931 10
North Carolina State ACC 7 8 29,773 44,314 10
North Dakota Summit 9 8 33,330 32,145 10
North Florida ASUN 8 8 22,750 33,951 10
North Texas American 8 9 27,477 29,869 10
Northern Arizona Big Sky 7 7 36,515 41,162 10
Northern Illinois Horizon 10 8 43,028 33,988 10
Northern Iowa MVC 7 5 32,197 27,479 10
Northwestern State Southland 8 8 33,150 33,403 10
Oakland Horizon 8 6 38,316 38,281 10
Ohio State Big Ten 10 8 57,203 60,509 10
Oklahoma SEC 11 8 70,308 60,504 10
Oklahoma State Big 12 7 8 31,532 39,353 10
Oregon Big Ten 7 8 53,669 65,586 10
Penn State Big Ten 11 9 59,701 63,133 10
Portland State Big Sky 8 8 30,300 37,085 10
Purdue Big Ten 11 8 54,101 50,795 10
Rhode Island Coastal 9 8 48,108 56,870 10
Rutgers Big Ten 8 8 58,199 71,187 10
Sacramento State Big West 8 8 41,870 32,240 10
Sam Houston State CUSA 7 7 29,616 31,587 10
San Diego State Pac-12 8 8 45,993 44,937 10
San Jose State Mountain West 8 8 29,271 39,541 10
South Carolina SEC 10 8 71,231 66,856 10
South Florida American 9 8 48,321 38,375 10
Southeast Missouri State OVC 7 7 20,390 24,777 10
Southeastern Louisiana Southland 12 8 28,924 29,912 10
Southern SWAC 8 7 19,934 19,482 10
Southern Miss Sun Belt 9 6 31,889 31,345 10
Stephen F. Austin Southland 8 8 31,008 36,588 10
Stony Brook Coastal 13 7 44,006 46,632 10
Tarleton State WAC 8 9 23,916 30,778 10
Tennessee SEC 10 9 66,467 92,131 10
Texas SEC 12 9 75,403 49,964 10
Texas A&M SEC 11 8 43,598 50,075 10
Texas A&M Corpus Christi Southland 8 9 29,773 29,695 10
Texas at Arlington WAC 8 8 30,559 38,061 10
Texas Rio Grande Southland 9 8 21,487 35,230 10
Texas State Pac-12 10 8 42,236 37,058 10
Texas Tech Big 12 9 9 31,057 33,528 10
Toledo MAC 7 7 37,453 44,058 10
Towson Coastal 12 8 38,187 44,027 10
UC Davis Mountain West 12 9 35,975 45,210 10
UC Irvine Big West 11 7 22,840 46,857 10
UCLA Big Ten 8 9 49,508 62,537 10
UNC Greensboro Southern 9 7 20,426 25,388 10
UNC Wilmington Coastal 10 8 22,479 27,869 10
UNLV Mountain West 9 7 49,639 42,072 10
Utah Big 12 7 7 62,230 60,192 10
Utah State Pac-12 10 9 31,625 33,560 10
Utah Tech Big Sky 8 6 17,757 23,895 10
UTEP Mountain West 8 8 42,340 40,479 10
UTSA American 9 8 33,502 34,328 10
VCU Atlantic 10 8 7 49,103 60,151 10
Virginia ACC 9 9 64,835 75,988 10
Virginia Tech ACC 15 10 59,062 65,734 10
Washington Big Ten 8 8 74,302 69,130 10
Washington State Pac-12 9 8 30,126 55,210 10
Weber State Big Sky 7 8 21,865 30,328 10
West Virginia Big 12 7 8 37,905 52,200 10
Western Carolina Southern 7 8 18,401 20,932 10
Western Illinois OVC 11 8 24,213 27,154 10
Western Kentucky CUSA 8 9 23,605 33,683 10
Western Michigan MAC 8 8 30,198 33,199 10
Wichita State American 10 8 34,402 45,178 10
William & Mary Coastal 10 8 70,606 60,765 10
Wisconsin Big Ten 9 9 58,154 63,378 10
Wisconsin - Milwaukee Horizon 8 8 39,529 33,685 10
Wyoming Mountain West 8 8 41,263 42,337 10
Youngstown State Horizon 10 8 26,953 26,045 10
Average - 145 Teams * 9 8 $ 39,549 $ 44,350 10
For men’s tennis, the athletic scholarship limit has been increased from 4.5 to 10, potentially doubling the available scholarship money at most NCAA I schools:
2025 Scholarship Awards
Men's Tennis Teams *Conference 2025
Roster # of
awardsAverage ($)
Award 2025
Potential ($)
Award 2026 Roster
Limit **
Alabama SEC 6 10 32,083 66,125 10
Arizona Big 12 13 15 21,754 62,723 10
Arizona State Big 12 11 12 23,351 67,576 10
Arkansas SEC 8 10 33,624 50,376 10
Ball State MAC 10 10 17,867 39,029 10
Binghamton America East 9 7 18,186 41,763 10
Boise State Pac-12 11 11 22,387 44,202 10
Buffalo MAC 7 8 27,800 51,624 10
Cal Poly Big West 11 8 25,687 39,057 10
California ACC 12 11 28,550 69,819 10
Central Florida Big 12 11 12 18,573 43,593 10
Charlotte American 10 8 18,425 31,532 10
Chicago State Northeast 8 4 13,636 35,341 10
Clemson ACC 12 12 28,158 82,226 10
Cleveland State Horizon 10 7 13,604 36,462 10
Eastern Illinois OVC 10 5 6,873 31,882 10
Eastern Washington Big Sky 7 6 16,894 36,013 10
Florida SEC 10 11 24,395 70,448 10
Florida Gulf Coast ASUN 10 9 23,423 41,040 10
Florida State ACC 10 9 25,514 39,706 10
Georgia SEC 12 13 18,479 52,351 10
Georgia Southern Sun Belt 9 6 30,930 44,971 10
Georgia State Sun Belt 8 6 25,114 43,044 10
Hawaii Mountain West 13 7 26,936 46,404 10
Idaho Big Sky 7 10 18,724 42,045 10
Illinois Big Ten 11 9 27,629 48,881 10
Illinois - Chicago MVC 10 7 36,871 47,031 10
Illinois State MVC 9 9 19,078 32,307 10
Indiana Big Ten 12 11 28,481 58,399 10
James Madison Sun Belt 8 7 31,505 45,615 10
Kennesaw State CUSA 9 6 21,997 34,470 10
Lamar Southland 9 8 21,303 34,889 10
Louisiana Lafayette Sun Belt 9 9 24,804 40,072 10
Louisiana State SEC 12 13 18,159 45,797 10
Michigan Big Ten 10 8 44,372 86,131 10
Michigan State Big Ten 9 10 33,827 64,830 10
Mississippi SEC 8 9 29,926 55,220 10
Mississippi State SEC 10 10 25,817 53,993 10
Mississippi Valley State SWAC 5 3 11,000 17,663 10
Montana Big Sky 10 10 20,403 44,116 10
Montana State Big Sky 9 9 22,043 44,558 10
Nebraska Big Ten 11 10 29,019 44,411 10
Nebraska - Omaha Summit 9 8 17,752 35,794 10
Nevada Mountain West 10 9 25,521 49,244 10
New Mexico Mountain West 9 7 25,620 50,539 10
New Mexico State CUSA 11 9 21,793 39,619 10
New Orleans Southland 9 7 9,736 27,946 10
Nicholls State Southland 8 7 8,114 23,829 10
Norfolk State MEAC 8 7 23,539 36,985 10
North Carolina ACC 10 8 28,729 45,931 10
North Carolina State ACC 9 10 23,584 44,314 10
North Dakota Summit 9 6 22,025 32,145 10
North Florida ASUN 11 10 18,079 33,951 10
Northern Arizona Big Sky 10 8 12,749 41,162 10
Northern Illinois Horizon 11 9 23,937 33,988 10
Ohio State Big Ten 14 12 22,098 60,509 10
Oklahoma SEC 11 12 32,225 60,504 10
Oklahoma State Big 12 7 11 11,178 39,353 10
Oregon Big Ten 11 8 37,710 65,586 10
Penn State Big Ten 12 6 38,991 63,133 10
Portland State Big Sky 7 7 25,570 37,085 10
Purdue Big Ten 8 6 44,687 50,795 10
Sacramento State Big West 9 7 23,072 32,240 10
San Diego State Pac-12 9 9 21,290 44,937 10
South Carolina SEC 10 10 33,111 66,856 10
South Florida American 10 10 22,584 38,375 10
Southern SWAC 6 6 12,200 19,482 10
Southern Miss Sun Belt 9 6 18,877 31,345 10
Tennessee SEC 10 10 43,471 92,131 10
Texas SEC 8 8 20,535 49,964 10
Texas A&M SEC 17 10 36,252 50,075 10
Texas A&M Corpus Christi Southland 8 10 14,157 29,695 10
Texas at Arlington WAC 8 7 21,926 38,061 10
Texas Rio Grande Southland 12 7 14,791 35,230 10
Texas Tech Big 12 9 11 13,974 33,528 10
Toledo MAC 7 5 43,758 44,058 10
UC Davis Mountain West 9 8 14,305 45,210 10
UC Irvine Big West 9 9 29,318 46,857 10
UCLA Big Ten 12 10 28,900 62,537 10
UNC Greensboro Southern 8 6 12,500 25,388 10
UNC Wilmington Coastal 12 8 17,257 27,869 10
UNLV Mountain West 6 9 26,047 42,072 10
Utah Big 12 10 10 31,323 60,192 10
Utah State Pac-12 8 6 25,172 33,560 10
UTSA American 10 8 18,212 34,328 10
VCU Atlantic 10 8 7 45,633 60,151 10
Virginia ACC 14 12 34,439 75,988 10
Virginia Tech ACC 13 12 28,958 65,734 10
Washington Big Ten 9 8 35,005 69,130 10
Weber State Big Sky 9 8 18,284 30,328 10
Western Michigan MAC 11 10 14,780 33,199 10
Wichita State American 10 9 24,318 45,178 10
William & Mary Coastal 9 7 44,239 60,765 10
Wisconsin Big Ten 9 9 33,040 63,378 10
Youngstown State Horizon 11 9 13,059 26,045 10
Average - 95 teams * 10 9 $ 24,375 $ 46,253 10
These are potential increases as all 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 Tennis teams:
NCAA I teams represent only about 28% of all US College Tennis teams. There are also many opportunities to compete in tennis at schools in other divisions and athletic associations:
Intercollegiate Tennis
Programs 2025-26Total
SchoolsWomen's
TeamsMen's
Teams
NCAA I 365 312 242
NCAA II 299 201 148
NCAA III 429 346 315
NAIA 226 110 104
NJCAA 433 70 61
CCCAA 104 42 28
Other Associations 136 11 10
Totals 1,992 1,092 908
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 
