United Athletic Conference Schools – NIL & NCAA Revenue Sharing

United Athletic Conference
Schools 2026-27 		Football
Conference		Basketball
Conference		Athletic
Budget ($)
Abilene ChristianUnitedUnited26,476,731
Arkansas at Little Rock-United12,718,000
Austin PeayUnitedUnited26,749,245
Central ArkansasUnitedUnited17,748,955
Eastern KentuckyUnitedUnited25,348,404
North AlabamaUnitedUnited16,041,806
Tarleton StateUnitedUnited34,277,745
UT Arlington-United18,699,446
West FloridaUnitedASUN16,010,052
West GeorgiaUnitedUnited13,230,120
Total Teams89

Estimated NCAA Revenue Sharing 2026-27: United Athletic Conference Schools

Based on estimated average operating revenue of around $ 3 million per school, revenue sharing using the 22% NCAA benchmark results in an average of about $ 650,000 per school. Revenue sharing is optional, schools may pay any amount as long as total payments do not exceed $ 21.3 million, and schools can also opt out of revenue sharing entirely. Revenue sharing does not include any third-party NIL athlete compensation.

EADA Operating Expenses: United Athletic Conference Schools 2022-25

Per EADA (aka Title IX) reporting, average 2025 athletic department operating costs were about $ 21 million for United Athletic Conference schools, a 35% increase in expenses over a 3-year span:

Athletic Department
Annual Expenses *		Football
Conference		Basketball
Conference		FY 2025 ($)FY 2024 ($)FY 2023 ($)FY 2022 ($)3-year %
Increase
Abilene ChristianUnitedUnited26,476,73125,509,41723,809,97821,201,47625%
Arkansas at Little Rock-United12,718,00015,147,28213,686,19413,951,805-9%
Austin PeayUnitedUnited26,749,24525,678,17122,249,06316,365,00763%
Central ArkansasUnitedUnited17,748,95516,831,60415,186,83214,616,30721%
Eastern KentuckyUnitedUnited25,348,40425,201,22323,088,27219,150,40332%
North AlabamaUnitedUnited16,041,80615,423,73813,955,75612,104,04033%
Tarleton StateUnitedUnited34,277,74527,686,27421,124,97118,230,60288%
UT Arlington-United18,699,44618,654,55117,403,16116,960,98910%
West FloridaUnitedASUN16,010,05213,028,39711,494,05611,017,36545%
West GeorgiaUnitedUnited13,230,12010,334,03610,263,31010,220,71729%
Average ($)8920,730,05019,349,46917,226,15915,381,87135%

* Expenses per Equity in Athletics Act (EADA) annual reporting. EADA differs from NCAA reporting with the primary difference being that EADA reporting does not require disclosure of payments made for athletic facilities debt service and leases.  Consequently, EADA reporting typically results in lower annual expenses than NCAA reporting at most schools. See our methodology page for more detail and disclosures.

 


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