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 volleyball:
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 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 Volleyball teams:
While volleyball 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 volleyball player effectively being eligible for a full scholarship. For women’s volleyball, the athletic scholarship limit has been increased from 12 to 18, potentially increasing the available scholarship money by 50% at most NCAA I schools:
2025 Scholarship Awards
Women's Volleyball Teams *Conference 2025
Roster # of
awardsAverage ($)
Award 2025
Potential ($)
Award 2026 Roster
Limit **
Akron MAC 20 13 27,969 35,268 18
Alabama SEC 22 16 52,800 66,125 18
Albany Coastal 17 12 43,574 40,639 18
Appalachian State Sun Belt 15 12 25,016 32,108 18
Arizona Big 12 17 14 46,270 62,723 18
Arizona State Big 12 17 23 39,552 67,576 18
Arkansas SEC 18 15 41,034 50,376 18
Ball State MAC 18 20 16,938 39,029 18
Binghamton America East 19 14 32,974 41,763 18
Boise State Pac-12 15 16 40,301 44,202 18
Bowling Green MAC 16 12 31,845 36,359 18
Buffalo MAC 16 14 40,579 51,624 18
Cal Poly Big West 20 13 34,422 39,057 18
Cal State Bakersfield Big West 17 12 31,377 37,576 18
Cal State Northridge Big West 18 12 36,211 41,276 18
California ACC 18 15 64,181 69,819 18
Central Connecticut Northeast 14 12 22,497 33,720 18
Central Florida Big 12 14 14 32,883 43,593 18
Central Michigan MAC 17 12 28,145 31,628 18
Charlotte American 19 13 30,147 31,532 18
Chicago State Northeast 9 9 29,866 35,341 18
Cincinnati Big 12 20 14 37,803 49,454 18
Clemson ACC 22 16 65,147 82,226 18
Cleveland State Horizon 17 13 21,647 36,462 18
Colorado Big 12 19 12 72,116 65,905 18
Colorado State Pac-12 22 17 35,303 51,748 18
Connecticut Indep 18 12 51,720 48,203 18
Coppin State MEAC 19 14 21,498 25,700 18
Eastern Illinois OVC 17 12 20,439 31,882 18
Eastern Michigan MAC 21 18 29,603 40,538 18
Eastern Washington Big Sky 17 12 24,011 36,013 18
Florida SEC 20 14 50,319 70,448 18
Florida Gulf Coast ASUN 17 13 27,793 41,040 18
Florida State ACC 16 19 26,194 39,706 18
Fresno State Pac-12 17 16 31,187 31,120 18
Georgia SEC 17 17 41,154 52,351 18
Georgia Southern Sun Belt 20 14 33,686 44,971 18
Georgia State Sun Belt 21 14 41,698 43,044 18
Grambling State SWAC 17 15 19,374 23,271 18
Hawaii Mountain West 20 15 32,133 46,404 18
Houston Big 12 19 17 31,483 40,842 18
Idaho Big Sky 13 12 28,803 42,045 18
Illinois Big Ten 22 15 42,736 48,881 18
Illinois - Chicago MVC 22 16 43,607 47,031 18
Illinois State MVC 20 13 32,472 32,307 18
Indiana Big Ten 19 12 50,381 58,399 18
Iowa Big Ten 25 16 48,767 48,734 18
Iowa State Big 12 16 14 35,715 42,054 18
James Madison Sun Belt 16 16 31,704 45,615 18
Kansas Big 12 19 14 43,392 50,420 18
Kansas State Big 12 18 17 28,629 39,973 18
Kennesaw State CUSA 16 13 31,728 34,470 18
Kent State MAC 20 13 27,819 38,335 18
Lamar Southland 16 14 27,944 34,889 18
Long Beach State Big West 25 17 24,512 35,386 18
Louisiana Lafayette Sun Belt 18 14 29,660 40,072 18
Louisiana Monroe Sun Belt 20 12 19,508 29,145 18
Louisiana State SEC 22 15 42,675 45,797 18
Marshall Sun Belt 22 14 22,746 30,332 18
Maryland Big Ten 18 15 59,389 65,294 18
Maryland Eastern Shore MEAC 18 12 31,170 31,685 18
McNeese State Southland 21 13 18,309 23,606 18
Miami of Ohio MAC 23 14 34,371 50,811 18
Michigan Big Ten 17 12 87,133 86,131 18
Michigan State Big Ten 21 17 59,374 64,830 18
Minnesota Big Ten 17 15 43,666 51,913 18
Mississippi SEC 17 14 43,821 55,220 18
Mississippi State SEC 18 14 40,585 53,993 18
Mississippi Valley State SWAC 19 12 12,842 17,663 18
Missouri SEC 20 17 33,863 53,321 18
Missouri - Kansas City Summit League 16 12 39,024 55,421 18
Missouri State CUSA 20 12 32,576 32,353 18
Montana Big Sky 19 12 29,040 44,116 18
Montana State Big Sky 19 12 36,205 44,558 18
Nebraska Big Ten 14 16 34,488 44,411 18
Nebraska - Omaha Summit League 20 15 24,610 35,794 18
Nevada Mountain West 19 14 26,959 49,244 18
New Hampshire Coastal 20 12 49,211 53,236 18
New Mexico Mountain West 17 14 46,353 50,539 18
New Mexico State CUSA 27 14 33,749 39,619 18
New Orleans Southland 17 15 16,807 27,946 18
Nicholls State Southland 21 10 18,858 23,829 18
Norfolk State MEAC 22 12 22,337 36,985 18
North Carolina ACC 18 17 34,395 45,931 18
North Carolina A&T Coastal 16 12 3,251 17,178 18
North Carolina State ACC 18 17 30,377 44,314 18
North Dakota Summit 16 12 32,936 32,145 18
North Dakota State Summit 17 12 23,328 29,892 18
North Florida ASUN 21 13 24,463 33,951 18
North Texas American 23 14 23,249 29,869 18
Northern Arizona Big Sky 16 14 24,542 41,162 18
Northern Illinois Horizon 18 14 25,064 33,988 18
Northern Iowa MVC 17 15 22,114 27,479 18
Northwestern State Southland 15 11 31,176 33,403 18
Oakland Horizon 19 12 30,312 38,281 18
Ohio MAC 17 12 43,375 41,249 18
Ohio State Big Ten 20 18 42,459 60,509 18
Oklahoma SEC 16 14 57,143 60,504 18
Oregon Big Ten 16 13 39,466 65,586 18
Oregon State Pac-12 16 13 40,435 46,740 18
Penn State Big Ten 19 15 61,335 63,133 18
Portland State Big Sky 14 17 20,403 37,085 18
Purdue Big Ten 24 18 35,068 50,795 18
Purdue Fort Wayne Horizon 15 12 20,358 30,857 18
Rhode Island Coastal 16 12 51,393 56,870 18
Rutgers Big Ten 17 18 53,885 71,187 18
Sacramento State MAC 16 13 23,713 32,240 18
Sam Houston State CUSA 21 12 27,283 31,587 18
San Diego State Pac-12 17 15 39,847 44,937 18
San Jose State Mountain West 19 13 49,584 39,541 18
South Carolina SEC 20 16 61,422 66,856 18
South Dakota State Summit 16 12 18,729 22,911 18
South Florida American 18 15 25,306 38,375 18
Southeast Missouri State OVC 21 11 19,953 24,777 18
Southeastern Louisiana Southland 21 12 26,161 29,912 18
Southern SWAC 17 12 19,937 19,482 18
Southern Illinois MVC 16 13 25,080 31,341 18
Southern Miss Sun Belt 10 12 25,881 31,345 18
Southern Utah WAC 15 14 24,551 30,048 18
Stephen F. Austin Southland 19 13 23,667 36,588 18
Stony Brook Coastal 15 12 44,617 46,632 18
Tarleton State WAC 19 12 26,727 30,778 18
Tennessee SEC 19 15 76,433 92,131 18
Texas SEC 20 18 46,389 49,964 18
Texas A&M SEC 16 14 46,791 50,075 18
Texas A&M Corpus Christi Southland 15 15 19,275 29,695 18
Texas at Arlington WAC 18 13 34,044 38,061 18
Texas Rio Grande Southland 16 11 34,248 35,230 18
Texas State Pac-12 18 14 31,101 37,058 18
Texas Tech Big 12 21 17 23,413 33,528 18
Toledo MAC 17 14 33,966 44,058 18
Towson Coastal 24 14 38,872 44,027 18
UC Davis Mountain West 19 12 50,399 45,210 18
UC Irvine Big West 23 14 30,962 46,857 18
UC San Diego Big West 20 11 40,114 47,033 18
UCLA Big Ten 25 18 46,732 62,537 18
UMBC America East 16 16 28,817 43,763 18
UNC Greensboro Southern 17 13 16,689 25,388 18
UNC Wilmington Coastal 18 12 22,240 27,869 18
UNLV Mountain West 20 15 39,431 42,072 18
Utah Big 12 17 17 44,869 60,192 18
Utah State Pac-12 21 15 25,484 33,560 18
Utah Tech Big Sky 19 14 13,898 23,895 18
Utah Valley WAC 18 14 23,759 33,679 18
UTEP Mountain West 19 12 34,067 40,479 18
UTSA American 16 16 26,738 34,328 18
VCU Atlantic 10 15 13 60,325 60,151 18
Virginia ACC 16 14 63,012 75,988 18
Virginia Tech ACC 19 15 50,625 65,734 18
Washington Big Ten 16 13 55,703 69,130 18
Washington State Pac-12 24 16 36,653 55,210 18
Weber State Big Sky 16 17 17,010 30,328 18
West Virginia Big 12 13 13 36,133 52,200 18
Western Carolina Southern 17 13 15,065 20,932 18
Western Illinois OVC 18 12 22,588 27,154 18
Western Kentucky CUSA 12 12 21,630 33,683 18
Western Michigan MAC 15 13 31,646 33,199 18
Wichita State American 25 13 31,448 45,178 18
William & Mary Coastal 19 12 63,690 60,765 18
Winthrop Big South 20 12 24,389 46,367 18
Wisconsin Big Ten 19 19 42,807 63,378 18
Wisconsin - Green Bay Horizon 18 13 18,005 22,974 18
Wisconsin - Milwaukee Horizon 17 12 27,717 33,685 18
Wright State Horizon 17 13 23,925 30,184 18
Wyoming Mountain West 16 17 30,294 42,337 18
Youngstown State Horizon 17 14 20,014 26,045 18
Average - 166 teams * 18 14 $ 34,358 $ 42,796 18
For Men’s volleyball, the athletic scholarship limit has been increased from 4.5 to 18, potentially quadrupling the available scholarship money at most NCAA I schools:
2025 Scholarship Awards
Men's Volleyball Teams *Conference 2025
Roster # of
awardsAverage ($)
Award 2025
Potential ($)
Award 2026 Roster
Limit **
Ball State MAC 23 23 8,593 39,029 18
Cal State Northridge Big West 24 16 12,710 41,276 18
Hawaii Mountain West 20 12 17,401 46,404 18
Long Beach State Big West 24 22 8,684 35,386 18
Ohio State Big Ten 21 21 13,358 60,509 18
Penn State Big Ten 20 13 21,564 63,133 18
Purdue Fort Wayne Horizon 16 12 11,476 30,857 18
UC Irvine Big West 19 15 21,988 46,857 18
UC San Diego Big West 22 17 12,763 47,033 18
UCLA Big Ten 22 19 14,262 62,537 18
Average - 10 teams * 21 17 $ 14,280 $ 47,302 18
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 Volleyball teams:
NCAA I teams represent about 18% of all US College volleyball teams. There are also many opportunities to compete in volleyball at colleges in other divisions and athletic associations:
Intercollegiate Volleyball
Programs 2025-26Total
SchoolsWomen's
TeamsMen's
Teams
NCAA I 365 347 28
NCAA II 299 287 39
NCAA III 429 420 128
NAIA 226 212 63
NJCAA 433 345 10
CCCAA 104 91 16
Other Associations 136 102 1
Totals 1,992 1,803
285
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 
