Program Payroll Roster Rankings (68 Programs)
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| Rank | School / Program | Conf | Base Est. ($M) | Simulated Payroll | Competitive Tier |
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Investigating college football’s most carefully guarded secret: estimated player payrolls across all 68 major programs surveyed from 70 industry sources.
| Rank | School / Program | Conf | Base Est. ($M) | Simulated Payroll | Competitive Tier |
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Data synthesized from The Athletic and The New York Times joint investigation, surveying over 70 head coaches, general managers, athletic directors, agents, and collective directors across college athletics. Because NIL contracts and collective disbursements are governed under private entity nondisclosure agreements, team payrolls represent consensus estimated ranges based on verified contract distributions and reported competitive bidding.
Simulation Methodology: Direct institutional revenue sharing uses the $22.0M House v. NCAA settlement benchmark. Total simulated payroll adjusts base NIL spending against modeled school distributions, allowing analysis of competitive parity across conferences.