College Football NIL Valuations 2026 — Model Price

Every Power-4 roster priced by the StickToTheModel Model Price engine: on-field value first, position rate cards from reported deals, reconciled to each program's real budget band. Reported deals always supersede the model. Read the full methodology.

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Team Model Payrolls

#	Program	Conference	Priced players	Model payroll
1	Texas	SEC	40	$39.0M
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	40	$38.3M
3	Miami	ACC	40	$34.7M
4	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	40	$32.9M
5	LSU	SEC	40	$32.4M
6	Texas Tech	Big 12	41	$31.9M
7	Penn State	Big Ten	40	$29.8M
8	Tennessee	SEC	40	$29.2M
9	Alabama	SEC	40	$29.0M
10	Michigan	Big Ten	40	$28.3M
11	Texas A&M	SEC	40	$28.2M
12	Oklahoma	SEC	40	$28.1M
13	USC	Big Ten	40	$28.1M
14	Georgia	SEC	40	$28.1M
15	Ole Miss	SEC	40	$26.1M
16	Nebraska	Big Ten	40	$25.9M
17	Auburn	SEC	40	$25.8M
18	South Carolina	SEC	40	$25.8M
19	Florida	SEC	40	$25.4M
20	Stanford	ACC	40	$24.9M
21	Wisconsin	Big Ten	40	$24.7M
22	Kentucky	SEC	40	$24.4M
23	Arkansas	SEC	39	$24.4M
24	Clemson	ACC	40	$24.4M
25	Virginia	ACC	40	$24.2M
26	Indiana	Big Ten	40	$24.1M
27	Duke	ACC	40	$24.1M
28	Missouri	SEC	40	$24.0M
29	Iowa	Big Ten	40	$23.9M
30	Washington	Big Ten	40	$23.8M
31	Kansas	Big 12	40	$23.5M
32	UCLA	Big Ten	40	$23.5M
33	California	ACC	40	$23.5M
34	Oregon	Big Ten	39	$23.3M
35	Rutgers	Big Ten	39	$22.7M
36	Colorado	Big 12	40	$22.7M
37	Michigan State	Big Ten	40	$22.6M
38	Florida State	ACC	39	$22.6M
39	Mississippi State	SEC	40	$22.4M
40	Louisville	ACC	40	$22.3M
41	Minnesota	Big Ten	39	$22.1M
42	Virginia Tech	ACC	40	$22.0M
43	SMU	ACC	40	$21.9M
44	Arizona State	Big 12	40	$21.8M
45	Oklahoma State	Big 12	40	$21.7M
46	Purdue	Big Ten	39	$21.5M
47	TCU	Big 12	39	$21.4M
48	Pittsburgh	ACC	39	$21.4M
49	Boston College	ACC	40	$21.4M
50	Georgia Tech	ACC	40	$21.3M
51	NC State	ACC	40	$21.0M
52	BYU	Big 12	39	$20.9M
53	Arizona	Big 12	40	$20.8M
54	Northwestern	Big Ten	40	$20.7M
55	Maryland	Big Ten	40	$20.5M
56	Vanderbilt	SEC	40	$20.4M
57	Baylor	Big 12	40	$20.4M
58	North Carolina	ACC	39	$20.1M
59	Cincinnati	Big 12	40	$20.0M
60	West Virginia	Big 12	40	$19.9M
61	Wake Forest	ACC	40	$19.7M
62	UCF	Big 12	40	$19.4M
63	Syracuse	ACC	38	$19.2M
64	Iowa State	Big 12	40	$19.1M
65	Kansas State	Big 12	40	$19.1M
66	Houston	Big 12	40	$18.9M
67	Utah	Big 12	39	$18.1M
68	Illinois	Big Ten	40	$14.2M

Top 100 Player Values

#	Player	Pos	Team	Role	Model Price
1	Julian Sayin	QB	Ohio State	STARTER	$7.1M
2	Arch Manning	QB	Texas	STARTER	$6.2M
3	Darian Mensah	QB	Miami	STARTER	$5.2M
4	Trinidad Chambliss	QB	Ole Miss	STARTER	$5.0M
5	Brendan Sorsby	QB	Texas Tech	STARTER	$5.0M
6	Carter Smith	QB	Wisconsin	STARTER	$4.9M
7	CJ Carr	QB	Notre Dame	STARTER	$4.8M
8	Byrum Brown	QB	Auburn	STARTER	$4.4M
9	Jordan Seaton	OT	LSU	STARTER	$4.0M
10	Dante Moore	QB	Oregon	STARTER	$3.9M
11	Nico Iamaleava	QB	UCLA	STARTER	$3.9M
12	Gunner Stockton	QB	Georgia	STARTER	$3.8M
13	Drew Mestemaker	QB	Oklahoma State	STARTER	$3.8M
14	Keelon Russell	QB	Alabama	STARTER	$3.7M
15	Jayden Maiava	QB	USC	STARTER	$3.7M
16	Bryce Underwood	QB	Michigan	STARTER	$3.7M
17	Marcel Reed	QB	Texas A&M	STARTER	$3.6M
18	LaNorris Sellers	QB	South Carolina	STARTER	$3.4M
19	Sam Leavitt	QB	LSU	STARTER	$3.4M
20	Jeremiah Smith	WR	Ohio State	STARTER	$3.2M
21	Blake Barnett	QB	Kansas State	STARTER	$3.2M
22	Steve Angeli	QB	Syracuse	STARTER	$3.1M
23	DJ Lagway	QB	Baylor	STARTER	$3.0M
24	Anthony Colandrea	QB	Nebraska	STARTER	$3.0M
25	Drake Lindsey	QB	Minnesota	STARTER	$3.0M
26	KJ Duff	WR	Rutgers	STARTER	$2.8M
27	Rocco Becht	QB	Penn State	STARTER	$2.7M
28	CJ Bailey	QB	NC State	STARTER	$2.7M
29	Kenny Minchey	QB	Kentucky	STARTER	$2.6M
30	Josh Hoover	QB	Indiana	STARTER	$2.6M
31	Noah Fifita	QB	Arizona	STARTER	$2.5M
32	KJ Jackson	QB	Arkansas	STARTER	$2.5M
33	Ian Strong	WR	California	STARTER	$2.5M
34	Conner Weigman	QB	Houston	STARTER	$2.5M
35	Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele	QB	California	STARTER	$2.4M
36	Duce Robinson	WR	Florida State	STARTER	$2.4M
37	Beau Pribula	QB	Virginia	STARTER	$2.3M
38	Ethan Grunkemeyer	QB	Virginia Tech	STARTER	$2.3M
39	Mason Heintschel	QB	Pittsburgh	STARTER	$2.3M
40	Austin Simmons	QB	Missouri	STARTER	$2.3M
41	Tradon Bessinger	QB	Iowa	STARTER	$2.2M
42	Dylan Lonergan	QB	Rutgers	STARTER	$2.2M
43	Briggs Cherry	QB	Louisville	STARTER	$2.2M
44	John Mateer	QB	Oklahoma	STARTER	$2.2M
45	Julian Lewis	QB	Colorado	STARTER	$2.2M
46	Bear Bachmeier	QB	BYU	STARTER	$2.2M
47	Malik Washington	QB	Maryland	STARTER	$2.2M
48	Kamario Taylor	QB	Mississippi State	STARTER	$2.1M
49	Cole Bergeron	QB	Georgia Tech	STARTER	$2.1M
50	Adam Schobel	QB	TCU	STARTER	$2.1M
51	Harrison Bailey	QB	Florida	STARTER	$2.1M
52	Aidan Chiles	QB	Northwestern	STARTER	$2.1M
53	Max Anderson	QB	West Virginia	STARTER	$2.1M
54	Christopher Vizzina	QB	Clemson	STARTER	$2.1M
55	Wyatt Young	WR	Oklahoma State	STARTER	$2.0M
56	Walker Eget	QB	Duke	STARTER	$2.0M
57	Jackson Cantwell	OT	Miami	STARTER	$2.0M
58	Kewan Lacy	RB	Ole Miss	STARTER	$2.0M
59	Cam Coleman	WR	Texas	STARTER	$2.0M
60	Jared Curtis	QB	Vanderbilt	STARTER	$2.0M
61	Isaiah Neal	DL	Pittsburgh	STARTER	$2.0M
62	Anthony Coellner	QB	Boston College	STARTER	$2.0M
63	Katin Houser	QB	Illinois	STARTER	$2.0M
64	Blake Herold	DT	Kansas	STARTER	$2.0M
65	Jackson Harris	WR	LSU	STARTER	$2.0M
66	Travis Burgess	QB	North Carolina	STARTER	$1.9M
67	David Stone	DL	Oklahoma	STARTER	$1.9M
68	Samson Okunlola	OL	Miami	STARTER	$1.9M
69	Trevor Lauck	OL	Iowa	STARTER	$1.9M
70	Davis Warren	QB	Stanford	STARTER	$1.9M
71	Jaylen Raynor	QB	Iowa State	STARTER	$1.9M
72	Chase Jenkins	QB	Kansas	STARTER	$1.9M
73	Sullivan Absher	OL	Notre Dame	STARTER	$1.9M
74	Keshaun Singleton	WR	Auburn	STARTER	$1.9M
75	Clay Patterson	DL	Stanford	STARTER	$1.8M
76	Malachi Toney	WR	Miami	STARTER	$1.8M
77	Anthony Smith	DL	Minnesota	STARTER	$1.8M
78	Damon Wilson II	EDGE	Miami	STARTER	$1.8M
79	Alex McLaughlin	S	Washington	STARTER	$1.8M
80	Ahmad Moten Sr.	DL	Miami	STARTER	$1.8M
81	Griffin Wilde	WR	Northwestern	STARTER	$1.8M
82	Alessio Milivojevic	QB	Michigan State	STARTER	$1.8M
83	Austin Siereveld	OL	Ohio State	STARTER	$1.8M
84	Chris Henry Jr.	WR	Ohio State	STARTER	$1.8M
85	Sabastian Harsh	DE	NC State	STARTER	$1.8M
86	Mike Matthews	WR	Tennessee	STARTER	$1.7M
87	Tunmise Adeleye	DL	Syracuse	STARTER	$1.7M
88	Elijah Brown	QB	Washington	STARTER	$1.7M
89	Ryan Wingo	WR	Texas	STARTER	$1.7M
90	Kevin Jennings	QB	SMU	STARTER	$1.7M
91	Mario Craver	WR	Texas A&M	STARTER	$1.7M
92	Zach Lutmer	DB	Iowa	STARTER	$1.7M
93	Felix Ojo	OT	Texas Tech	DEPTH	$1.7M
94	Ryan Browne	QB	Purdue	STARTER	$1.7M
95	Cutter Boley	QB	Arizona State	STARTER	$1.7M
96	TK Keys	WR	Tennessee	STARTER	$1.7M
97	Aaron Hall	DT	Duke	STARTER	$1.7M
98	Zxavian Harris	DT	Ole Miss	STARTER	$1.7M
99	Marcus Neal Jr.	S	Penn State	STARTER	$1.6M
100	Aamil Wagner	OL	Notre Dame	STARTER	$1.6M

Model estimates, not reported contracts, except where a deal was publicly reported — those figures supersede the model. Updated with each valuations refresh.

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