What can your team actually afford?
Power 4 football · revenue sharing · what they can spend · NIL on file.
Updated October 7, 2026
Where does your school rank? California ranks #55 of 68 in annual capacity.
California: NIL budget, collective payout, football revenue, and head coach salary.
The House revenue-share cap is $20.5M in 2025–26 and $21.58M ($21,583,913) in 2026–27. California has paid out about $20.5 million of that (2025–26). That is also the NIL budget figure on this page.
FY2025 football revenue for California is $63,954,618. FY2025 football spending for California is $46,721,911. Revenue is what the program brought in. Spending is what it paid out. They are not added together.