How much does Ole Miss pay players (revenue share / NIL budget)?
The House revenue-share cap is $20.5M in 2025–26 and $21.58M ($21,583,913) in 2026–27. Ole Miss hasn't released how much of that it has actually paid out.
College athletics money, from public records
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What can your team actually afford?
Power 4 football · revenue sharing · what they can spend · NIL on file.
Ole Miss
Updated August 27, 2026
Where does your school rank? Ole Miss ranks #23 of 68 in annual capacity.
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Ole Miss: NIL budget, collective payout, football revenue, and head coach salary.
How much does Ole Miss football make and spend?
FY2025 football revenue for Ole Miss is $90,702,621. FY2025 football spending for Ole Miss is $61,846,036. Revenue is what the program brought in. Spending is what it paid out. They are not added together.
What does Ole Miss pay its coach, and what's the buyout?
Pete Golding's pay at Ole Miss is $6,800,000 as of July 1, 2026. The buyout is an estimated $26,250,000 as of January 1, 2026. Source: Clarion Ledger / Daily Journal, quoting Golding term sheet with the Ole Miss Athletic Foundation.