Many high college football applications consider that to win massive, they have to spend massive.
Look no additional than the primary 2026 Related Press Prime 25 Ballot. Lots of the faculties on the checklist are reportedly spending properly over $40M in NIL (identify, picture and likeness) offers to draw high gamers and construct a championship-caliber roster.
What number of faculties are spending $40M or extra on rosters?
For a narrative printed Monday, CBS Sports‘ Chris Hummer and John Talty polled greater than 50 school soccer insiders — Energy 4 athletic administrators, basic managers, personnel executives, salary-cap specialists, brokers and boosters — to find out what number of faculties are spending $40M or extra. The outcomes had been eye-popping.
Per the survey, seven faculties are spending $40M or extra on their rosters, and 5 extra are on the sting of that quantity. Beneath, we have grouped these faculties into each classes. Just like the CBS article, it is listed in alphabetical order and does not embody actual numbers.
Groups spending greater than $40M
Groups spending near $40M
What number of of those faculties are within the AP Prime 25 Preseason Ballot?
The entire aforementioned faculties are within the preseason AP Prime 25. Of the groups spending $40M or extra, six are within the high 10, together with preseason No. 1 Ohio State. Ole Miss (No. 9) and Georgia (No. 3) are the groups close to the $40M line listed within the high 10.
