A college athletics capacity desk
Public Cap

What can your team actually afford?

Power 4 only · House share · capacity · booked NIL. Pending stays empty.

California

Common questions

California: NIL budget, collective payout, football revenue, and head coach salary.

How much does California 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. California has paid out $20,500,000 of that so far (2025-26). That is also the NIL budget figure on this page.

How much does California football make and spend?

FY2025 football spending for California is $46,721,911. That figure is spending, not football revenue. We don't have a reported football revenue figure for California yet.

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