Arkansas-Pine Bluff is a SWAC program and HBCU with a developing NIL operation.
Football receives modest investment.
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The Sideline Staff·NIL Desk
Estimated NIL Spend
$850K
2025–26 est.
Top Sport
Football
$500K
Arkansas-Pine Bluff is a SWAC program and HBCU with a developing NIL operation.
Football receives modest investment.
SWAC level NIL
Track, baseball, volleyball, tennis, cross country
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Arkansas-Pine Bluff ranks #331 nationally in estimated NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) spending for the 2025–26 athletic year, with a combined budget of $850K across all sports. As a FCS program in the SWAC, Arkansas-Pine Bluffcompetes with the nation's top revenue-sharing and collective-funded programs to attract and retain top recruits, transfer-portal talent, and returning starters.
The Sideline's NIL Tracker compiles Arkansas-Pine Bluff's reported NIL figures from publicly disclosed contracts, collective funding announcements, athletic department reporting, and cross-referenced industry sources. Numbers reflect estimates of Arkansas-Pine Bluff's 2026 NIL budget allocations including football, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball, and Olympic sports where applicable. Football represents the largest single-sport allocation at $500K.
NIL spending at Arkansas-Pine Bluff continues to evolve following the House v. NCAA settlement, which permits direct revenue sharing with student-athletes starting in the 2025–26 academic year. Arkansas-Pine Bluff's figures include both the school's revenue-share allocation and third-party collective deals from boosters and alumni networks. For broader context, view our complete NIL Tracker rankings or compare Arkansas-Pine Bluff directly to other programs on the NIL Compare tool.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff is estimated to spend $850K on NIL in the 2025–26 athletic year, including revenue-sharing allocations and third-party collective deals. This ranks #331 nationally among Division I programs.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff competes in the SWAC at the FCS level.
Football is Arkansas-Pine Bluff's top NIL-funded sport with approximately $500K in estimated 2026 spending.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff's $850K NIL budget can be compared against every SWAC program and all 357 Division I schools on The Sideline's NIL Tracker.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff's NIL budget combines two sources: the school's direct revenue-share allocation (capped at roughly $20.5M industry-wide following the House settlement) and third-party collective deals funded by boosters, alumni, and corporate sponsors.
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