Colgate is a Patriot League program with FCS football.
The Hamilton, New York rural setting creates geographic challenges, but Colgate's wealthy private university donor base provides consistent NIL backing.
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The Sideline Staff·NIL DeskColgate NIL Spending — $1M Est. 2026
Estimated NIL Spend
$1M
2025–26 est.
Top Sport
Football
$500K
Colgate is a Patriot League program with FCS football.
The Hamilton, New York rural setting creates geographic challenges, but Colgate's wealthy private university donor base provides consistent NIL backing.
The $1M figure above combines two sources permitted under the House v. NCAA settlement: Colgate's direct revenue-share allocation and third-party collective deals funded by boosters, alumni, and corporate sponsors. We compile it from publicly disclosed contracts, collective funding announcements, athletic department reporting, and cross-referenced industry valuations, with Football the largest single-sport allocation at $500K.
Colgate is estimated to spend $1M on NIL in the 2025–26 athletic year, including revenue-sharing allocations and third-party collective deals. This ranks #304 nationally among Division I programs.
Colgate competes in the Patriot at the Basketball level.
Football is Colgate's top NIL-funded sport with approximately $500K in estimated 2026 spending.
Colgate's $1M NIL budget can be compared against every Patriot program and all 357 Division I schools on The Sideline's NIL Tracker.
Colgate'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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