IU Indianapolis (formerly IUPUI) is a Horizon League program without football.
The Indianapolis market gives IUI athletes solid commercial NIL access from one of the Midwest's premier sports and business markets.
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The Sideline Staff·NIL Desk
Estimated NIL Spend
$1M
2025–26 est.
Top Sport
Men's Basketball
$700K
IU Indianapolis (formerly IUPUI) is a Horizon League program without football.
The Indianapolis market gives IUI athletes solid commercial NIL access from one of the Midwest's premier sports and business markets.
Indianapolis market gives solid commercial NIL access
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IU Indianapolis ranks #299 nationally in estimated NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) spending for the 2025–26 athletic year, with a combined budget of $1M across all sports. As a Lower-Tier program in the Horizon, IU Indianapoliscompetes 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 IU Indianapolis's reported NIL figures from publicly disclosed contracts, collective funding announcements, athletic department reporting, and cross-referenced industry sources. Numbers reflect estimates of IU Indianapolis's 2026 NIL budget allocations including football, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball, and Olympic sports where applicable. Men's Basketball represents the largest single-sport allocation at $700K.
NIL spending at IU Indianapolis continues to evolve following the House v. NCAA settlement, which permits direct revenue sharing with student-athletes starting in the 2025–26 academic year. IU Indianapolis'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 IU Indianapolis directly to other programs on the NIL Compare tool.
IU Indianapolis is estimated to spend $1M on NIL in the 2025–26 athletic year, including revenue-sharing allocations and third-party collective deals. This ranks #299 nationally among Division I programs.
IU Indianapolis competes in the Horizon at the Lower-Tier level.
Men's Basketball is IU Indianapolis's top NIL-funded sport with approximately $700K in estimated 2026 spending.
IU Indianapolis's $1M NIL budget can be compared against every Horizon program and all 357 Division I schools on The Sideline's NIL Tracker.
IU Indianapolis'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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