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CFB-FCS · Football · D-I
CFB · FCS
Index 1320.00 +1.95%23 conferences128 programs15,360 modeled athletes1.4M engagement volume
Conferences
The Ivy League8 · 61.4BIG EAST Conference3 · 58.9Patriot League5 · 58.8Metro Conference3 · 58.6Mountain West Conference1 · 58.2Southwestern Athletic Conf.12 · 57.8Atlantic 10 Conference6 · 57.8Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf.6 · 57.2Big Sky Conference11 · 56.5Coastal Athletic Association8 · 56.5The Summit League4 · 56.4West Coast Conference1 · 56.4Big West Conference1 · 56.3Southland Conference10 · 56.2Ohio Valley Conference7 · 56.0Missouri Valley Conference7 · 56.0Southern Conference10 · 55.7America East Conference4 · 55.3Big South Conference3 · 54.7Horizon League2 · 54.7United Athletic Conference7 · 53.9Northeast Conference7 · 50.6Atlantic Sun Conference2 · 49.0
The Summit League — programs
Click any program for its full RUTS analysis — visibility layers, roster and schedule.
| Ticker | Program | Detail | RUTS | 24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UST | University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) | NCAA D-I FCS · MN | 60.0 | -1.0% |
| UND | University of North Dakota | NCAA D-I FCS · ND | 56.5 | +4.2% |
| SDSU | South Dakota State University | NCAA D-I FCS · SD | 54.9 | -0.4% |
| USD | University of South Dakota | NCAA D-I FCS · SD | 54.1 | -3.5% |
The Summit League — aggregate market economy
Every member market's business base rolled into one league score. This is the commercial ceiling the league can sell against.
League commercial economy · CMS
98 / 100
Market output
$656B
annual GDP in the footprint
Employer firms
218K
businesses that can buy inventory
Small businesses
850K
incl. non-employer firms
Addressable pool
$50.5M
local sponsor $ per year
USTNCAA D-I FCS · MN · MN$500B · 163K firms
UNDNCAA D-I FCS · ND · ND$80B · 26K firms
SDSUNCAA D-I FCS · SD · SD$76B · 29K firms
Where the budget sits
Banking & insurance$7.7M
Healthcare systems$6.1M
Energy & utilities$5.4M
Auto & dealer groups$5.1M
Retail & commerce$4.9M
QSR & beverage$4.3M
- · NCAA D-I FCS · MN is the commercial anchor — $500B of output and 163,331 employer firms inside the footprint.
- · Banking & insurance holds the largest slice of local budget here (15% of the pool, ~$7,703K a year) — lead the sell there.
- · 849,904 small businesses sit in these markets. Small-business packages are the fastest revenue to close because they need no national approval.
- · This business base is why The Summit League carries earnings potential beyond raw follower count.
League earning potential, market cap & fan economy
6× · vis 100.0
Annual earning potential
$27.6M
$15.5M – $49.2M
Market cap
$165.7M
$65.3M – $398.4M
Sponsorship band
$17.2M
$9.5M – $31.8M / yr
Fan economy
$17.4M
290,000 fans · $60/yr
Fan economy split
Gate & live attendance$7.1M
Merchandise & licensed product$5.9M
Digital, content & subscriptions$4.3M
- · Visibility 100.0 converts to a 25.2% capture rate against a $50.5M local sponsor pool.
- · 290,000 monetizable fans at $60/yr drive $17.40M of fan-economy revenue.
- · Capitalized at a 6x revenue multiple. Modeled estimate, not a reported valuation.
- · Every figure above is The Summit League's market economy priced through visibility — move the visibility score and the whole stack moves with it.