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MBB-D1 · Basketball (M) · D-I
MBB · Division I
Index 2840.00 -1.59%32 conferences365 programs5,475 modeled athletes7.8M engagement volume
Conferences
Atlantic Coast Conference18 · 90.0Big Ten Conference18 · 89.5Southeastern Conference16 · 88.9Big 12 Conference16 · 88.8Pac-12 Conference8 · 83.2Mid-American Conference12 · 70.8Conference USA10 · 70.2Sun Belt Conference14 · 69.8American Conference13 · 68.7Mountain West Conference11 · 68.3The Ivy League8 · 61.4Patriot League10 · 60.6Southwestern Athletic Conf.12 · 57.8BIG EAST Conference11 · 56.8Coastal Athletic Association13 · 56.5Big Sky Conference11 · 56.5Southland Conference12 · 56.1Atlantic 10 Conference14 · 56.0Big West Conference12 · 55.9Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf.8 · 55.8Southern Conference11 · 55.7The Summit League8 · 55.6Ohio Valley Conference9 · 55.2Missouri Valley Conference11 · 54.9America East Conference9 · 54.9Horizon League12 · 54.8Metro Conference13 · 54.6West Coast Conference10 · 54.4United Athletic Conference9 · 53.9Big South Conference9 · 53.5Atlantic Sun Conference8 · 53.3Northeast Conference9 · 51.7
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% |
| UNO | University of Nebraska at Omaha | NCAA D-I · NE | 58.2 | -1.9% |
| NDSU | North Dakota State University | NCAA D-I FCS · ND | 57.4 | -0.4% |
| 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% |
| UMKC | University of Missouri-Kansas City | NCAA D-I · MO | 53.2 | +2.7% |
| ORU | Oral Roberts University | NCAA D-I · OK | 50.3 | -0.9% |
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
99 / 100
Market output
$1.28T
annual GDP in the footprint
Employer firms
436K
businesses that can buy inventory
Small businesses
1.7M
incl. non-employer firms
Addressable pool
$98.3M
local sponsor $ per year
USTNCAA D-I FCS · MN · MN$500B · 163K firms
UNONCAA D-I · NE · NE$175B · 55K firms
NDSUNCAA D-I FCS · ND · ND$80B · 26K firms
SDSUNCAA D-I FCS · SD · SD$76B · 29K firms
UMKCNCAA D-I · MO · MO$445B · 163K firms
Where the budget sits
Banking & insurance$15.7M
Healthcare systems$11.5M
Auto & dealer groups$10.3M
Retail & commerce$9.3M
Energy & utilities$8.9M
QSR & beverage$8.6M
- · 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 (16% of the pool, ~$15,700K a year) — lead the sell there.
- · 1,700,019 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
$89.6M
$51.1M – $155.4M
Market cap
$537.5M
$214.8M – $1.26B
Sponsorship band
$33.4M
$18.4M – $61.8M / yr
Fan economy
$93.6M
1,560,000 fans · $60/yr
Fan economy split
Gate & live attendance$38.4M
Merchandise & licensed product$31.8M
Digital, content & subscriptions$23.4M
- · Visibility 100.0 converts to a 25.2% capture rate against a $98.3M local sponsor pool.
- · 1,560,000 monetizable fans at $60/yr drive $93.60M 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.