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SB-D1 · Softball · D-I
Softball · Division I
Index 1640.00 +3.57%32 conferences308 programs6,160 modeled athletes1.4M engagement volume
Conferences
Atlantic Coast Conference15 · 90.6Big Ten Conference17 · 89.5Southeastern Conference15 · 89.0Big 12 Conference11 · 89.0Pac-12 Conference6 · 87.0Mid-American Conference11 · 70.6Conference USA10 · 70.2Sun Belt Conference12 · 69.9American Conference10 · 68.3Mountain West Conference9 · 67.9The Ivy League8 · 61.4Patriot League7 · 60.9BIG EAST Conference9 · 58.0Southwestern Athletic Conf.12 · 57.8Atlantic 10 Conference9 · 56.5Big Sky Conference7 · 56.4The Summit League7 · 56.3Coastal Athletic Association11 · 56.2Big West Conference11 · 56.0Southern Conference9 · 55.9Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf.8 · 55.8Southland Conference10 · 55.6Horizon League8 · 55.4Ohio Valley Conference9 · 55.2America East Conference6 · 55.2Missouri Valley Conference11 · 54.9Metro Conference13 · 54.6West Coast Conference6 · 54.4United Athletic Conference8 · 53.8Atlantic Sun Conference8 · 53.3Big South Conference7 · 53.1Northeast Conference8 · 52.1
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% |
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
$43.5M
$24.3M – $78.6M
Market cap
$261.0M
$101.9M – $637.0M
Sponsorship band
$33.4M
$18.4M – $61.8M / yr
Fan economy
$16.8M
280,000 fans · $60/yr
Fan economy split
Gate & live attendance$6.9M
Merchandise & licensed product$5.7M
Digital, content & subscriptions$4.2M
- · Visibility 100.0 converts to a 25.2% capture rate against a $98.3M local sponsor pool.
- · 280,000 monetizable fans at $60/yr drive $16.80M 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.