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Volleyball · Division I
Index 1720.00 -2.46%32 conferences348 programs5,917 modeled athletes1.6M engagement volume
Conferences
Atlantic Coast Conference18 · 90.0Big Ten Conference18 · 89.5Southeastern Conference16 · 88.9Big 12 Conference15 · 88.9Pac-12 Conference8 · 83.2Mid-American Conference11 · 70.6Conference USA10 · 70.2Sun Belt Conference14 · 69.8American Conference13 · 68.7Mountain West Conference11 · 68.3The Ivy League8 · 61.4Patriot League9 · 61.0Southwestern Athletic Conf.12 · 57.8Atlantic 10 Conference10 · 57.0BIG EAST Conference11 · 56.8Big Sky Conference11 · 56.5Coastal Athletic Association11 · 56.3Southland Conference12 · 56.1Big West Conference12 · 55.9Southern Conference10 · 55.8Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf.8 · 55.8The Summit League8 · 55.6Horizon League11 · 55.2Ohio Valley Conference9 · 55.2Missouri Valley Conference11 · 54.9America East Conference6 · 54.8Metro Conference12 · 54.7West Coast Conference10 · 54.4United Athletic Conference9 · 53.9Big South Conference8 · 53.4Atlantic Sun Conference8 · 53.3Northeast Conference8 · 51.3
Horizon League — programs
Click any program for its full RUTS analysis — visibility layers, roster and schedule.
| Ticker | Program | Detail | RUTS | 24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU | Northern Illinois University | NCAA D-I FBS · IL | 70.2 | +2.6% |
| YSU | Youngstown State University | NCAA D-I FCS · OH | 55.2 | +3.8% |
| CSU | Cleveland State University | NCAA D-I · OH | 55.0 | +2.4% |
| RMU | Robert Morris University | NCAA D-I FCS · PA | 54.1 | +3.4% |
| UWM | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | NCAA D-I · WI | 53.9 | -0.7% |
| UWGB | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | NCAA D-I · WI | 53.6 | -2.2% |
| NKU | Northern Kentucky University | NCAA D-I · KY | 53.5 | +1.2% |
| OU | Oakland University | NCAA D-I · MI | 53.3 | +0.8% |
| PUFW | Purdue University Fort Wayne | NCAA D-I · IN | 53.0 | -2.9% |
| WSU | Wright State University | NCAA D-I · OH | 52.8 | -0.2% |
| IUI | Indiana University Indianapolis | NCAA D-I · IN | 52.3 | +2.3% |
Horizon 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
$7.38T
annual GDP in the footprint
Employer firms
2.3M
businesses that can buy inventory
Small businesses
9.0M
incl. non-employer firms
Addressable pool
$568.3M
local sponsor $ per year
NIUNCAA D-I FBS · IL · IL$1.15T · 345K firms
CSUNCAA D-I · OH · OH$890B · 311K firms
UWMNCAA D-I · WI · WI$450B · 156K firms
NKUNCAA D-I · KY · KY$290B · 106K firms
OUNCAA D-I · MI · CA$4.10T · 1.2M firms
IUINCAA D-I · IN · IN$500B · 167K firms
Where the budget sits
Banking & insurance$85.7M
Auto & dealer groups$79.7M
Healthcare systems$62.0M
Tech & software$56.0M
QSR & beverage$50.4M
Retail & commerce$50.4M
- · NCAA D-I · MI is the commercial anchor — $4100B of output and 1,229,578 employer firms inside the footprint.
- · Banking & insurance holds the largest slice of local budget here (15% of the pool, ~$85,743K a year) — lead the sell there.
- · 9,026,620 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 Horizon League carries earnings potential beyond raw follower count.
League earning potential, market cap & fan economy
6× · vis 100.0
Annual earning potential
$204.8M
$113.0M – $376.8M
Market cap
$1.23B
$474.8M – $3.05B
Sponsorship band
$193.3M
$106.3M – $357.6M / yr
Fan economy
$19.2M
320,000 fans · $60/yr
Fan economy split
Gate & live attendance$7.9M
Merchandise & licensed product$6.5M
Digital, content & subscriptions$4.8M
- · Visibility 100.0 converts to a 25.2% capture rate against a $568.3M local sponsor pool.
- · 320,000 monetizable fans at $60/yr drive $19.20M of fan-economy revenue.
- · Capitalized at a 6x revenue multiple. Modeled estimate, not a reported valuation.
- · Every figure above is Horizon League's market economy priced through visibility — move the visibility score and the whole stack moves with it.