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The Price of the Game

Daily NIL valuation analysis from the termiNIL model — rankings, market movement, and plain-English explainers on how college football money actually works. Every figure is generated from our own model, not aggregated from reports.

Rankings

The Most Valuable Quarterbacks in College Football, Ranked

Julian Sayin ($6.24M) leads termiNIL's 2026 quarterback valuations. The median FBS starter is modeled at $1.70M — and the QB2 behind him at $948K.

August 21, 2026
Rankings

Team NIL Value Rankings 2026: Which Roster Is Worth the Most?

Oregon has the most valuable roster in college football at $51.7M, ahead of Texas ($49.8M) and Ohio State ($48.8M). Full team NIL rankings and conference market share.

August 19, 2026
Explainer

How NIL Valuations Are Calculated: The Bottom-Up Model, Explained

How NIL valuations actually work: the six-factor bottom-up model that prices all 14,094 FBS players, why top-down budget estimates fail, and what a valuation cannot tell you.

August 19, 2026
Rankings

The 25 Most Valuable College Football Players in 2026, by NIL Value

Julian Sayin ($6.24M), Arch Manning ($6.21M) and Dante Moore ($6.06M) lead termiNIL's 2026 rankings — and every player in the top 25 is a quarterback. Here is why.

August 19, 2026