According to On3 .com, Ohio State University has two majors NIL collectives, one for-profit  The 1870 Society, and a non-profit called The Foundation.  The Foundation is a non-profit and its goal is to raise 13 million dollars to provide NIL opportunities to student-athletes. Primarily this organization targets football and basketball players who attend the university but reach outside other sports. Yet, The 1870 society NIL collective is exclusively for the high-power football team and has backed the team ever since the launch of NIL. 

 Many of the members and founders of these collectives are former alumni, faculty, or professional athletes who help run and support these collectives. Most notably, Urban Meyer, D’Angelo Russell, and Terry McLaurin. The impact of these NIL collectives allowed OSU to spend 20 million dollars on transfer and high school recruits to get the number one talented football roster in 2024.  The most notable deals that Ohio State athletes and their collective have been involved in are Ricart Automotive and Beats by Dre.

The University of Tennessee has a massive NIL collective resource system consisting of four separate NIL funding collective programs for various sports. These varsity sports include football, basketball, baseball, and various other women's sports. Something unique about this university is that they have a whole NIL collective designated to women’s sports.  This Collective called the Lady Vol Boost Her is unique and helps fund female student-athletes at the University of Tennessee.

However, the most prominent NIL collective that Tennessee has is Spyre Sports Group. "Spyre Sports Group is known for its aggressive approach towards NIL and huge spenders to attract talent to its athletic program." The goal is to raise 25 Million dollars annually and have spent a huge amount of money improving their football team. Currently, their star quarterback can make upwards of 8 million dollars in his junior year of college. This particular collective has won the title of the “ most ambitious collective” from On3.com. The most notable deals that Tennessee athletes and their collective have been involved in are Top Tier Authentics and Beats by Dre.

Texas, like other major schools, had multiple NIL collectives. Recently, UT has dropped down to only one NIL collective by combining all five into one huge NIL collective. The sports in this collective range from Football, Basketball, Baseball, Volleyball, and Golf. It seeks to maximize fundraising for Texas student-athletes and to be a one-stop for all NIL deals and Texas athletic programs. On3 reports, that Texas One Fund is known for being "one of the wealthiest NIL Collectives" after starting initially with 10 million dollars annually. Texas One Fund is partnered with WME Sports and a sales team to work with student-athletes.  The most notable deals that Texas athletes and their collective have been involved in are Nicholas Air and Beats by Dre.

The University of Miami has two major NIL collectives that support its athletic programs. The main NIL collective is Canes Connection where the goal of this organization is to raise 10 million dollars annually for their student-athletes through partnership and brand deals. Alone the football team worked over 15 million dollars to get transfer and high school prospects to flip their prior commitment and to come to Miami. Funding and backing of these collectives are the CEOs of two sports companies that are called Shadow Lion, a sports content creation company, and LifeWallet Sports. 

These two powerhouse companies have a prominent impact on the University of Miami's incoming talent for student-athletes and work with 17 varsity sports on campus. Their second main NIL collective is Canes Society, which is designed to reach out to fans, alumni, and boosters. This collective takes money in the fishbowl effect and allows anyone who wants to donate to the program to donate through this collective. The most notable deals that Miami athletes and their collective have been involved in are C4 Energy and Leaf Trading Cards.

The Grove collective involves eight sports in total with its NIL collectives from Football, Basketball, Track & field, Baseball, Volleyball, and Women’s soccer. This collective is more spread out and also captures women in sports as well. With the Grove collective serving over 400 athletes, the collective has topped 10 million dollars. This collective is made and funded by businessmen who either had ties to the university or attended the university at some point. The Grove collective is an athletic program-wide collective with its goal of “extensive programming opportunities for all Rebel student-athletes.” This collective is known for being one of the "most aggressive collectives" when it comes to getting their student-athletes brand deals according to On3.com.  The most notable deals that Ole Miss athletes and their collective have been involved in are The Brandr Group and Dick's Sporting Goods.