UConn football to get increased revenue share, but P5 hopes may be in danger

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Reports surfaced this week from Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger that CFP leaders are moving toward increasing UConn’s distribution to align with a Group of 6 share up to approximately $1.5 million to $2 million.

CFP leaders are moving toward increasing UConn's distribution to align with a G6 share ($1.5-2 million), sources tell @YahooSports. The Huskies, as only independent aside from Notre Dame, had received only a one-fifth portion.

Background from April- https://t.co/aXXHhZpkaR

— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) June 17, 2026

UConn had been getting around $350,000 in the annual distribution while G6 schools were receiving that $1.5 t0 $2 million range. Now it’s trending that the Huskies will be on an even playing field with those programs.

Even operating at this “disadvantage”, UConn football is still in a phenomenal place seeing where it was not long ago. They’ve had back-to-back nine-win seasons with berths in the Fenway Bowl, beating North Carolina two seasons ago and falling to Army last season. With these added funds, the program can continue to grow under new head coach Jason Candle.

You’d also imagine that with this news, it can only mean positives for UConn finally finding a conference, ideally in the Power 5. Well, not exactly.

A separate report from Dellenger indicates that the Protect College Sports Act’s anti-expansion provision is trying to freeze power conference membership in hopes to avoid potential “mega” or “super” conferences in the future.

To reemphasize this significant change: This freezes power conference membership, if the bill becomes law. https://t.co/cM8GzUdIFZ

— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) June 18, 2026

While not intended to be the case, this freeze would also have significant effect on teams trying to enter the power conferences. UConn, of course, is likely the program and school this impacts the most in that regard, as most other schools this directly impacts would be ones trying to switch between power leagues and realign, not switch between levels.

The bill still has to be voted on and go through the Senate, but if it passes, we may not see UConn join that long awaited conference for a long time.

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