NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Recruiting Calendar
August 1-31, 2025: Dead period
September 1 – Nov. 30, 2025: Evaluation period
Thirty-three (42 for U.S. service academies) evaluation days during the fall evaluation period.
December 1–7, 2025: Dead period
December 8–21, 2025: Quiet period
December 22, 2025 – January 4, 2026: Dead period
Except: January 1–5, 2025: Quiet period for two- and four-year college transfer prospective student-athletes who intend to enroll midyear.
January 5 – January 31, 2026: Contact period
Except: Jan 11 Quiet Period
Except: Jan 12–14 Dead Period
February 2 – March 2 2026: Quiet period
March 2 – April 14, 2026: Quiet period
April 15 – May 23, 2026: Contact period
One hundred forty (180 for U.S. service academies) recruiting-person days (see Bylaw 13.02.11) during the spring contact period.
May 24–27, 2026: Dead period
May 28 – June 22, 2026: Quiet period
June 23 – July 31, 2026: Dead period
August is another month of the Dead Period with the exception of Forty-eight hours before a home contest (on the institution’s campus or in a facility normally used for its home games) that occurs in August or on Sept. 1 or 2 through 48 hours after the conclusion of the contest.