FBS Oversight Committee recommends Jan 2-16 transfer window

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FBS Oversight Committee proposes changes to notification-of- transfer window - NCAA.org

The Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee on Thursday recommended legislative changes to the football recruiting calendar, including a modification

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The Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee on Thursday recommended legislative changes to the football recruiting calendar, including a modification to the notification-of-transfer windows.

The Division I Administrative Committee must approve the legislative changes before it can take effect. The vote is expected to occur before Oct. 1.

Under the recommendation, undergraduate and postgraduate FBS student-athletes could enter the Transfer Portal between Jan. 2-11.

This 10-day notification-of-transfer window would replace the current structure, in which football student-athletes may initiate notification during a 20-day period in December and a 10-day period in April.

Student-athletes who are members of teams that participate in a postseason contest on or after Jan. 7 may provide written transfer notification during a consecutive-five-day period beginning the day after their team's final postseason contest.

 

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From the NCAA: In response to student-athlete feedback, football oversight committees will consider modifications to proposed single January window, including length of window and corresponding dates. Admin committee expects to consider modifications during October meeting.

The current proposal for the single transfer window for football is that it would be open for 10 days from Jan 2-11. Player feedback is leading to more discussion about the length and timing of that single window.

 

[steve deberg]

I’m torn on this, because while I’m all for maximizing freedom for the student-athletes, I could see this change leading to more student-athletes remaining on scholarship and getting their degrees.

I think it’s reported that something like 40% of FBS football players who enter the portal don’t end up enrolling at a new FBS school.

 

[Toga]

I’m torn on this, because while I’m all for maximizing freedom for the student-athletes, I could see this change leading to more student-athletes remaining on scholarship and getting their degrees.

I think it’s reported that something like 40% of FBS football players who enter the portal don’t end up enrolling at a new FBS school.

Possibly so. Would certainly seem to eliminate?? transfers who don't like where they are on the depth chart following Spring practice.

 

[justgold315]

I’m torn on this, because while I’m all for maximizing freedom for the student-athletes, I could see this change leading to more student-athletes remaining on scholarship and getting their degrees.

I think it’s reported that something like 40% of FBS football players who enter the portal don’t end up enrolling at a new FBS school.

Do the current rules require schools to honor the spring scholarship for athletes who portal and don't find a landing spot? I am not sure if the lack of scholarship is the reason for not continuing or completing school, but if so,, then that should be changed

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Do the current rules require schools to honor the spring scholarship for athletes who portal and don't find a landing spot? I am not sure if the lack of scholarship is the reason for not continuing or completing school, but if so,, then that should be changed

If you enter the portal and the school replaces you, you're outta luck.

 

[All4SU]

Are a greater percentage of Spring portal transfers a result of “the talk” from their than fall transfers?

 

[CuseFan]

If I counted correctly, there are 7 bowls from 1/2 - 1/19, including the championship on 1/19.
How can the transfer window be just through 1/11 then? Bowls and teams don't matter?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

If I counted correctly, there are 7 bowls from 1/2 - 1/19, including the championship on 1/19.
How can the transfer window be just through 1/11 then? Bowls and teams don't matter?

Student-athletes who are members of teams that participate in a postseason contest on or after Jan. 7 may provide written transfer notification during a consecutive-five-day period beginning the day after their team's final postseason contest.

The portal window is extended for 5 days after your last game if you're still playing after Jan 7.

 

[PAcuse]

Are a greater percentage of Spring portal transfers a result of “the talk” from their than fall transfers?

I don't have numbers of why but my gut tells me it's alot of depth chart casualties or in our case the big boys coming in with a NIL bag for your best DT and then our slot WR trying to get more money...stuff like that
The talk I would think comes at the end of the year one on one meetings I would think.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I thought this already happened?

 

[dollarbill44]

Someone will sue to remove all transfer restrictions and they will win and that will be that. The NCAA should just leave it be.

 

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DI FBS Oversight Committee modifies notification-of-transfer period recommendation - NCAA.org

The Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee on Monday recommended a modification to the notification-of-transfer period.

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The Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee on Monday recommended a modification to the notification-of-transfer period.

The updated recommendation would allow Division I undergraduate and postgraduate FBS student-athletes to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal from Jan. 2-16.

Earlier this month, the oversight committee recommended the dates for the notification-of-transfer period to be Jan. 2-11. In response to student-athlete feedback, the Division I Administrative Committee asked the Division I FBS Oversight Committee to further discuss the length of the period.

The Division I Administrative Committee, which meets Oct. 7-8, must approve the change before it takes effect.

This 15-day notification-of-transfer period would replace the current structure, in which football student-athletes may initiate notification during a 20-day period in December.

Student-athletes who are members of teams that participate in a postseason contest on or after Jan. 12 may initiate notification during a consecutive-five-day period beginning the day after their team's final postseason contest.

 

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NCAA sets dates for January college football transfer portal

The NCAA Division I Administrative Committee has approved dates for the one-time-only college football transfer portal window.

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The NCAA Division I Administrative Committee passed dates for the one-time-only college football transfer portal on Tuesday. The 2025-26 college football transfer portal will last 15 days, spanning from Jan. 2 to Jan. 16, the NCAA announced.

The committee’s action is not final until its meeting concludes on Wednesday. Moving forward, the entire Division I football notification of transfer windows will be Jan 2-16. As has been the previous standard, athletes on College Football Playoff teams still playing would have 5 days beginning the day after their team’s final game to enter the transfer portal.


Players have 15 days to enter the portal, but are not under a deadline to commit when they enter. Traditionally, the deadline for committing is how late a school can enroll a player through admissions.


If a head coach is fired, the transfer portal will not open for players immediately. The NCAA announced on Tuesday that moving forward, players will only have 15 days to enter the portal after a coaching change instead of 30 days. Players will also have to wait five days after a new coach is hired or announced.

Previously, the portal opened 30 days immediately after a coaching change. Athletes at schools who have already made coaching changes this fall will be grandfathered in.


Graduate transfers also cannot enter the transfer portal until Jan. 2 with the new one-time-only portal window. Back in January at the American Football Coaches Association convention in Charlotte, head coaches proposed to move the transfer portal to a 10-day window in early January after bowl games, with the spring window eliminated.

The move to a one-time-only portal is supposed to allow schools to finish their season with their entire team before the transfer portal opens. With the move, the spring transfer portal window has been eliminated. The April portal window had long been a point of frustration for coaches and staffers, with players using the spring as a last point of leverage for cash before the fall.


More than 1,100 FBS scholarship players entered the transfer portal in April 2025 alone.

“Let’s say we agree to deal with player A and get a signed agreement, but because of the calendar, he doesn’t report to school for 20 more days,” an SEC general manager recently told On3. “On Day 16, school X calls because they missed on players B and C, and offer him more because they are desperate. We’re now back to square one with player A, and they hold all the leverage to re-negotiate. That’s not sustainable.”

This season’s CFP semifinals are set for Jan. 8 and 9. The CFP national championship game is scheduled for Jan. 19 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Not everyone has been a supporter of the move. The Big Ten was the lone Power Four conference not to support the move.


“I don’t think it’s a good idea at all,” Ohio State head coach Ryan Day said last month. “In the conversations that we had with the Big Ten coaches, I think the majority of them agree. I just don’t quite understand how teams that are playing in the playoffs are expected to make the decisions and sign their upcoming players while they’re still getting ready to play for games. It doesn’t make any sense to me.”