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College football conference championships are wrapped. The College Football Playoff field is set. The final US LBM Coaches Poll of the regular season is out. We know the complete bowl schedule. Now, the college football transfer portal opens, with eyes on some of the top players who might enter and where they may go.
USA TODAY Sports will track the moves of all college football’s top players as they make decisions on where they will play next season. (Need a refresher on how the transfer portal works? We got you covered here.) Follow along.
When does the transfer portal open for football?
In the Football Bowl Subdivision, a 30-day window to enter the transfer portal begins Dec. 4. There is also a spring window from April 15-30. It’s worth noting that these windows restrict when an athlete’s name can be entered into the portal, not when they actually transfer to a different school.
When does the transfer portal close?
The transfer portal window closes on Jan. 2, 2024.
What is a transfer portal in college football?
A 2019 article on the NCAA’s website describes the transfer portal as a “compliance tool to systematically manage the transfer process from start to finish.” Put more simply: It’s a database. The NCAA made this database in an attempt to simplify the first step in the transfer process. In the pre-portal days, athletes would have to ask their coach for permission to contact other schools, then find ways to get the word out that they were available. Coaches, meanwhile, would have to use their connections and word-of-mouth referrals to identify transferring athletes. Now, it’s all just there in one spot.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: College football transfer portal tracker: Who’s in, how it works, more
Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/top-players-college-football-transfer-131332916.html
Author : USA TODAY Sports
Publish date : 2023-12-04 13:13:32
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