Sources: NCAA moves one step closer to a single transfer portal window for college football Nick BrombergSeptember 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM 4 College football is one step closer to a single transfer portal window.
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Nick BrombergSeptember 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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College football is one step closer to a single transfer portal window.
Sources told Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellenger that the NCAA's Football Oversight Committee voted in favor of a single 10-day transfer portal window following the 2025 season. If approved, the transfer portal would open on Jan. 2.
The move still needs to be officially passed by the NCAA's Division I Administrative Committee by Oct. 1 to go into effect after the upcoming football season. Not long after Dellenger's report, the NCAA officially announced the recommendation.
"Under the recommendation, undergraduate and postgraduate FBS student-athletes could enter the transfer portal between Jan. 2-11," an NCAA release said.
"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.
"Another part of the recommendation would make the entire month of December a recruiting dead period [in which coaches can call, write, text or email prospects and their families but no on or off-campus recruiting contacts or evaluations may occur]."
The December transfer portal window meant coaches were both trying to recruit players from other teams and also prevent their own players from leaving before bowl games.
The portal timing also meant numerous transferring players didn't participate in bowl games. Marshall was unable to play in the Independence Bowl against Army and cited a lack of players after the departure of coach Charles Huff to Southern Miss. The Thundering Herd were fined $100,000 by the Sun Belt for being unable to play.
With a Jan. 2 portal start date, all but three bowl games would be played before the transfer window opens.
Removing the spring transfer portal window could also hasten the return of traditional spring football games on some campuses. Nebraska coach Matt Rhule said the spring transfer window was a reason why Nebraska changed its spring game format in 2025.
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