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News—Sept. 18, 2025
NCAA Football Transfer Portal Changes Approved
ESPN is reporting that the NCAA Football Administrative Committee has approved a plan to eliminate the Spring Transfer Portal (April) window effective with the 2025 season as it moves toward to a single annual portal window. But the committee has not yet given the green light to changes to the winter portal which currently opens in early December that would move it to approximately Jan. 2 for a 10-day period. The NCAA is still looking at options for the length and start date of the new winter portal window and may consider the changes at a scheduled October meeting.
Under the expected new policy, football players in FBS & FCS would not be able to place their names in the portal until the start date and this would, for the first time, also apply to graduate transfers. Players who enter the portal would not have to actually reach a decision on a new school destination within the open window period. Players on FBS playoff teams who are still playing beyond the new January portal window start date would have 5 days from the end of their final game to enter their names in the portal. It is hoped that the new plan will allow teams to complete their entire post-seasons without unexpected loss of personnel.
Penn State was hurt by the December Portal window in 2024 when QB Beau Pribula opted to transfer and could not visit new schools and still prepare for the CFP 1st Round game vs. SMU which forced him to leave the team early… And the April 2025 Portal window may have played a factor in a number of schools cancelling end-of-Spring practice football games, or not permitting their TV telecast to limit recruiting as Penn State did with its 2025 Blue-White game…
