Hours after coaches made their case for a simpler calendar, Baker pumped the brakes on an immediate slashing of most portal windows

Charlie Baker, speaking with reporters at the NCAA Convention, said transfer windows are challenging because they must be built around academic calendars.

The AFCA proposes transfer portal reforms to balance player freedom with program stability, addressing chaos in modern college football’s landscape

Student-athletes can enter their names into the transfer portal during two different periods for the 2024-25 academic year. The first took place in early December and the second in late April.

While it's not uncommon for a player from a Group of Five or FCS program to have aspirations of transferring to a larger program, it is pretty rare for a player to openly admit that is their goal. Ford will join the Warhawks as the highest-ranked running back recruit in program history, picking them over Louisiana Tech, Memphis, and Minnesota.

After just one season with the Georgia Bulldogs, QB, Jaden Rashada has rentered the NCAA Transfer Portal. Georgia quarterback Jaden Rashada has enterred the NCA

FBS coaches voted unanimously in favor of replacing the current two portal periods with one 10-day stretch in January.

Division I FBS coaches voted Tuesday during the American Football Coaches Association convention to change the current transfer portal time window frame

FBS coaches put forward a proposal to change the transfer portal, unanimously approving it in a vote on Tuesday, according to David Hale of ESPN. The proposal

The vote took place during a coaches’ meeting at the 2025 American Football Coaches Association convention in Charlotte, N.C., per the ESPN story. FBS coaches voted to move the transfer window to Jan.