Division I Council cuts transfer portal windows to 30 total days

The NCAA Division I Council voted Tuesday in favor of shortening the transfer portal windows for both football and basketball.

The timeframes in which athletes could enter the transfer portal had already been reduced once from 60 to 45 days. Tuesday\'s decision brought those windows down to a combined 30 days.

The possibility of eliminating the spring window for football was being considered, but the Division I Council chose to keep it for players considering a transfer after the results of spring practices.

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Football players will now have a 20-day window during the winter and a 10-day window in the spring. The dates for the 2024-25 offseason will be Dec. 9-28 and April 16-25. Athletes in the portal can commit to a new school at any time, not just when the portal is open for them to enter.

The men\'s and women\'s basketball transfer portal will be open for 30 days starting the day after the end of the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Athletes will still have 30 days to transfer when their original school\'s head coach departs for any reason, starting the day the departure is announced.

These timeline modifications should assist athletic programs in managing the offseason after the implementation of the free one-time transfer and name, image and likeness rights, which have resulted in unprecedented levels of player movement.

Over 2,800 FBS scholarship players entered the transfer portal during 2023-24. Some estimates found that around 2,000 men\'s basketball players entered the portal in 2024.