NCAA eliminates spring transfer portal window for football - ESPN

College football is officially moving to a single offseason transfer portal window, the NCAA announced Wednesday.

The Division I Administrative Committee voted to approve a legislative change that eliminates the spring transfer window but did not sign off on establishing Jan. 2-11 as the lone portal window for FBS and FCS players.

In response to feedback from student-athletes, the FBS and FCS Football Oversight Committees will discuss modifying the dates and length of the proposed January window. The Administrative Committee will consider those adjustments when they meet in October.

FBS head coaches advocated for a January portal window at the AFCA convention in January, and both oversight committees voted to support changing the transfer windows earlier this month. The reform will bring major changes to the timing and duration of the offseason transfer period in college football.

The initial proposal would require college football players to wait until Jan. 2 — the day after the completion of the College Football Playoff quarterfinals — to enter their names in the NCAA transfer portal database and be contacted by prospective schools. Graduate transfers were previously allowed to enter the portal early but now must also wait until the January window.

Players would have 10 days to enter the portal but are under no deadline to make a commitment to their next school once they enter.

Players on teams still competing in the College Football Playoff in January would have five days after their final postseason game to enter the portal. This year's CFP semifinals — the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl — are scheduled for Jan. 8 and 9, respectively.

In previous years, the winter transfer portal window opened in