When Does the 2027 Transfer Portal Open?
The 2027 college football transfer portal window opens Monday, January 4, 2027 and stays open 10 days, through Wednesday, January 13, 2027. It is the only window of the year.
Countdown
The 2027 transfer portal opens in 56 days.
Entries show on the portal trackeras they are reported, with each player's old school, new school, and estimated value.
What Changed for 2027
On Oct. 7, 2026, the NCAA Division I Cabinet approved a shorter football window: 10 days instead of 15, opening on the first business day after Jan. 1. Jan. 1, 2027 is a Friday holiday, so the window opens Monday, Jan. 4. The spring window is gone, so players get one chance a year to enter.
The window opens while the College Football Playoff is still going: four teams are still playing when it opens.
Source: On3 via Yahoo Sports, Oct. 7, 2026.
Who Will Enter?
Every rostered player has a Transfer Vulnerability Score (TVS), a 0 to 100 score that ranks how likely he is to enter the next window. See the players most likely to transfer, and the schools that fired their head coach, where risk is highest.
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Questions
When does the 2027 college football transfer portal open?
The 2027 window opens Monday, January 4, 2027. The NCAA set it to open on the first business day after Jan. 1.
How long is the 2027 transfer portal window?
10 days, from Monday, January 4, 2027 through Wednesday, January 13, 2027. The NCAA Division I Cabinet approved the shorter window on Oct. 7, 2026; it was 15 days before.
Is there a spring transfer portal window?
No. Football players have one window a year, in January.
Does the window open before the College Football Playoff ends?
Yes. The window opens before the playoff semifinals, so four teams are still playing when it opens.
Who is most likely to enter the portal?
TransferPortl's Transfer Vulnerability Score (TVS) ranks every rostered player from 0 to 100 by how likely he is to enter the next window. Head coach changes raise it for the whole roster.