The transfer portal rules are changing once again— and this time, for once, it looks like they will reduce just how crazy things are.
Ross Dellenger of Yahoo! Sports reported today that the NCAA Football Oversight Committee has voted in support of a single transfer portal window, which will occur in January. This is a huge shift from the way things have been, which has seen slight changes year over year, but has been relatively constant since the portal came about.
The NCAA FB Oversight Committee voted today to support a single transfer portal in January, sources tell @YahooSports, ushering in a significant change.
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) September 4, 2025
The Administrative Committee still needs to formally adopt the change later. The 10-day window is expected to open Jan. 2.
This change would reduce the ability of players to transfer out down to a single, ten-day window in January if it ends up being formally adopted by the Administrative Committee later on. Aggie fans remember well that the window used to be much longer— for context, the Aggies essentially had a 60-day window when they dismissed Jimbo Fisher, as that opened an automatic 30-day window for players that ran right up against a standard 30-day window for all schools.
NCAA Football Oversight Committee votes to constrain transfer portal window to ten days in January
The big news here is doing away with the spring portal window in its entirety. The Aggies have benefitted from picking up players in the spring window every year, including a player as vital as Koli Faaiu from 2024, who ended up starting for the entire 2024 season.
This window has also seen some players transfer out of A&M. It would prevent the situation that we saw with Micah Hudson from this past offseason, however, where Hudson came in during the winter and left during the spring. Under this new rule, he would not be able to play at Texas Tech this season.
This is, all things considered, positive movement for the transfer portal. It's gotten crazier every single year, and confining the madness to the single, ten-day window will make things more manageable in a sport that is gradually becoming less and less manageable overall.
Of course, it could also make things even more hectic during that ten-day window, as the spring window is no longer available as a fall back. Fans should probably brace for a crazy opening to January this year if this rule does get passed.