The NCAA’s Division I Council has voted to shorten the transfer portal windows for FBS and FCS football as well as men’s and women’s basketball, the NCAA announced on Tuesday.
The D-I Council reduced the total number of days players in FBS and FCS can enter the transfer portal from 45 to 30 days but preserved the spring transfer window. They’ll move forward with a 20-day winter transfer window from Dec. 9 — the Monday after conference championship games — through Dec. 28 and a 10-day spring window from April 16-25.
In August, the NCAA FBS and FCS oversight committees recommended the elimination of the spring window, citing a focus on promoting “roster stability for student-athletes and their programs.” But the impending House settlement, which includes a change from 85-man scholarship limits to 105-man roster limits in football, will bring new complexities for roster management and team revenue sharing budgets this offseason.