Transfer portal rankings

Portal rankings usually count recruiting stars. These count production: the wins above replacement each transfer put up the season before he moved, summed for every FBS team's arrivals and departures, and what each one has done since.

2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021

Moves made for the 2026 season, valued by the 2025 season; 2026 WAR so far beside it.

Biggest moves

The 25 transfers with the most WAR in 2025, at their old school, and their WAR in 2026 after the move. A dash means no FBS snaps that season.

#	Player	Move	2025	2026
1	Darian MensahQB · 4★Duke → Miami	Duke → Miami	2.69	0.27
2	Josh HooverQB · 4★TCU → Indiana	TCU → Indiana	1.97	0.21
3	Jaylen RaynorQB · 3★Arkansas State → Iowa State	Arkansas State → Iowa State	1.68	0.19
4	Brendan SorsbyQB · 5★Cincinnati → Texas Tech	Cincinnati → Texas Tech	1.59	-
5	Amari OdomQB · 3★Kennesaw State → Syracuse	Kennesaw State → Syracuse	1.55	0.15
6	Anthony ColandreaQB · 3★UNLV → Nebraska	UNLV → Nebraska	1.52	0.65
7	Colton JosephQB · 3★Old Dominion → Wisconsin	Old Dominion → Wisconsin	1.50	0.48
8	Sam LeavittQB · 5★Arizona State → LSU	Arizona State → LSU	1.38	0.46
9	Walker EgetQB · 3★San José State → Duke	San José State → Duke	1.34	0.25
10	JC French IVQB · 3★Georgia Southern → Cincinnati	Georgia Southern → Cincinnati	1.27	0.23
11	Byrum BrownQB · 4★South Florida → Auburn	South Florida → Auburn	1.25	0.58
12	Drew MestemakerQB · 5★North Texas → Oklahoma State	North Texas → Oklahoma State	1.25	0.37
13	Parker NavarroQB · 3★Ohio → Professional	Ohio → Professional	1.24	-
14	Rocco BechtQB · 4★Iowa State → Penn State	Iowa State → Penn State	1.22	0.30
15	Thomas CastellanosQB · 3★Florida State → Texas Tech	Florida State → Texas Tech	1.18	0.02
16	Gio LopezQB · 3★North Carolina → Wake Forest	North Carolina → Wake Forest	1.16	0.42
17	Tayven JacksonQB · 3★UCF → North Texas	UCF → North Texas	1.16	0.42
18	Skyler LocklearQB · 3★UTEP → Missouri State	UTEP → Missouri State	1.00	0.29
19	Alonza Barnett IIIQB · 3★James Madison → UCF	James Madison → UCF	0.92	0.08
20	Katin HouserQB · 3★East Carolina → Illinois	East Carolina → Illinois	0.88	0.38
21	JJ KohlQB · 3★App State → Florida International	App State → Florida International	0.83	0.27
22	Dylan LonerganQB · 3★Boston College → Rutgers	Boston College → Rutgers	0.82	0.07
23	Kaden AndersonQB · 3★Wyoming → Tarleton State	Wyoming → Tarleton State	0.82	-
24	Cutter BoleyQB · 3★Kentucky → Arizona State	Kentucky → Arizona State	0.80	0.21
25	Aidan ChilesQB · 4★Michigan State → Northwestern	Michigan State → Northwestern	0.79	0.22

Every FBS team, 2026

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In is the arrivals' WAR in 2025 at their old schools, Out the departures' WAR here that season, and Net the difference. The 2026 columns are what the same players have done since, so far.

#	Team	Moves in / out	In	Out	Net	In, 2026	Out, 2026
1	Texas Tech	22 / 20	3.36	0.02	+3.34	0.14	0.16
2	Miami	12 / 20	3.18	0.00	+3.18	0.31	0.16
3	Indiana	17 / 15	2.58	0.00	+2.58	0.31	0.36
4	LSU	45 / 37	2.55	0.05	+2.50	0.91	0.10
5	Oklahoma State	56 / 64	2.55	0.85	+1.70	1.04	0.33
6	Virginia	31 / 20	1.82	0.36	+1.46	0.52	0.43
7	Wisconsin	33 / 23	1.77	0.34	+1.43	0.58	0.45
8	Virginia Tech	29 / 27	1.41	0.01	+1.40	0.54	0.32
9	Penn State	39 / 47	2.12	0.76	+1.37	0.68	0.45
10	Syracuse	20 / 28	1.93	0.60	+1.33	0.31	0.25
11	California	32 / 32	1.73	0.46	+1.27	0.61	0.24
12	Illinois	20 / 27	1.40	0.21	+1.19	0.46	0.19
13	Northwestern	17 / 8	1.32	0.18	+1.14	0.29	0.01
14	Wake Forest	24 / 22	1.44	0.36	+1.08	0.50	0.28
14	Kansas	32 / 25	1.08	0.00	+1.08	0.26	0.32
16	Nebraska	17 / 16	1.58	0.52	+1.06	0.71	0.10
17	Oregon	13 / 31	0.82	0.01	+0.81	0.10	0.21
18	Missouri State	20 / 7	1.00	0.21	+0.80	0.36	0.12
19	UCLA	43 / 24	0.92	0.14	+0.77	0.47	0.15
20	Auburn	39 / 37	2.27	1.51	+0.76	0.86	1.31
20	Oklahoma	17 / 27	0.79	0.03	+0.76	0.17	0.94
22	Rutgers	17 / 15	1.09	0.35	+0.74	0.11	0.20
23	Texas	22 / 25	1.14	0.42	+0.72	0.22	0.71
24	Baylor	32 / 32	0.87	0.34	+0.53	0.31	0.05
25	Arkansas	45 / 41	0.57	0.08	+0.48	0.24	0.06
26	Texas A&M	19 / 20	0.42	0.00	+0.42	0.13	0.00
27	UCF	32 / 34	1.84	1.45	+0.39	0.45	0.90
27	Ohio State	17 / 37	0.43	0.05	+0.39	0.10	0.51
29	Washington	14 / 22	0.46	0.13	+0.33	0.13	0.27
30	Utah	17 / 22	0.53	0.21	+0.32	0.06	0.23
31	South Carolina	29 / 24	0.28	0.00	+0.28	0.08	0.04
32	Georgia Tech	19 / 17	0.39	0.12	+0.27	0.56	0.31
33	Louisville	34 / 30	0.50	0.24	+0.26	0.61	0.20
34	Mississippi State	28 / 39	0.28	0.03	+0.25	0.03	0.20
35	Sacramento State	26 / 20	0.32	0.08	+0.24	0.07	0.06
36	Iowa State	48 / 55	2.50	2.29	+0.21	0.29	0.74
37	Georgia	9 / 16	0.20	0.00	+0.20	0.00	0.15
38	Tulsa	23 / 22	0.77	0.58	+0.19	0.45	0.15
39	Ole Miss	28 / 25	0.49	0.31	+0.18	0.10	0.60
40	SMU	16 / 25	0.69	0.53	+0.15	0.26	0.12
40	Michigan	17 / 27	0.34	0.19	+0.15	0.16	0.49
40	USC	10 / 22	0.20	0.06	+0.15	0.04	0.03
43	Tennessee	21 / 28	0.26	0.12	+0.14	0.04	0.04
44	Clemson	12 / 14	0.15	0.03	+0.12	0.04	0.00
44	Arizona	22 / 20	0.13	0.01	+0.12	0.04	0.05
46	NC State	20 / 22	0.66	0.56	+0.10	0.28	0.08
47	West Virginia	36 / 51	0.92	0.83	+0.08	1.24	0.46
47	Maryland	14 / 16	0.19	0.10	+0.09	0.14	0.03
47	Boise State	11 / 18	0.10	0.01	+0.08	0.01	0.10
50	Minnesota	18 / 20	0.20	0.13	+0.07	0.14	0.19
50	Delaware	14 / 8	0.07	0.00	+0.07	0.04	0.00
52	Kansas State	27 / 32	0.33	0.27	+0.06	0.16	0.36
52	Purdue	29 / 21	0.25	0.19	+0.06	0.34	0.42
52	BYU	9 / 14	0.06	0.00	+0.06	0.03	0.00
55	Southern Miss	39 / 28	0.13	0.10	+0.03	0.06	0.26
56	Alabama	17 / 23	0.16	0.14	+0.01	0.00	0.08
57	Florida	27 / 34	0.86	0.85	+0.01	0.41	0.24
57	Colorado	42 / 37	0.42	0.42	+0.01	0.27	0.12
59	Utah State	30 / 17	0.17	0.17	−0.00	0.46	0.06
59	Air Force	0 / 4	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
59	Navy	0 / 3	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
59	North Dakota State	7 / 7	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
59	Northern Illinois	9 / 21	0.00	0.01	−0.01	0.18	0.03
59	Notre Dame	7 / 15	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.19
59	Army	0 / 2	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
66	Temple	23 / 26	0.00	0.02	−0.02	0.37	0.00
67	Central Michigan	13 / 15	0.09	0.11	−0.02	0.03	0.07
68	New Mexico	16 / 14	0.19	0.22	−0.03	0.15	0.05
69	Vanderbilt	19 / 19	0.14	0.19	−0.04	0.06	0.21
70	Western Kentucky	22 / 22	0.15	0.20	−0.06	0.26	0.11
70	Houston	18 / 17	0.12	0.18	−0.06	0.26	0.09
70	Eastern Michigan	12 / 26	0.00	0.06	−0.06	0.10	0.00
70	Akron	17 / 17	0.00	0.06	−0.06	0.03	0.01
74	Charlotte	19 / 25	0.11	0.18	−0.07	0.11	0.09
75	San Diego State	26 / 25	0.05	0.12	−0.08	0.11	0.08
76	Nevada	14 / 19	0.00	0.08	−0.08	0.00	0.01
77	UAB	39 / 30	0.35	0.44	−0.09	0.28	0.07
77	South Alabama	13 / 27	0.00	0.09	−0.09	0.00	0.05
77	Western Michigan	15 / 13	0.00	0.09	−0.09	0.00	0.00
80	Memphis	52 / 47	0.33	0.43	−0.11	0.77	0.13
80	Iowa	15 / 8	0.00	0.10	−0.10	0.06	0.18
82	Texas State	19 / 18	0.02	0.15	−0.12	0.08	0.25
83	Florida International	19 / 19	0.83	0.98	−0.15	0.27	0.11
84	Ball State	26 / 16	0.00	0.16	−0.16	0.18	0.03
85	Washington State	29 / 37	0.11	0.28	−0.17	0.38	0.28
86	UConn	58 / 42	0.56	0.74	−0.18	0.71	0.36
87	Cincinnati	23 / 23	1.65	1.87	−0.22	0.47	0.18
88	Miami (OH)	18 / 13	0.04	0.29	−0.25	0.40	0.02
88	UL Monroe	20 / 16	0.00	0.26	−0.26	0.10	0.11
90	Liberty	28 / 19	0.51	0.78	−0.27	0.35	0.13
90	UTSA	22 / 23	0.03	0.29	−0.27	0.09	0.09
92	Kent State	12 / 15	0.00	0.28	−0.28	0.05	0.10
93	Stanford	6 / 11	0.00	0.30	−0.30	0.28	0.11
94	Florida Atlantic	27 / 28	0.07	0.37	−0.31	0.09	0.06
95	Michigan State	28 / 42	0.72	1.04	−0.31	0.39	0.30
96	Bowling Green	17 / 26	0.00	0.32	−0.32	0.00	0.12
97	Fresno State	13 / 10	0.00	0.33	−0.33	0.06	0.03
98	Marshall	28 / 22	0.17	0.52	−0.35	0.09	0.07
99	Toledo	33 / 37	−0.01	0.39	−0.41	0.19	0.53
100	New Mexico State	25 / 23	0.02	0.43	−0.42	0.21	0.07
101	Georgia State	34 / 37	0.01	0.44	−0.44	0.09	0.05
102	Troy	16 / 26	0.00	0.46	−0.46	0.06	0.05
103	Jacksonville State	21 / 14	0.05	0.52	−0.47	0.09	0.35
104	Rice	22 / 20	0.04	0.53	−0.49	0.42	0.03
105	Hawai'i	17 / 9	0.00	0.51	−0.51	0.17	0.35
106	Arizona State	24 / 21	1.41	1.93	−0.52	0.47	0.54
106	Louisiana	5 / 7	0.00	0.53	−0.53	0.00	0.02
108	Florida State	22 / 36	0.94	1.52	−0.59	0.58	0.61
109	Middle Tennessee	21 / 18	0.00	0.60	−0.59	0.10	0.23
110	Missouri	30 / 26	0.23	0.83	−0.60	0.51	0.42
111	Pittsburgh	16 / 20	0.20	0.82	−0.62	0.24	0.17
111	Louisiana Tech	11 / 24	0.00	0.62	−0.62	0.00	0.09
113	Oregon State	21 / 34	0.03	0.71	−0.67	0.61	0.15
114	Buffalo	17 / 15	0.00	0.70	−0.70	0.03	0.15
115	Tulane	21 / 27	0.06	0.81	−0.75	0.19	0.15
116	Coastal Carolina	32 / 39	0.37	1.18	−0.81	0.15	0.10
117	Wyoming	19 / 16	0.14	1.05	−0.91	0.56	0.14
118	Massachusetts	22 / 18	0.00	0.92	−0.92	0.22	0.01
119	Kentucky	32 / 26	0.04	0.96	−0.92	0.40	0.21
119	Sam Houston	22 / 15	0.00	0.92	−0.92	0.00	0.04
121	Boston College	26 / 30	0.53	1.50	−0.98	0.78	0.27
122	North Texas	50 / 38	1.27	2.29	−1.01	0.70	1.00
123	UNLV	18 / 13	0.68	1.81	−1.13	0.62	0.71
124	North Carolina	19 / 31	0.09	1.25	−1.17	0.34	1.04
125	Georgia Southern	18 / 17	0.01	1.27	−1.26	0.46	0.23
126	East Carolina	24 / 25	0.22	1.51	−1.29	0.33	0.50
127	UTEP	22 / 18	0.00	1.46	−1.46	0.12	0.43
128	Colorado State	34 / 34	0.12	1.62	−1.50	0.37	0.40
129	App State	38 / 43	0.12	1.66	−1.54	0.50	0.34
130	James Madison	37 / 27	0.01	1.57	−1.57	0.08	0.44
131	Duke	19 / 17	1.55	3.15	−1.60	0.32	0.48
132	Old Dominion	14 / 19	0.28	1.89	−1.61	0.03	0.61
133	Ohio	20 / 14	0.00	1.64	−1.64	0.28	0.13
134	South Florida	44 / 33	−0.06	1.63	−1.70	0.19	0.86
135	Arkansas State	27 / 35	0.00	1.76	−1.76	0.42	0.20
136	San José State	20 / 16	0.14	1.90	−1.76	0.26	0.32
137	TCU	13 / 12	0.18	1.97	−1.79	0.29	0.21
138	Kennesaw State	29 / 17	0.29	2.21	−1.92	0.21	0.30

How it works

Each player's value is YardLine's wins above replacement: every play's expected points credited to the players involved, adjusted for the opponent, against a typical backup. Only quarterbacks, skill players and specialists have a number of their own, because public play-by-play doesn't say which linemen or defenders were on the field. So a team that rebuilt its offensive line through the portal gets no credit for it here; the move counts show every position.

A move is valued by the season before it, so a team's portal class can be ranked as soon as the window closes, and the season after shows how it played out. WAR counts only snaps between FBS teams while the game was in doubt, so a transfer up from the FCS shows a dash before the move and adds nothing to his new team's In.

CFBD's portal list names players but doesn't identify them, so each entry is matched to the rosters of both schools. That ties about 19 in 20 skill-position transfers to a player; the rest count in the moves but add no WAR. The list updates every Tuesday.