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.

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Moves made for the 2023 season, valued by the 2022 season; 2023 WAR for the full season beside it.

Biggest moves

The 25 transfers with the most WAR in 2022, at their old school, and their WAR in 2023 after the move. A dash means no FBS snaps that season.

#	Player	Move	2022	2023
1	Sam HartmanQB · 4★Wake Forest → Notre Dame	Wake Forest → Notre Dame	3.02	1.42
2	Austin AuneQB · 3★North Texas → undecided	North Texas → undecided	2.05	-
3	Spencer SandersQB · 3★Oklahoma State → Ole Miss	Oklahoma State → Ole Miss	1.95	0.01
4	Tanner MordecaiQB · 4★SMU → Wisconsin	SMU → Wisconsin	1.83	1.32
5	Payton ThorneQB · 3★Michigan State → Auburn	Michigan State → Auburn	1.76	1.37
6	Ben BryantQB · 3★Cincinnati → Northwestern	Cincinnati → Northwestern	1.68	1.40
7	Brennan ArmstrongQB · 4★Virginia → NC State	Virginia → NC State	1.38	1.15
8	Casey ThompsonQB · 3★Nebraska → Florida Atlantic	Nebraska → Florida Atlantic	1.27	0.20
9	Collin SchleeQB · 4★Kent State → UCLA	Kent State → UCLA	1.09	0.33
10	Haaziq DanielsQB · 2★Air Force → undecided	Air Force → undecided	1.04	-
11	Connor BazelakQB · 4★Indiana → Bowling Green	Indiana → Bowling Green	1.02	0.55
12	Drew PyneQB · 3★Notre Dame → Arizona State	Notre Dame → Arizona State	1.02	0.12
13	Davis BrinQB · 3★Tulsa → Georgia Southern	Tulsa → Georgia Southern	0.97	0.86
14	Dylan HopkinsQB · 3★UAB → New Mexico	UAB → New Mexico	0.95	0.76
15	Phil JurkovecQB · 3★Boston College → Pittsburgh	Boston College → Pittsburgh	0.93	0.19
16	DJ UiagaleleiQB · 4★Clemson → Oregon State	Clemson → Oregon State	0.89	1.32
17	Layne HatcherQB · 3★Texas State → Ball State	Texas State → Ball State	0.84	0.07
18	Daniel RichardsonQB · 3★Central Michigan → Florida Atlantic	Central Michigan → Florida Atlantic	0.83	0.66
19	Chandler RogersQBUL Monroe → North Texas	UL Monroe → North Texas	0.70	1.45
20	Jeff SimsQB · 4★Georgia Tech → Nebraska	Georgia Tech → Nebraska	0.70	0.27
21	JT DanielsQB · 5★West Virginia → Rice	West Virginia → Rice	0.69	1.26
22	Carson SteeleRB · 4★Ball State → UCLA	Ball State → UCLA	0.67	0.43
23	Donovan SmithQB · 3★Texas Tech → Houston	Texas Tech → Houston	0.61	1.63
24	Hayden WolffQB · 3★Old Dominion → Western Michigan	Old Dominion → Western Michigan	0.60	0.67
25	Marquez CooperRB · 3★Kent State → Ball State	Kent State → Ball State	0.57	0.56

Every FBS team, 2023

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In is the arrivals' WAR in 2022 at their old schools, Out the departures' WAR here that season, and Net the difference. The 2023 columns are what the same players have done since.

#	Team	Moves in / out	In	Out	Net	In, 2023	Out, 2023
1	Ole Miss	20 / 32	2.44	0.01	+2.43	0.55	1.27
2	Auburn	20 / 19	2.44	0.07	+2.37	1.65	1.64
3	UCLA	14 / 7	2.05	0.07	+1.98	0.92	0.00
4	Florida Atlantic	13 / 17	2.10	0.17	+1.94	0.99	0.22
5	Notre Dame	7 / 11	3.27	1.47	+1.80	1.51	0.42
6	Northwestern	4 / 8	1.68	0.20	+1.49	1.69	0.44
7	Wisconsin	15 / 18	2.03	0.68	+1.35	2.02	1.43
8	BYU	21 / 20	1.28	0.01	+1.26	0.60	0.24
9	New Mexico	15 / 17	1.10	−0.03	+1.13	0.98	0.05
10	Bowling Green	8 / 15	1.02	0.16	+0.86	0.55	0.06
11	Houston	21 / 21	0.80	0.00	+0.80	1.82	0.00
12	Arizona State	30 / 27	1.30	0.55	+0.74	0.67	1.82
12	Minnesota	10 / 18	0.92	0.18	+0.75	0.20	0.09
14	Louisville	25 / 23	1.12	0.41	+0.71	1.60	0.34
15	Rice	5 / 4	0.69	0.00	+0.69	1.26	0.00
16	Georgia Southern	14 / 14	0.97	0.29	+0.68	0.90	0.10
17	Oregon State	6 / 8	0.89	0.27	+0.62	1.34	0.00
18	NC State	6 / 12	1.44	0.87	+0.57	1.26	0.81
19	Ball State	12 / 10	1.41	0.92	+0.49	0.63	0.80
20	USC	15 / 19	0.52	0.08	+0.44	0.46	0.05
20	Purdue	16 / 25	0.50	0.06	+0.43	1.27	0.28
22	Florida	12 / 25	0.55	0.14	+0.41	1.13	0.87
23	TCU	14 / 17	0.44	0.03	+0.40	0.19	0.22
24	Georgia	4 / 15	0.37	0.02	+0.35	0.29	0.17
25	Fresno State	7 / 23	0.35	0.02	+0.34	1.10	0.56
25	North Carolina	10 / 17	0.34	0.00	+0.34	0.19	0.27
27	Jacksonville State	8 / 0	0.32	0.00	+0.32	0.68	0.00
28	Pittsburgh	7 / 13	0.94	0.63	+0.30	0.48	0.56
28	Washington	11 / 21	0.38	0.08	+0.31	0.71	0.04
30	LSU	14 / 21	0.32	0.02	+0.30	0.27	0.08
31	Kentucky	14 / 21	0.40	0.11	+0.29	1.00	0.27
31	Maryland	10 / 22	0.35	0.07	+0.29	0.22	0.11
33	Penn State	7 / 13	0.33	0.07	+0.25	0.26	0.16
34	Oregon	15 / 34	0.28	0.04	+0.24	0.39	0.30
34	South Alabama	11 / 4	0.24	0.00	+0.24	0.16	0.00
34	Liberty	15 / 14	0.24	0.00	+0.24	0.52	0.00
34	Kansas State	6 / 15	0.23	0.00	+0.23	0.29	0.00
38	Virginia Tech	9 / 21	0.65	0.43	+0.21	2.64	0.45
39	Utah	8 / 17	0.20	0.00	+0.20	0.16	0.00
40	East Carolina	17 / 25	0.21	0.02	+0.19	0.31	0.00
40	App State	13 / 14	0.20	0.00	+0.20	0.21	0.00
42	Memphis	21 / 26	0.77	0.61	+0.17	0.73	0.29
42	Baylor	13 / 12	0.39	0.22	+0.17	0.74	2.05
42	Illinois	7 / 11	0.30	0.13	+0.16	1.35	0.03
42	Michigan	9 / 13	0.16	0.00	+0.16	0.11	2.29
46	Oklahoma	18 / 25	0.15	0.00	+0.15	0.17	0.23
47	Nevada	15 / 13	0.13	0.00	+0.13	1.01	0.00
47	Alabama	5 / 21	0.12	0.00	+0.12	0.05	0.08
49	Temple	11 / 28	0.12	0.01	+0.11	0.17	0.00
49	Arkansas State	11 / 13	0.10	0.00	+0.10	0.29	0.00
51	Western Michigan	8 / 10	0.85	0.76	+0.09	0.69	0.17
52	Tennessee	8 / 22	0.08	0.00	+0.08	0.13	0.33
53	Ohio State	8 / 9	0.07	0.00	+0.07	0.00	0.00
54	Arkansas	19 / 31	0.24	0.20	+0.04	0.04	0.33
54	James Madison	9 / 4	0.05	0.00	+0.05	2.54	0.00
54	Tulane	7 / 11	0.05	0.00	+0.05	0.07	0.00
57	Mississippi State	12 / 25	0.64	0.60	+0.04	0.39	1.36
58	Kansas	12 / 14	0.10	0.07	+0.03	0.06	1.11
59	Sam Houston	8 / 1	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.25	0.00
59	San Diego State	7 / 13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
59	Hawai'i	10 / 9	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.33	0.00
59	Duke	6 / 16	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
59	Rutgers	8 / 12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.03
59	Army	0 / 1	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
59	UTEP	4 / 5	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
66	Wyoming	3 / 16	0.41	0.42	−0.01	0.40	0.00
66	Florida State	12 / 22	0.33	0.33	−0.01	0.43	0.29
66	Coastal Carolina	15 / 16	0.00	0.01	−0.01	0.89	0.07
66	Iowa State	3 / 12	0.00	0.01	−0.01	0.00	0.01
70	Colorado	48 / 58	0.40	0.43	−0.03	2.75	1.38
70	UTSA	8 / 13	0.17	0.18	−0.02	0.26	0.00
70	Syracuse	7 / 13	0.00	0.02	−0.02	0.00	0.53
70	Massachusetts	22 / 19	0.00	0.02	−0.02	0.93	0.01
74	Washington State	9 / 36	0.17	0.21	−0.03	0.47	0.07
74	Marshall	17 / 14	0.03	0.07	−0.04	0.06	0.00
76	Louisiana	2 / 7	0.00	0.06	−0.06	0.00	0.00
77	Louisiana Tech	21 / 23	0.53	0.59	−0.07	0.66	0.28
77	South Carolina	10 / 17	0.28	0.35	−0.07	0.61	0.98
79	Troy	11 / 9	0.20	0.28	−0.07	0.28	0.37
80	New Mexico State	9 / 7	0.00	0.08	−0.08	0.13	0.03
80	Ohio	7 / 6	0.00	0.09	−0.09	0.00	0.11
80	Miami (OH)	5 / 10	0.00	0.09	−0.09	0.36	0.20
80	Stanford	5 / 21	0.00	0.08	−0.08	0.41	0.10
84	Toledo	5 / 9	0.00	0.10	−0.10	0.00	0.21
85	San José State	7 / 9	0.00	0.12	−0.12	0.21	0.01
85	Akron	8 / 12	0.00	0.11	−0.11	0.82	0.00
85	Utah State	11 / 21	0.00	0.12	−0.12	0.00	0.25
88	Iowa	6 / 12	0.00	0.13	−0.13	0.29	0.16
89	Middle Tennessee	10 / 8	0.17	0.30	−0.14	0.42	0.15
89	Colorado State	10 / 20	0.01	0.15	−0.14	0.34	0.17
91	Buffalo	12 / 13	0.00	0.15	−0.15	0.36	0.01
92	Eastern Michigan	7 / 10	0.01	0.17	−0.16	0.00	0.05
93	Texas A&M	14 / 31	0.03	0.22	−0.19	0.27	1.94
93	Navy	0 / 3	0.00	0.20	−0.20	0.00	0.11
95	UConn	12 / 10	0.01	0.22	−0.21	0.17	0.26
95	Southern Miss	9 / 6	0.00	0.21	−0.21	0.78	0.00
97	Missouri	10 / 20	0.12	0.34	−0.23	0.23	0.45
98	Charlotte	25 / 20	0.00	0.25	−0.25	0.00	0.03
99	California	20 / 26	0.75	1.01	−0.26	0.30	1.11
99	Arizona	8 / 26	0.00	0.26	−0.26	0.07	2.64
101	Boise State	9 / 17	0.00	0.28	−0.28	0.00	0.46
102	UCF	18 / 19	0.05	0.35	−0.30	0.19	3.31
103	Miami	15 / 23	0.00	0.31	−0.31	0.14	0.30
104	Western Kentucky	14 / 16	0.05	0.36	−0.31	0.27	0.57
105	Georgia State	19 / 20	0.00	0.38	−0.38	0.01	0.46
106	Texas	5 / 20	0.10	0.50	−0.39	0.27	1.27
106	Florida International	9 / 19	0.00	0.40	−0.40	0.19	0.22
108	Vanderbilt	5 / 13	0.01	0.46	−0.45	0.03	0.97
109	Georgia Tech	16 / 20	0.37	0.86	−0.49	1.55	0.81
110	Northern Illinois	6 / 11	0.07	0.58	−0.51	0.16	0.52
111	UAB	11 / 12	0.38	0.95	−0.57	0.03	0.76
112	South Florida	22 / 24	0.13	0.72	−0.59	0.49	0.86
113	Nebraska	13 / 26	0.74	1.40	−0.67	0.25	0.75
114	Texas Tech	7 / 18	0.00	0.69	−0.69	0.02	1.75
115	UNLV	14 / 18	0.10	0.80	−0.70	0.38	0.34
116	Boston College	9 / 10	0.32	1.03	−0.70	2.67	0.28
117	Texas State	38 / 23	0.12	0.89	−0.77	2.64	0.13
118	West Virginia	14 / 21	0.23	1.07	−0.83	0.26	1.54
119	Clemson	1 / 11	0.00	0.94	−0.94	0.00	2.26
120	Tulsa	7 / 7	0.00	0.97	−0.97	0.01	0.86
121	Central Michigan	2 / 11	0.00	0.99	−0.99	0.00	0.80
122	Air Force	0 / 8	0.00	1.04	−1.04	0.00	0.00
123	Indiana	22 / 23	0.18	1.26	−1.08	0.42	0.67
124	UL Monroe	11 / 19	0.00	1.09	−1.09	0.12	1.79
125	Cincinnati	22 / 25	0.70	1.86	−1.16	1.64	1.59
126	Virginia	8 / 14	0.24	1.41	−1.17	1.06	1.12
127	Old Dominion	10 / 20	0.00	1.50	−1.50	0.00	1.16
128	North Texas	10 / 15	0.78	2.34	−1.56	1.71	0.08
129	SMU	26 / 23	0.22	1.98	−1.76	0.53	1.42
130	Kent State	12 / 17	0.06	2.01	−1.95	0.16	1.06
131	Michigan State	15 / 16	0.14	2.11	−1.98	0.33	1.67
132	Oklahoma State	13 / 19	0.35	2.41	−2.06	2.13	0.53
133	Wake Forest	3 / 11	0.00	3.20	−3.20	0.00	1.95

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.