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 2025 season, valued by the 2024 season; 2025 WAR for the full season beside it.

Biggest moves

The 25 transfers with the most WAR in 2024, at their old school, and their WAR in 2025 after the move. A dash means no FBS snaps that season.

#	Player	Move	2024	2025
1	John MateerQB · 4★Washington State → Oklahoma	Washington State → Oklahoma	2.32	2.10
2	Carson BeckQB · 4★Georgia → Miami	Georgia → Miami	2.29	1.99
3	Devon DampierQB · 3★New Mexico → Utah	New Mexico → Utah	2.19	2.18
4	Fernando MendozaQB · 4★California → Indiana	California → Indiana	2.15	1.67
5	Caden VeltkampQB · 3★Western Kentucky → Florida Atlantic	Western Kentucky → Florida Atlantic	2.04	1.44
6	Miller MossQB · 4★USC → Louisville	USC → Louisville	1.95	1.48
7	Kaidon SalterQB · 3★Liberty → Colorado	Liberty → Colorado	1.76	1.18
8	Chandler MorrisQB · 3★North Texas → Virginia	North Texas → Virginia	1.75	1.58
9	Kadin SemonzaQB · 3★Ball State → Tulane	Ball State → Tulane	1.70	-
10	Billy Edwards Jr.QB · 3★Maryland → Wisconsin	Maryland → Wisconsin	1.59	0.07
11	Ethan VaskoQB · 3★Coastal Carolina → Liberty	Coastal Carolina → Liberty	1.54	1.23
12	Darian MensahQB · 4★Tulane → Duke	Tulane → Duke	1.49	2.69
13	CJ OgbonnaQBBuffalo → undecided	Buffalo → undecided	1.48	-
14	Brendon LewisQB · 3★Nevada → Memphis	Nevada → Memphis	1.46	1.59
15	E.J. WarnerQB · 3★Rice → Fresno State	Rice → Fresno State	1.45	0.88
16	Ashton DanielsQB · 3★Stanford → Auburn	Stanford → Auburn	1.41	0.49
17	Nico IamaleavaQB · 5★Tennessee → UCLA	Tennessee → UCLA	1.32	1.06
18	Jacolby CriswellQB · 3★North Carolina → East Tennessee State	North Carolina → East Tennessee State	1.31	-
19	Gio LopezQB · 3★South Alabama → North Carolina	South Alabama → North Carolina	1.23	1.16
20	Braylon BraxtonQB · 3★Marshall → Southern Miss	Marshall → Southern Miss	1.12	1.19
21	Jake RetzlaffQB · 4★BYU → Tulane	BYU → Tulane	1.08	1.39
22	Thomas CastellanosQB · 3★Boston College → Florida State	Boston College → Florida State	1.04	1.18
23	Mikey KeeneQB · 3★Fresno State → Michigan	Fresno State → Michigan	1.03	-
24	Anthony ColandreaQB · 3★Virginia → UNLV	Virginia → UNLV	0.97	1.52
25	Matthew CaldwellQB · 3★Troy → Texas	Troy → Texas	0.94	-

Every FBS team, 2025

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In is the arrivals' WAR in 2024 at their old schools, Out the departures' WAR here that season, and Net the difference. The 2025 columns are what the same players have done since.

#	Team	Moves in / out	In	Out	Net	In, 2025	Out, 2025
1	Indiana	23 / 26	3.59	0.06	+3.53	2.07	1.54
2	Auburn	21 / 27	2.75	0.00	+2.75	1.28	0.30
3	Miami	18 / 19	2.65	0.12	+2.53	2.55	0.29
4	Utah	21 / 32	2.59	0.41	+2.18	2.56	0.66
5	Louisville	30 / 27	2.08	0.02	+2.06	1.56	0.27
6	Oklahoma	20 / 33	2.80	0.94	+1.87	2.43	1.16
7	Colorado	33 / 33	1.87	0.17	+1.70	1.47	0.12
8	Memphis	36 / 31	1.64	0.01	+1.63	1.98	0.01
9	Wisconsin	18 / 31	2.26	0.76	+1.50	0.13	0.83
10	Texas	11 / 13	1.58	0.09	+1.48	0.38	0.00
11	Florida Atlantic	38 / 32	3.11	1.83	+1.28	1.80	0.47
12	Michigan	17 / 28	1.61	0.45	+1.16	0.36	0.99
13	UCLA	30 / 33	1.64	0.51	+1.13	1.20	2.09
14	Tulane	31 / 26	3.30	2.22	+1.08	1.81	3.18
14	Ole Miss	28 / 30	1.10	0.02	+1.08	3.73	0.57
16	UCF	38 / 43	1.28	0.31	+0.96	1.76	0.05
17	Florida State	22 / 33	1.25	0.31	+0.94	1.70	0.14
18	Houston	29 / 28	0.99	0.12	+0.87	2.95	0.22
19	Virginia	31 / 23	1.94	1.13	+0.82	2.42	1.65
19	Oregon	11 / 14	0.82	0.00	+0.82	0.27	2.08
21	Illinois	17 / 22	1.02	0.22	+0.80	0.38	0.07
22	UNLV	41 / 39	1.37	0.65	+0.71	2.00	0.26
23	LSU	18 / 23	0.86	0.20	+0.66	0.10	0.91
24	Minnesota	21 / 20	0.63	0.01	+0.61	0.49	0.47
25	Wake Forest	33 / 27	0.76	0.18	+0.58	1.89	0.19
25	Texas Tech	22 / 24	0.57	0.00	+0.57	0.41	0.84
27	Oregon State	14 / 15	0.86	0.30	+0.56	0.71	0.66
28	Southern Miss	52 / 41	1.32	0.78	+0.54	2.00	0.41
28	Rutgers	20 / 23	0.54	0.00	+0.54	0.16	0.29
30	Arizona	30 / 34	0.54	0.01	+0.53	0.74	0.84
31	Arizona State	17 / 21	0.52	0.01	+0.51	0.28	0.30
31	Ohio State	11 / 14	0.51	0.00	+0.51	0.22	−0.04
33	Virginia Tech	30 / 31	0.56	0.06	+0.50	0.42	0.10
34	Georgia Tech	23 / 32	0.60	0.13	+0.47	0.69	0.65
34	Missouri	21 / 24	0.58	0.11	+0.47	1.29	0.87
36	South Carolina	17 / 23	0.52	0.08	+0.45	0.22	1.33
36	Cincinnati	20 / 13	0.48	0.03	+0.45	0.54	0.06
38	Arkansas State	33 / 29	0.44	0.01	+0.43	0.31	0.02
39	Penn State	8 / 16	0.56	0.15	+0.41	0.35	1.02
40	Colorado State	19 / 13	0.41	0.03	+0.37	0.33	0.15
41	Arkansas	31 / 41	0.51	0.17	+0.34	0.90	0.73
42	Notre Dame	8 / 14	0.35	0.02	+0.33	0.23	0.41
43	Duke	9 / 13	1.58	1.28	+0.30	3.19	1.07
44	Kentucky	25 / 30	0.79	0.55	+0.24	0.69	1.09
45	SMU	20 / 17	0.55	0.31	+0.23	0.55	0.89
46	Jacksonville State	22 / 24	0.43	0.21	+0.21	1.23	0.32
46	Kansas	27 / 17	0.21	0.00	+0.21	0.52	−0.05
48	Iowa State	8 / 17	0.17	0.00	+0.17	0.16	0.83
49	James Madison	29 / 26	0.27	0.11	+0.16	0.66	0.25
50	Michigan State	23 / 23	0.22	0.07	+0.15	0.44	0.00
50	South Florida	23 / 24	0.21	0.07	+0.14	0.10	0.07
52	Alabama	11 / 25	0.31	0.18	+0.13	0.15	1.27
53	Temple	24 / 21	0.32	0.22	+0.10	0.48	0.03
54	Florida	8 / 20	0.11	0.02	+0.09	0.21	0.04
55	Nebraska	15 / 38	0.42	0.34	+0.08	0.45	0.22
56	Missouri State	15 / 12	0.06	0.00	+0.06	0.29	0.07
57	Kansas State	15 / 26	0.10	0.05	+0.05	0.17	1.14
57	Georgia Southern	17 / 17	0.05	0.00	+0.05	0.33	0.39
59	Texas State	34 / 34	0.46	0.43	+0.04	0.15	0.42
60	Oklahoma State	39 / 29	0.44	0.41	+0.03	0.16	0.27
60	Vanderbilt	20 / 20	0.03	0.00	+0.03	0.18	0.09
60	Clemson	4 / 9	0.00	−0.02	+0.02	0.06	0.00
63	Delaware	9 / 3	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.15
63	Navy	0 / 5	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
65	Purdue	51 / 54	0.06	0.08	−0.01	0.93	0.70
66	Mississippi State	32 / 35	0.90	0.92	−0.03	0.76	0.73
66	Washington	18 / 31	0.00	0.03	−0.03	0.00	0.02
66	Toledo	20 / 17	−0.02	0.00	−0.02	0.55	0.00
69	TCU	11 / 18	0.16	0.19	−0.03	0.52	0.58
70	Ohio	21 / 16	0.00	0.05	−0.05	0.39	0.06
71	West Virginia	51 / 49	0.72	0.77	−0.05	0.26	0.60
72	Fresno State	21 / 22	1.56	1.62	−0.06	1.49	0.36
72	Northwestern	14 / 12	0.17	0.23	−0.06	1.05	−0.03
74	Boise State	12 / 18	0.10	0.17	−0.07	0.13	0.20
75	North Carolina	39 / 48	1.30	1.42	−0.13	1.36	1.03
75	Middle Tennessee	13 / 31	0.00	0.12	−0.12	0.21	0.19
77	Baylor	23 / 17	0.08	0.21	−0.13	0.21	0.87
78	East Carolina	24 / 31	0.24	0.40	−0.16	0.13	0.16
78	Hawai'i	13 / 23	0.00	0.16	−0.16	0.37	0.31
80	Liberty	20 / 27	1.56	1.76	−0.20	1.81	1.18
80	Bowling Green	21 / 26	0.08	0.28	−0.20	0.65	0.15
80	Western Michigan	23 / 27	0.03	0.23	−0.20	0.09	0.10
80	NC State	18 / 19	0.00	0.20	−0.20	0.00	0.64
84	Massachusetts	35 / 26	0.23	0.44	−0.22	0.45	0.02
84	Syracuse	16 / 25	0.00	0.21	−0.21	0.62	1.02
86	Wyoming	17 / 22	0.08	0.31	−0.23	0.10	0.32
86	Kent State	12 / 28	0.01	0.24	−0.23	0.13	0.11
88	UConn	23 / 20	0.02	0.26	−0.24	0.19	0.00
89	Texas A&M	13 / 29	0.30	0.56	−0.26	0.33	2.16
90	Army	0 / 10	0.00	0.28	−0.28	0.00	0.09
90	Tulsa	31 / 27	0.00	0.28	−0.28	1.39	0.62
92	App State	32 / 40	0.08	0.37	−0.29	1.73	0.20
92	Central Michigan	10 / 13	0.00	0.29	−0.29	0.48	0.14
92	Louisiana	5 / 12	0.00	0.30	−0.30	0.33	0.21
95	UTSA	20 / 20	0.00	0.33	−0.33	0.05	0.32
95	Old Dominion	12 / 32	0.00	0.33	−0.33	0.00	0.00
97	Eastern Michigan	21 / 30	0.05	0.40	−0.35	1.37	0.13
98	Miami (OH)	16 / 12	0.08	0.46	−0.38	0.81	0.48
99	Florida International	23 / 34	0.09	0.53	−0.43	0.94	1.01
100	Utah State	24 / 38	0.01	0.46	−0.46	0.54	0.31
101	Kennesaw State	27 / 20	0.00	0.48	−0.48	0.94	0.16
102	Pittsburgh	15 / 26	0.00	0.49	−0.49	0.15	0.11
103	UTEP	26 / 39	0.16	0.68	−0.52	0.25	0.27
104	UAB	29 / 31	0.35	0.87	−0.52	0.50	0.39
105	UL Monroe	14 / 21	0.04	0.57	−0.53	0.49	0.42
106	Akron	19 / 20	0.00	0.54	−0.54	0.34	0.15
107	Louisiana Tech	11 / 32	0.00	0.55	−0.55	0.17	0.12
108	San Diego State	19 / 23	0.14	0.70	−0.56	0.77	0.00
109	Sam Houston	26 / 30	0.27	0.88	−0.61	0.31	0.43
110	Iowa	10 / 21	0.00	0.67	−0.67	1.33	0.19
111	New Mexico State	21 / 33	0.05	0.86	−0.81	1.55	0.92
112	San José State	13 / 16	0.00	0.83	−0.83	0.31	0.06
113	Air Force	0 / 12	0.00	0.88	−0.88	0.00	0.00
114	Tennessee	7 / 23	0.43	1.33	−0.90	1.57	1.22
115	Boston College	17 / 18	0.11	1.07	−0.96	0.86	1.18
116	Northern Illinois	5 / 25	0.00	1.01	−1.01	0.00	0.08
117	Coastal Carolina	30 / 49	1.07	2.11	−1.04	0.14	2.78
118	BYU	12 / 29	0.05	1.21	−1.17	0.16	1.76
119	Stanford	17 / 26	0.58	1.94	−1.36	0.84	1.01
120	Georgia State	27 / 35	0.00	1.37	−1.37	1.44	0.19
121	Buffalo	8 / 9	0.12	1.58	−1.47	1.00	0.02
122	Charlotte	34 / 37	0.00	1.50	−1.50	0.72	0.98
123	Troy	16 / 24	0.01	1.53	−1.52	0.26	0.20
124	South Alabama	23 / 22	0.00	1.61	−1.60	0.02	1.70
125	Marshall	45 / 47	0.19	1.80	−1.61	1.23	1.78
126	Ball State	24 / 32	0.26	2.02	−1.75	0.14	0.25
127	USC	15 / 27	0.40	2.25	−1.85	0.06	2.08
128	Rice	11 / 19	0.04	1.90	−1.86	0.00	1.67
129	Nevada	21 / 30	0.00	1.88	−1.88	0.08	1.92
130	Maryland	15 / 31	0.11	2.07	−1.96	0.23	0.76
131	North Texas	33 / 46	0.07	2.15	−2.09	0.02	1.73
132	Georgia	10 / 20	0.14	2.29	−2.14	0.18	2.39
133	Western Kentucky	42 / 35	0.12	2.28	−2.16	1.45	1.67
134	New Mexico	35 / 31	0.21	2.71	−2.49	1.79	2.55
135	California	36 / 34	0.44	2.96	−2.52	2.71	2.32
136	Washington State	34 / 59	0.00	2.68	−2.68	0.44	2.98

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.