playMax Olson: Texas Tech, LSU expected to go head-to-head for Brendan Sorsby (1:04)Max Olson ranks Cincinnati’s Brendan Sorsby as the top player in the transfer portal and predicts a recruitment battle between Texas Tech and LSU. (1:04)ESPN staffJan 5, 2026, 08:20 PM ETOpen Extended ReactionsCollege football’s transfer portal officially opened at midnight ET on Jan. 2. However, players have been announcing their intentions to transfer since the regular season ended.By midday on Day 1, more than 4,500 Division I college football players have entered the transfer portal.Players now have until Jan. 16 to enter their name to transfer. It doesn’t mean they have to find their new schools by then — or that they can’t return to their previous schools.We are tracking the notable players entering the portal as well as those players who will re-sign with their current schools. Here’s the latest news and updates on how the 2026 season could be transformed.
Max Olson: Texas Tech, LSU expected to go head-to-head for Brendan Sorsby (1:04)Max Olson ranks Cincinnati’s Brendan Sorsby as the top player in the transfer portal and predicts a recruitment battle between Texas Tech and LSU. (1:04)
playMax Olson: Texas Tech, LSU expected to go head-to-head for Brendan Sorsby (1:04)Max Olson ranks Cincinnati’s Brendan Sorsby as the top player in the transfer portal and predicts a recruitment battle between Texas Tech and LSU. (1:04)ESPN staffJan 5, 2026, 08:20 PM ETOpen Extended ReactionsCollege football’s transfer portal officially opened at midnight ET on Jan. 2. However, players have been announcing their intentions to transfer since the regular season ended.By midday on Day 1, more than 4,500 Division I college football players have entered the transfer portal.Players now have until Jan. 16 to enter their name to transfer. It doesn’t mean they have to find their new schools by then — or that they can’t return to their previous schools.We are tracking the notable players entering the portal as well as those players who will re-sign with their current schools. Here’s the latest news and updates on how the 2026 season could be transformed.
playMax Olson: Texas Tech, LSU expected to go head-to-head for Brendan Sorsby (1:04)Max Olson ranks Cincinnati’s Brendan Sorsby as the top player in the transfer portal and predicts a recruitment battle between Texas Tech and LSU. (1:04)ESPN staffJan 5, 2026, 08:20 PM ETOpen Extended ReactionsCollege football’s transfer portal officially opened at midnight ET on Jan. 2. However, players have been announcing their intentions to transfer since the regular season ended.By midday on Day 1, more than 4,500 Division I college football players have entered the transfer portal.Players now have until Jan. 16 to enter their name to transfer. It doesn’t mean they have to find their new schools by then — or that they can’t return to their previous schools.We are tracking the notable players entering the portal as well as those players who will re-sign with their current schools. Here’s the latest news and updates on how the 2026 season could be transformed.
playMax Olson: Texas Tech, LSU expected to go head-to-head for Brendan Sorsby (1:04)Max Olson ranks Cincinnati’s Brendan Sorsby as the top player in the transfer portal and predicts a recruitment battle between Texas Tech and LSU. (1:04)ESPN staffJan 5, 2026, 08:20 PM ETOpen Extended ReactionsCollege football’s transfer portal officially opened at midnight ET on Jan. 2. However, players have been announcing their intentions to transfer since the regular season ended.By midday on Day 1, more than 4,500 Division I college football players have entered the transfer portal.Players now have until Jan. 16 to enter their name to transfer. It doesn’t mean they have to find their new schools by then — or that they can’t return to their previous schools.We are tracking the notable players entering the portal as well as those players who will re-sign with their current schools. Here’s the latest news and updates on how the 2026 season could be transformed.
playMax Olson: Texas Tech, LSU expected to go head-to-head for Brendan Sorsby (1:04)Max Olson ranks Cincinnati’s Brendan Sorsby as the top player in the transfer portal and predicts a recruitment battle between Texas Tech and LSU. (1:04)ESPN staffJan 5, 2026, 08:20 PM ETOpen Extended ReactionsCollege football’s transfer portal officially opened at midnight ET on Jan. 2. However, players have been announcing their intentions to transfer since the regular season ended.By midday on Day 1, more than 4,500 Division I college football players have entered the transfer portal.Players now have until Jan. 16 to enter their name to transfer. It doesn’t mean they have to find their new schools by then — or that they can’t return to their previous schools.We are tracking the notable players entering the portal as well as those players who will re-sign with their current schools. Here’s the latest news and updates on how the 2026 season could be transformed.
ESPN staffJan 5, 2026, 08:20 PM ETOpen Extended ReactionsCollege football’s transfer portal officially opened at midnight ET on Jan. 2. However, players have been announcing their intentions to transfer since the regular season ended.By midday on Day 1, more than 4,500 Division I college football players have entered the transfer portal.Players now have until Jan. 16 to enter their name to transfer. It doesn’t mean they have to find their new schools by then — or that they can’t return to their previous schools.We are tracking the notable players entering the portal as well as those players who will re-sign with their current schools. Here’s the latest news and updates on how the 2026 season could be transformed.
College football’s transfer portal officially opened at midnight ET on Jan. 2. However, players have been announcing their intentions to transfer since the regular season ended.
By midday on Day 1, more than 4,500 Division I college football players have entered the transfer portal.
Players now have until Jan. 16 to enter their name to transfer. It doesn’t mean they have to find their new schools by then — or that they can’t return to their previous schools.
We are tracking the notable players entering the portal as well as those players who will re-sign with their current schools. Here’s the latest news and updates on how the 2026 season could be transformed.
Max Olson: Texas Tech, LSU expected to go head-to-head for Brendan Sorsby (1:04)Max Olson ranks Cincinnati’s Brendan Sorsby as the top player in the transfer portal and predicts a recruitment battle between Texas Tech and LSU. (1:04)
Max Olson ranks Cincinnati’s Brendan Sorsby as the top player in the transfer portal and predicts a recruitment battle between Texas Tech and LSU. (1:04)
playMax Olson: Texas Tech, LSU expected to go head-to-head for Brendan Sorsby (1:04)Max Olson ranks Cincinnati’s Brendan Sorsby as the top player in the transfer portal and predicts a recruitment battle between Texas Tech and LSU. (1:04)ESPN staffJan 5, 2026, 08:20 PM ETOpen Extended ReactionsCollege football’s transfer portal officially opened at midnight ET on Jan. 2. However, players have been announcing their intentions to transfer since the regular season ended.By midday on Day 1, more than 4,500 Division I college football players have entered the transfer portal.Players now have until Jan. 16 to enter their name to transfer. It doesn’t mean they have to find their new schools by then — or that they can’t return to their previous schools.We are tracking the notable players entering the portal as well as those players who will re-sign with their current schools. Here’s the latest news and updates on how the 2026 season could be transformed.
playMax Olson: Texas Tech, LSU expected to go head-to-head for Brendan Sorsby (1:04)Max Olson ranks Cincinnati’s Brendan Sorsby as the top player in the transfer portal and predicts a recruitment battle between Texas Tech and LSU. (1:04)ESPN staffJan 5, 2026, 08:20 PM ETOpen Extended ReactionsCollege football’s transfer portal officially opened at midnight ET on Jan. 2. However, players have been announcing their intentions to transfer since the regular season ended.By midday on Day 1, more than 4,500 Division I college football players have entered the transfer portal.Players now have until Jan. 16 to enter their name to transfer. It doesn’t mean they have to find their new schools by then — or that they can’t return to their previous schools.We are tracking the notable players entering the portal as well as those players who will re-sign with their current schools. Here’s the latest news and updates on how the 2026 season could be transformed.