Overview
- With the January window closed, the NCAA reports more than 10,000 football players entered the portal and roughly 1,200 have not yet found new teams.
- Penn State is widely cited as a top winner after new coach Matt Campbell brought about 20 Iowa State players to Happy Valley, including quarterback Rocco Becht.
- Iowa State absorbed major losses, while Colorado and Stanford were flagged as losers due to extreme churn and lopsided departures-to-arrivals.
- The quarterback market steered many moves, with Indiana securing TCU’s Josh Hoover and Texas Tech landing Cincinnati’s Brendan Sorsby.
- Analysts also pointed to selective upgrades, including BYU’s additions of linebacker Cade Uluave and tight end Walker Lyons, and Arizona’s power‑conference influx while retaining quarterback Noah Fifita.