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Who is reloading. Who is getting gutted.

The transfer portal rebuilds rosters every cycle, and the market does not bucket on it. For every program we surface the incoming transfer class by count and average stars, the net portal balance (in minus out), and total roster churn. This is roster intelligence, the talent moving underneath a team, not a pick and not a claim to beat a line. Every number is a literal count with the program set shown.

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2025 portal cycle · FBS Roster movement, deduped to the latest snapshot
n=137 · full set
137 programs with portal activity. Counts off the latest snapshot, deduped per program.
Programs in scope 137 with portal activity this cycle
Avg transfers in 34.5 per program, incoming
Avg transfers out 43.1 per program, departures
Star avg coverage 137 of 137 carry a class star avg

Biggest incoming classes

count × avg stars
Most transfers added this cycle. The star average is the recruiting composite of the incoming class · volume and talent are different questions.
# Program In Avg ★ Net
1 Purdue Big Ten 78 3.07 0
2 Southern Miss Sun Belt 73 3.04 +15
3 West Virginia Big 12 71 3.09 +2
4 Marshall Sun Belt 64 3.02 -17
5 Memphis AAC 61 3.00 +7
6 Sac State MAC 59 3.02 +32
7 Western Kentucky C-USA 59 2.94 +6
8 Texas State Sun Belt 58 3.00 +11
9 Florida Atlantic AAC 57 3.00 +7
10 Cal ACC 56 3.08 +2
11 Colorado Big 12 55 3.12 -13
12 Louisville ACC 55 3.06 +11
13 North Texas AAC 55 3.02 -12
14 Oklahoma State Big 12 53 3.08 +4
15 UNLV Mountain West 53 3.04 -23
Top 15 of 137 · n=137

Most roster churn

in + out
Total bodies moving in and out. High churn is a rebuilt locker room · who you saw last season is not who takes the field.
# Program In Out Churn
1 Purdue Big Ten 78 78 156
2 Marshall Sun Belt 64 81 145
3 West Virginia Big 12 71 69 140
4 Southern Miss Sun Belt 73 58 131
5 UNLV Mountain West 53 76 129
6 Colorado Big 12 55 68 123
7 North Texas AAC 55 67 122
8 Washington State Pac-12 42 78 120
9 Charlotte AAC 47 72 119
10 Memphis AAC 61 54 115
11 North Carolina ACC 48 66 114
12 Western Kentucky C-USA 59 53 112
13 New Mexico Mountain West 51 61 112
14 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 46 66 112
15 UCF Big 12 51 60 111
Top 15 of 137 · n=137

Net portal gainers

reloaded
Brought in more than they lost. Net balance is roster headcount, not a talent grade · a big net gain at low stars is still a rebuild.
# Program Net In Avg ★
1 Sac State MAC +32 59 3.02
2 Missouri State C-USA +21 35 2.87
3 UTSA AAC +20 43 3.10
4 Ohio MAC +19 42 3.00
5 Southern Miss Sun Belt +15 73 3.04
6 SMU ACC +15 43 3.32
7 Kansas Big 12 +15 40 3.10
8 South Florida AAC +14 44 3.05
9 Texas State Sun Belt +11 58 3.00
10 Louisville ACC +11 55 3.06
11 Baylor Big 12 +9 38 3.11
12 UConn Independent +8 52 3.02
13 Delaware C-USA +8 22 2.94
14 Memphis AAC +7 61 3.00
15 Florida Atlantic AAC +7 57 3.00
Top 15 · n=137

Net portal losses

gutted
Lost more than they replaced. A deep net loss is a roster bleeding out · context for who has to rebuild, never a read on a game line.
# Program Net In Out
1 Old Dominion Sun Belt -40 24 64
2 Washington State Pac-12 -36 42 78
3 Oklahoma SEC -33 29 62
4 Louisiana Tech C-USA -32 21 53
5 Northern Illinois Mountain West -29 17 46
6 Texas A&M SEC -27 27 54
7 Michigan Big Ten -26 29 55
8 Army AAC -26 3 29
9 Charlotte AAC -25 47 72
10 Utah Big 12 -25 28 53
11 Nebraska Big Ten -25 23 48
12 Auburn SEC -24 27 51
13 Maryland Big Ten -24 25 49
14 BYU Big 12 -24 24 48
15 Tennessee SEC -24 15 39
Top 15 · n=137

Roster intelligence, not a bet. This is the talent moving through the portal, the data the market does not bucket on. It is context on who is reloading and who is rebuilding, never a pick, a win rate, or a claim to beat a spread. Star averages are the recruiting composite of the incoming class, not on-field production. Counts are deduped to the latest snapshot per program. 2020 is left out · it predates the portal era and is effectively empty. The newest cycle is still moving and marked in progress. Every number shows its program set (n). 21+ · research, not advice.