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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 · FCS Roster movement, deduped to the latest snapshot
n=125 · full set
125 programs with portal activity. Counts off the latest snapshot, deduped per program.
Programs in scope 125 with portal activity this cycle
Avg transfers in 15 per program, incoming
Avg transfers out 11.4 per program, departures
Star avg coverage 121 of 125 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 Florida A&M SWAC 50 3.12 +37
2 Austin Peay UAC 44 2.97 +21
3 Prairie View A&M SWAC 43 2.85 +30
4 East Tennessee State SoCon 42 2.92 +28
5 Abilene Christian UAC 35 3.00 +26
6 Houston Christian Southland 33 2.81 +17
7 Jackson State SWAC 32 2.95 +18
8 UT Martin Big South-OVC 31 2.88 +21
9 Incarnate Word Southland 30 2.90 +13
10 Campbell CAA 30 2.87 +12
11 Tennessee Tech Big South-OVC 29 2.77 +15
12 Montana Big Sky 28 3.06 +19
13 South Dakota MVFC 28 2.86 +13
14 Norfolk State MEAC 26 3.00 +11
15 Rhode Island CAA 25 2.94 +20
Top 15 of 125 · n=125

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 Austin Peay UAC 44 23 67
2 Florida A&M SWAC 50 13 63
3 Prairie View A&M SWAC 43 13 56
4 East Tennessee State SoCon 42 14 56
5 Tennessee State Big South-OVC 21 30 51
6 McNeese Southland 24 26 50
7 Houston Christian Southland 33 16 49
8 Campbell CAA 30 18 48
9 Incarnate Word Southland 30 17 47
10 Jackson State SWAC 32 14 46
11 Idaho Big Sky 17 28 45
12 Abilene Christian UAC 35 9 44
13 Tennessee Tech Big South-OVC 29 14 43
14 South Dakota MVFC 28 15 43
15 Chattanooga SoCon 25 17 42
Top 15 of 125 · n=125

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 Florida A&M SWAC +37 50 3.12
2 Prairie View A&M SWAC +30 43 2.85
3 East Tennessee State SoCon +28 42 2.92
4 Abilene Christian UAC +26 35 3.00
5 Austin Peay UAC +21 44 2.97
6 UT Martin Big South-OVC +21 31 2.88
7 Rhode Island CAA +20 25 2.94
8 Montana Big Sky +19 28 3.06
9 Jackson State SWAC +18 32 2.95
10 Houston Christian Southland +17 33 2.81
11 Samford SoCon +17 25 2.82
12 Texas Rio Grande Valley Southland +16 18 2.80
13 Tennessee Tech Big South-OVC +15 29 2.77
14 North Dakota MVFC +15 17 2.60
15 Alabama State SWAC +14 24 3.00
Top 15 · n=125

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 Dartmouth Ivy -21 0 21
2 St. Francis (PA) NEC -15 6 21
3 Yale Ivy -14 7 21
4 Princeton Ivy -14 1 15
5 Cornell Ivy -12 2 14
6 Idaho Big Sky -11 17 28
7 Elon CAA -10 8 18
8 Harvard Ivy -10 2 12
9 Davidson PFL -10 1 11
10 Tennessee State Big South-OVC -9 21 30
11 Colgate Patriot -9 1 10
12 Arkansas-Pine Bluff SWAC -8 9 17
13 Valparaiso PFL -8 8 16
14 Portland State Big Sky -7 8 15
15 Holy Cross Patriot -7 6 13
Top 15 · n=125

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.