2026 roster ledger

Biggest Transfer Shift

UConn’s transfer share rose 57 points since 2016–18—from 2% to 58%.

Change in detected transfer share: 2016–18 baseline to 2026

The portal did not arrive evenly. These programs changed their roster-building model the most.

Conference

130 teams

Rank				Players
1	UConn	FBS Independents	58.3%	56 / 96	↑ 56.7 pts
2	Oklahoma State	Big 12	49.6%	56 / 113	↑ 46.0 pts
3	Memphis	American Athletic	46.7%	50 / 107	↑ 45.5 pts
4	UCLA	Big Ten	45.8%	55 / 120	↑ 44.2 pts
5	Colorado	Big 12	45.7%	48 / 105	↑ 42.0 pts
6	North Texas	American Athletic	45.3%	48 / 106	↑ 41.4 pts
7	Arkansas	SEC	41.5%	49 / 118	↑ 39.9 pts
8	Ole Miss	SEC	40.2%	45 / 112	↑ 38.0 pts
9	UAB	American Athletic	42.3%	44 / 104	↑ 37.8 pts
10	California	ACC	40.8%	42 / 103	↑ 36.8 pts
11	LSU	SEC	38.9%	42 / 108	↑ 36.6 pts
12	Purdue	Big Ten	38.7%	46 / 119	↑ 36.4 pts
13	Auburn	SEC	37.2%	42 / 113	↑ 35.4 pts
14	Kentucky	SEC	36.0%	40 / 111	↑ 34.3 pts
15	Louisville	ACC	37.3%	38 / 102	↑ 34.2 pts
16	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	36.4%	40 / 110	↑ 34.2 pts
17	Penn State	Big Ten	33.9%	38 / 112	↑ 33.9 pts
18	Liberty	Conference USA	36.5%	38 / 104	↑ 33.5 pts
19	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	34.0%	36 / 106	↑ 32.1 pts
20	Baylor	Big 12	35.1%	39 / 111	↑ 31.5 pts
21	UCF	Big 12	37.0%	40 / 108	↑ 31.3 pts
22	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	34.8%	40 / 115	↑ 30.6 pts
23	Arizona State	Big 12	33.7%	34 / 101	↑ 30.6 pts
24	South Florida	American Athletic	37.2%	42 / 113	↑ 30.5 pts
25	West Virginia	Big 12	36.4%	43 / 118	↑ 29.9 pts
26	Mississippi State	SEC	31.3%	36 / 115	↑ 29.8 pts
27	Virginia Tech	ACC	30.6%	37 / 121	↑ 29.6 pts
28	Charlotte	American Athletic	31.8%	35 / 110	↑ 28.9 pts
29	Missouri	SEC	32.4%	36 / 111	↑ 28.8 pts
30	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	33.0%	34 / 103	↑ 28.6 pts
31	Kansas	Big 12	32.7%	37 / 113	↑ 28.2 pts
32	Iowa State	Big 12	31.0%	39 / 126	↑ 28.1 pts
33	Florida International	Conference USA	31.4%	33 / 105	↑ 28.1 pts
34	Ball State	Mid-American	28.4%	33 / 116	↑ 27.8 pts
35	Texas State	Pac-12	29.9%	32 / 107	↑ 27.5 pts
36	Akron	Mid-American	31.8%	28 / 88	↑ 27.5 pts
37	San Diego State	Pac-12	27.9%	31 / 111	↑ 27.3 pts
38	Wisconsin	Big Ten	28.9%	33 / 114	↑ 27.0 pts
39	App State	Sun Belt	28.1%	25 / 89	↑ 26.9 pts
40	Virginia	ACC	29.1%	34 / 117	↑ 26.7 pts
41	Marshall	Sun Belt	30.5%	32 / 105	↑ 26.6 pts
42	Georgia Tech	ACC	27.1%	29 / 107	↑ 26.5 pts
43	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	31.6%	36 / 114	↑ 26.1 pts
44	Utah State	Pac-12	27.1%	26 / 96	↑ 25.9 pts
45	Tulsa	American Athletic	27.3%	30 / 110	↑ 25.7 pts
46	North Carolina	ACC	26.6%	29 / 109	↑ 25.4 pts
47	Wake Forest	ACC	25.2%	26 / 103	↑ 24.9 pts
48	Arizona	Big 12	27.2%	28 / 103	↑ 24.9 pts
49	Michigan State	Big Ten	27.0%	30 / 111	↑ 24.8 pts
50	Tulane	American Athletic	25.6%	30 / 117	↑ 24.6 pts
51	New Mexico State	Conference USA	24.8%	25 / 101	↑ 24.2 pts
52	SMU	ACC	29.9%	32 / 107	↑ 24.1 pts
53	Houston	Big 12	31.9%	37 / 116	↑ 24.1 pts
54	Kansas State	Big 12	25.7%	28 / 109	↑ 23.4 pts
55	Troy	Sun Belt	25.0%	26 / 104	↑ 23.0 pts
56	South Carolina	SEC	25.5%	28 / 110	↑ 22.7 pts
57	Hawai'i	Mountain West	24.5%	27 / 110	↑ 22.7 pts
58	Massachusetts	Mid-American	24.3%	25 / 103	↑ 22.4 pts
59	UNLV	Mountain West	26.9%	29 / 108	↑ 22.3 pts
60	Washington State	Pac-12	22.9%	24 / 105	↑ 22.2 pts
61	Florida	SEC	26.5%	31 / 117	↑ 22.2 pts
62	Utah	Big 12	24.0%	25 / 104	↑ 22.2 pts
63	Indiana	Big Ten	24.5%	24 / 98	↑ 22.1 pts
64	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	24.0%	29 / 121	↑ 22.1 pts
65	Vanderbilt	SEC	24.3%	28 / 115	↑ 22.1 pts
66	Texas Tech	Big 12	25.9%	28 / 108	↑ 21.9 pts
67	Washington	Big Ten	22.8%	23 / 101	↑ 21.7 pts
68	Syracuse	ACC	23.6%	26 / 110	↑ 21.3 pts
69	Boston College	ACC	22.0%	27 / 123	↑ 21.2 pts
70	Texas	SEC	23.6%	26 / 110	↑ 21.2 pts
71	Nevada	Mountain West	23.3%	24 / 103	↑ 20.5 pts
72	Texas A&M	SEC	23.8%	29 / 122	↑ 20.5 pts
73	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	23.5%	23 / 98	↑ 20.3 pts
74	Florida State	ACC	21.7%	23 / 106	↑ 20.3 pts
75	Western Michigan	Mid-American	24.0%	25 / 104	↑ 20.1 pts
76	Rice	American Athletic	20.4%	21 / 103	↑ 19.7 pts
77	East Carolina	American Athletic	24.4%	29 / 119	↑ 19.7 pts
78	Oregon State	Pac-12	23.1%	25 / 108	↑ 19.6 pts
79	UTSA	American Athletic	24.6%	29 / 118	↑ 19.4 pts
80	New Mexico	Mountain West	21.4%	24 / 112	↑ 19.1 pts
81	San José State	Mountain West	19.4%	20 / 103	↑ 19.1 pts
82	Temple	American Athletic	21.0%	25 / 119	↑ 18.8 pts
83	Fresno State	Pac-12	22.6%	26 / 115	↑ 18.5 pts
84	NC State	ACC	20.0%	25 / 125	↑ 18.2 pts
85	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	19.6%	21 / 107	↑ 18.1 pts
86	Minnesota	Big Ten	19.5%	22 / 113	↑ 18.1 pts
87	South Alabama	Sun Belt	20.5%	24 / 117	↑ 17.7 pts
88	Cincinnati	Big 12	19.8%	22 / 111	↑ 17.5 pts
89	Bowling Green	Mid-American	19.8%	21 / 106	↑ 17.4 pts
90	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	18.9%	23 / 122	↑ 17.3 pts
91	Colorado State	Pac-12	21.2%	18 / 85	↑ 17.2 pts
92	Nebraska	Big Ten	19.8%	23 / 116	↑ 17.1 pts
93	Tennessee	SEC	17.9%	20 / 112	↑ 17.0 pts
94	Ohio State	Big Ten	19.2%	23 / 120	↑ 16.9 pts
95	Miami	ACC	18.6%	21 / 113	↑ 16.8 pts
96	Illinois	Big Ten	17.2%	20 / 116	↑ 15.9 pts
97	Oklahoma	SEC	19.1%	21 / 110	↑ 15.6 pts
98	Alabama	SEC	17.5%	21 / 120	↑ 15.6 pts
99	Toledo	Mid-American	17.4%	16 / 92	↑ 15.3 pts
100	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	16.7%	19 / 114	↑ 15.2 pts
101	Oregon	Big Ten	16.7%	19 / 114	↑ 15.1 pts
102	USC	Big Ten	15.1%	19 / 126	↑ 14.8 pts
103	Ohio	Mid-American	15.0%	16 / 107	↑ 14.7 pts
104	Georgia State	Sun Belt	15.8%	18 / 114	↑ 14.6 pts
105	Maryland	Big Ten	18.5%	20 / 108	↑ 14.4 pts
106	Pittsburgh	ACC	17.9%	20 / 112	↑ 13.8 pts
107	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	14.6%	15 / 103	↑ 13.4 pts
108	Duke	ACC	14.9%	15 / 101	↑ 13.2 pts
109	Northwestern	Big Ten	14.5%	18 / 124	↑ 12.9 pts
110	Michigan	Big Ten	14.4%	17 / 118	↑ 12.8 pts
111	UTEP	Mountain West	17.3%	19 / 110	↑ 11.8 pts
112	Boise State	Pac-12	13.2%	15 / 114	↑ 11.7 pts
113	Buffalo	Mid-American	14.4%	17 / 118	↑ 11.7 pts
114	Kent State	Mid-American	12.6%	14 / 111	↑ 11.3 pts
115	Clemson	ACC	11.8%	14 / 119	↑ 10.9 pts
116	BYU	Big 12	15.4%	18 / 117	↑ 10.9 pts
117	TCU	Big 12	15.4%	18 / 117	↑ 10.1 pts
118	Stanford	ACC	9.8%	11 / 112	↑ 9.8 pts
119	Georgia	SEC	11.2%	14 / 125	↑ 9.4 pts
120	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8.8%	10 / 113	↑ 7.7 pts
121	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	11.8%	13 / 110	↑ 7.5 pts
122	Iowa	Big Ten	8.1%	9 / 111	↑ 7.3 pts
123	Wyoming	Mountain West	7.1%	8 / 112	↑ 5.6 pts
124	Rutgers	Big Ten	9.5%	12 / 126	↑ 5.4 pts
125	Louisiana	Sun Belt	8.6%	9 / 105	↑ 4.2 pts
126	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6.3%	7 / 112	↑ 2.3 pts
127	Army	American Athletic	0.5%	1 / 196	↑ 0.3 pts
128	Air Force	Mountain West	0.0%	0 / 142	→ 0.0 pts
129	Navy	American Athletic	0.0%	0 / 197	↓ 0.6 pts
130	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	1.8%	2 / 114	↓ 1.0 pts

Comparisons use the 2016–18 baseline where available. Teams without enough reliable history remain in the current-roster table but show no change.