2026 roster ledger

Most Transfers

58% of UConn’s roster played somewhere else first, up from 2% in 2016–18. Ten rosters are at least 40% transfers.

Detected transfer share on 2026 rosters; change vs. 2016–18

These are the rosters rebuilt most aggressively from players who already wore somebody else’s uniform.

Conference

138 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	UAB	American Athletic	42.3%	44 / 104	↑ 37.8 pts
8	Arkansas	SEC	41.5%	49 / 118	↑ 39.9 pts
9	California	ACC	40.8%	42 / 103	↑ 36.8 pts
10	Ole Miss	SEC	40.2%	45 / 112	↑ 38.0 pts
11	LSU	SEC	38.9%	42 / 108	↑ 36.6 pts
12	Purdue	Big Ten	38.7%	46 / 119	↑ 36.4 pts
13	Louisville	ACC	37.3%	38 / 102	↑ 34.2 pts
14	South Florida	American Athletic	37.2%	42 / 113	↑ 30.5 pts
15	Auburn	SEC	37.2%	42 / 113	↑ 35.4 pts
16	UCF	Big 12	37.0%	40 / 108	↑ 31.3 pts
17	Liberty	Conference USA	36.5%	38 / 104	↑ 33.5 pts
18	West Virginia	Big 12	36.4%	43 / 118	↑ 29.9 pts
19	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	36.4%	40 / 110	↑ 34.2 pts
20	Kentucky	SEC	36.0%	40 / 111	↑ 34.3 pts
21	Baylor	Big 12	35.1%	39 / 111	↑ 31.5 pts
22	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	34.8%	40 / 115	↑ 30.6 pts
23	Sacramento State	Mid-American	34.4%	32 / 93	—
24	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	34.0%	36 / 106	↑ 32.1 pts
25	Penn State	Big Ten	33.9%	38 / 112	↑ 33.9 pts
26	Arizona State	Big 12	33.7%	34 / 101	↑ 30.6 pts
27	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	33.0%	34 / 103	↑ 28.6 pts
28	Kansas	Big 12	32.7%	37 / 113	↑ 28.2 pts
29	Missouri	SEC	32.4%	36 / 111	↑ 28.8 pts
30	Houston	Big 12	31.9%	37 / 116	↑ 24.1 pts
31	Charlotte	American Athletic	31.8%	35 / 110	↑ 28.9 pts
32	Akron	Mid-American	31.8%	28 / 88	↑ 27.5 pts
33	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	31.6%	36 / 114	↑ 26.1 pts
34	Florida International	Conference USA	31.4%	33 / 105	↑ 28.1 pts
35	Mississippi State	SEC	31.3%	36 / 115	↑ 29.8 pts
36	Sam Houston	Conference USA	31.1%	32 / 103	—
37	Iowa State	Big 12	31.0%	39 / 126	↑ 28.1 pts
38	Virginia Tech	ACC	30.6%	37 / 121	↑ 29.6 pts
39	Marshall	Sun Belt	30.5%	32 / 105	↑ 26.6 pts
40	Missouri State	Conference USA	30.4%	31 / 102	—
41	Texas State	Pac-12	29.9%	32 / 107	↑ 27.5 pts
42	SMU	ACC	29.9%	32 / 107	↑ 24.1 pts
43	Virginia	ACC	29.1%	34 / 117	↑ 26.7 pts
44	Wisconsin	Big Ten	28.9%	33 / 114	↑ 27.0 pts
45	Ball State	Mid-American	28.4%	33 / 116	↑ 27.8 pts
46	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	28.3%	28 / 99	—
47	App State	Sun Belt	28.1%	25 / 89	↑ 26.9 pts
48	San Diego State	Pac-12	27.9%	31 / 111	↑ 27.3 pts
49	Tulsa	American Athletic	27.3%	30 / 110	↑ 25.7 pts
50	Arizona	Big 12	27.2%	28 / 103	↑ 24.9 pts
51	Georgia Tech	ACC	27.1%	29 / 107	↑ 26.5 pts
52	Utah State	Pac-12	27.1%	26 / 96	↑ 25.9 pts
53	Michigan State	Big Ten	27.0%	30 / 111	↑ 24.8 pts
54	UNLV	Mountain West	26.9%	29 / 108	↑ 22.3 pts
55	North Carolina	ACC	26.6%	29 / 109	↑ 25.4 pts
56	James Madison	Sun Belt	26.6%	29 / 109	—
57	Florida	SEC	26.5%	31 / 117	↑ 22.2 pts
58	Texas Tech	Big 12	25.9%	28 / 108	↑ 21.9 pts
59	Kansas State	Big 12	25.7%	28 / 109	↑ 23.4 pts
60	Tulane	American Athletic	25.6%	30 / 117	↑ 24.6 pts
61	South Carolina	SEC	25.5%	28 / 110	↑ 22.7 pts
62	Wake Forest	ACC	25.2%	26 / 103	↑ 24.9 pts
63	Troy	Sun Belt	25.0%	26 / 104	↑ 23.0 pts
64	New Mexico State	Conference USA	24.8%	25 / 101	↑ 24.2 pts
65	UTSA	American Athletic	24.6%	29 / 118	↑ 19.4 pts
66	Hawai'i	Mountain West	24.5%	27 / 110	↑ 22.7 pts
67	Indiana	Big Ten	24.5%	24 / 98	↑ 22.1 pts
68	East Carolina	American Athletic	24.4%	29 / 119	↑ 19.7 pts
69	Vanderbilt	SEC	24.3%	28 / 115	↑ 22.1 pts
70	Massachusetts	Mid-American	24.3%	25 / 103	↑ 22.4 pts
71	Western Michigan	Mid-American	24.0%	25 / 104	↑ 20.1 pts
72	Utah	Big 12	24.0%	25 / 104	↑ 22.2 pts
73	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	24.0%	29 / 121	↑ 22.1 pts
74	Texas A&M	SEC	23.8%	29 / 122	↑ 20.5 pts
75	Texas	SEC	23.6%	26 / 110	↑ 21.2 pts
76	Syracuse	ACC	23.6%	26 / 110	↑ 21.3 pts
77	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	23.5%	23 / 98	↑ 20.3 pts
78	Nevada	Mountain West	23.3%	24 / 103	↑ 20.5 pts
79	Oregon State	Pac-12	23.1%	25 / 108	↑ 19.6 pts
80	Washington State	Pac-12	22.9%	24 / 105	↑ 22.2 pts
81	Washington	Big Ten	22.8%	23 / 101	↑ 21.7 pts
82	Fresno State	Pac-12	22.6%	26 / 115	↑ 18.5 pts
83	Boston College	ACC	22.0%	27 / 123	↑ 21.2 pts
84	Florida State	ACC	21.7%	23 / 106	↑ 20.3 pts
85	New Mexico	Mountain West	21.4%	24 / 112	↑ 19.1 pts
86	Colorado State	Pac-12	21.2%	18 / 85	↑ 17.2 pts
87	Temple	American Athletic	21.0%	25 / 119	↑ 18.8 pts
88	South Alabama	Sun Belt	20.5%	24 / 117	↑ 17.7 pts
89	Rice	American Athletic	20.4%	21 / 103	↑ 19.7 pts
90	NC State	ACC	20.0%	25 / 125	↑ 18.2 pts
91	Nebraska	Big Ten	19.8%	23 / 116	↑ 17.1 pts
92	Cincinnati	Big 12	19.8%	22 / 111	↑ 17.5 pts
93	Bowling Green	Mid-American	19.8%	21 / 106	↑ 17.4 pts
94	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	19.6%	21 / 107	↑ 18.1 pts
95	Minnesota	Big Ten	19.5%	22 / 113	↑ 18.1 pts
96	San José State	Mountain West	19.4%	20 / 103	↑ 19.1 pts
97	Ohio State	Big Ten	19.2%	23 / 120	↑ 16.9 pts
98	Oklahoma	SEC	19.1%	21 / 110	↑ 15.6 pts
99	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	18.9%	23 / 122	↑ 17.3 pts
100	Miami	ACC	18.6%	21 / 113	↑ 16.8 pts
101	Maryland	Big Ten	18.5%	20 / 108	↑ 14.4 pts
102	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	18.0%	23 / 128	—
103	Tennessee	SEC	17.9%	20 / 112	↑ 17.0 pts
104	Pittsburgh	ACC	17.9%	20 / 112	↑ 13.8 pts
105	Alabama	SEC	17.5%	21 / 120	↑ 15.6 pts
106	Toledo	Mid-American	17.4%	16 / 92	↑ 15.3 pts
107	UTEP	Mountain West	17.3%	19 / 110	↑ 11.8 pts
108	Illinois	Big Ten	17.2%	20 / 116	↑ 15.9 pts
109	Oregon	Big Ten	16.7%	19 / 114	↑ 15.1 pts
110	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	16.7%	19 / 114	↑ 15.2 pts
111	Delaware	Conference USA	16.2%	17 / 105	—
112	Georgia State	Sun Belt	15.8%	18 / 114	↑ 14.6 pts
113	TCU	Big 12	15.4%	18 / 117	↑ 10.1 pts
114	BYU	Big 12	15.4%	18 / 117	↑ 10.9 pts
115	USC	Big Ten	15.1%	19 / 126	↑ 14.8 pts
116	Ohio	Mid-American	15.0%	16 / 107	↑ 14.7 pts
117	Duke	ACC	14.9%	15 / 101	↑ 13.2 pts
118	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	14.6%	15 / 103	↑ 13.4 pts
119	Northwestern	Big Ten	14.5%	18 / 124	↑ 12.9 pts
120	Michigan	Big Ten	14.4%	17 / 118	↑ 12.8 pts
121	Buffalo	Mid-American	14.4%	17 / 118	↑ 11.7 pts
122	Boise State	Pac-12	13.2%	15 / 114	↑ 11.7 pts
123	Kent State	Mid-American	12.6%	14 / 111	↑ 11.3 pts
124	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	11.8%	13 / 110	↑ 7.5 pts
125	Clemson	ACC	11.8%	14 / 119	↑ 10.9 pts
126	Georgia	SEC	11.2%	14 / 125	↑ 9.4 pts
127	Stanford	ACC	9.8%	11 / 112	↑ 9.8 pts
128	Rutgers	Big Ten	9.5%	12 / 126	↑ 5.4 pts
129	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8.8%	10 / 113	↑ 7.7 pts
130	Louisiana	Sun Belt	8.6%	9 / 105	↑ 4.2 pts
131	North Dakota State	Mountain West	8.5%	11 / 130	—
132	Iowa	Big Ten	8.1%	9 / 111	↑ 7.3 pts
133	Wyoming	Mountain West	7.1%	8 / 112	↑ 5.6 pts
134	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6.3%	7 / 112	↑ 2.3 pts
135	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	1.8%	2 / 114	↓ 1.0 pts
136	Army	American Athletic	0.5%	1 / 196	↑ 0.3 pts
137	Navy	American Athletic	0.0%	0 / 197	↓ 0.6 pts
138	Air Force	Mountain West	0.0%	0 / 142	→ 0.0 pts

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