Sean Frazier, the AD at Northern Illinois, thinks a “talent acquisition fee" might help the small guys sustain their programs while adding transparency to deals involving some of the 11,000-plus football players across all divisions who enter the portal.

The run-heavy team also has two of the best running backs in the nation, Nicholas Singleton and Kaytron Allen. In his third year with the Nittany Lions, Singleton produced 12 touchdowns and 1,099 yards on 172 carries. Allen finished the season with eight touchdowns and 1,108 yards on 220 carries.

NCAA President Charlie Baker says there’s plenty of time to figure out the best window for the transfer portal.

Student-athletes can enter their names into the transfer portal during two different periods for the 2024-25 academic year. The first took place in early December and the second in late April.

The AFCA proposes transfer portal reforms to balance player freedom with program stability, addressing chaos in modern college football’s landscape

FBS coaches put forward a proposal to change the transfer portal, unanimously approving it in a vote on Tuesday, according to David Hale of ESPN. The proposal

The vote took place during a coaches’ meeting at the 2025 American Football Coaches Association convention in Charlotte, N.C., per the ESPN story. FBS coaches voted to move the transfer window to Jan.