College football transfer portal wins, losses for Texas, SMU, A&M, Tech, Oklahoma, others

After the college football equivalent of free agency ended final week, SMU discovered itself on the hilltop.

The Mustangs landed 16 commitments within the 45 days gamers may enter the transfer portal, including five from Miami (FL), they usually aren’t completed but. It was the third-highest quantity amongst Football Subdivision groups, in keeping with The Athletic. Only Arizona State and Charlotte, every with 20, had extra.

When the portal opened Dec. 5, Alex Brown, SMU’s director of scouting, knew it was a pivotal alternative to improve the Mustangs’ immediate chances of contending within the American Athletic Conference subsequent season.

“We’re going to be in position to go and attack those guys,” Brown informed The Dallas Morning News earlier than the portal opened. “And you have to be out in front of it and be the first one to see these dudes, especially in this contact period. We’re all going after the same guys.”

Though gamers looking for to be eligible for subsequent season are now not permitted to enter the portal, transfer recruiting isn’t over. The closing offers groups the prospect to completely assess what they misplaced through the portal and the place they nonetheless need assistance.

While SMU misplaced 13 gamers, Texas A&M mentioned goodbye to a whopping 27.

The Dallas Morning News has been tracking portal transfers in and out of area schools, however some wouldn’t affirm the whole quantity, which remains to be in flux as a result of not all gamers who entered the portal have discovered new properties.

Here’s a have a look at the place space groups stand, with the full list available here.

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