Like it or not ─ and generally, most people in the process who are not players do not like it ─ the transfer portal has forever changed college football. With the introduction of immediate eligibility for first-time transfer players,

The NCAA transfer portal both gives and takes away from Group of Five programs. While schools at that level are liable to lose their top players to Power Four programs every year, the portal also allows those same schools to fill the holes by snagging athletes that may not have panned out at other programs or rising stars from the FCS level.