NCAA transfer portal

"Transfer portal" redirects here. Not to be confused with Transfer window, a related concept in association football (soccer).
NCAA transfer portal
Type of site
Student athlete database
Compliance tool
OwnerNational Collegiate Athletic Association
ServicesStudent athlete college transfer
URLhttps://apps.ncaa.org
RegistrationAccess limited to NCAA members
LaunchedOctober 15, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-10-15)

The NCAA transfer portal is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) application,[1][2] database,[3] and compliance tool[4] created to manage and facilitate the process for student athletes seeking to transfer between member institutions. It is intended to bring greater transparency to the transfer process and to enable student athletes to publicize their desire to transfer.[4] The transfer portal is an NCAA-wide database covering all three NCAA divisions, although most media coverage of the transfer portal involves its use in the top-level Division I (D-I).

The portal launched on October 15, 2018.[4] New regulations adopted in 2021 allow student-athletes in D-I football, men's and women's basketball, men's ice hockey, and baseball to change schools using the portal once without sitting out a year after the transfer, creating uniform transfer rules for all NCAA sports across all divisions.[5][6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NCAATransferPortalUserGuide2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference NCAATransferPortalUserGuide2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Chip Scoggins (July 30, 2019). "NCAA's database for prospective transfers topples barriers for athletes". Minneapolis Star Tribune.
  4. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Champion2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "NCAA ratifies new one-time transfer rule". The Dartmouth. April 30, 2021.
  6. ^ "DI Council adopts new transfer legislation" (Press release). NCAA. April 15, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2022.