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NCAA Eligibility and Transfer Rules

NCAA progress-toward-degree requirements for transfer eligibility research 2026

Source-linked analysis of progress-toward-degree benchmarks in current NCAA manual data for transfer eligibility planning, including scope, limits, dates, and recruiting questions. Reviewed September 24, 2026.

NCAA Eligibility and Transfer Rules

Some 2026-27 Division I entrants can use the more beneficial eligibility model

Source-linked analysis of 2026-27 in current NCAA eligibility and transfer guidance, including scope, limits, dates, and recruiting questions.

NCAA Eligibility and Transfer Rules

The new Division I age model names three eligibility-period exceptions

Source-linked analysis of 3 in current NCAA eligibility and transfer guidance, including scope, limits, dates, and recruiting questions.

NCAA Eligibility and Transfer Rules

A Division I basketball head-coach change can open a separate 15-day transfer period

Source-linked analysis of the 15-day transfer period around a Division I basketball coaching change, including dates, scope, limits, and family questions.

NCAA Eligibility and Transfer Rules

Division I basketball moved to a 15-day transfer window in 2026

Source-linked analysis of 15 days in current NCAA eligibility and transfer guidance, including scope, limits, dates, and recruiting questions.

NCAA Eligibility and Transfer Rules

Fall 2027 is the full transition point for the new Division I eligibility model

Source-linked analysis of Fall 2027 in current NCAA eligibility and transfer guidance, including scope, limits, dates, and recruiting questions.

NCAA Eligibility and Transfer Rules

Division I adopted a five-year age-based eligibility model

Source-linked analysis of Up to 5 years in current NCAA eligibility and transfer guidance, including scope, limits, dates, and recruiting questions.

NCAA Eligibility and Transfer Rules

July 31, 2026 was the filing deadline for certain Division I prior-rule waivers

Source-linked analysis of July 31, 2026 in current NCAA eligibility and transfer guidance, including scope, limits, dates, and recruiting questions.

NCAA Eligibility and Transfer Rules

Division II football schools have a two-business-day portal-entry rule

Source-linked analysis of 2 business days in current NCAA eligibility and transfer guidance, including scope, limits, dates, and recruiting questions.

NCAA Eligibility and Transfer Rules

Division II football adopted a January 2-16 transfer window

Source-linked analysis of Jan. 2-16 in current NCAA eligibility and transfer guidance, including scope, limits, dates, and recruiting questions.

NCAA Eligibility and Transfer Rules

An NCAA transfer window is a notification period, not a destination deadline

Source-linked analysis of Notification in current NCAA eligibility and transfer guidance, including scope, limits, dates, and recruiting questions.

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