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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.