SEC football transfer class rankings after portal closure

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SEC football transfer class rankings after portal closure

The transfer portal is closed until next offseason for every school except for the two national championship participants (Indiana and Miami). The portal helped the Indiana Hoosiers turn their program from an afterthought to national champions.

For the most part, the elite players in the portal have found new college football homes. Just three of 247Sports’ top-50 transfers remain in the portal and they are expected to find transfer destinations soon.

What teams brought in the most talent via the transfer portal? The SEC is home to the country’s top-three incoming transfer classes and has six of the nation’s top-12 transfer classes. The LSU Tigers (No. 1), Ole Miss Rebels (No. 2) and Texas Longhorns (No. 3) all have top-three transfer classes and should be reloaded for the fall.

The Big Ten has several of the top portal classes as well with Ohio State (No. 4), Penn State (No. 5) and Indiana (No. 7) all securing top-10 classes.

Back in the SEC, there are a few outliers. Most notably, the Georgia Bulldogs secured the least incoming transfers (nine) of any SEC team. Georgia and coach Kirby Smart focused on roster retention again, but we’ll see if that approach pays off in 2026.

SEC football transfer portal class rankings

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  1. LSU Tigers (39 commits, No. 1 national ranking)
  2. Ole Miss Rebels (26 commits, No. 2 national ranking)
  3. Texas Longhorns (16 commits, No. 3 national ranking)
  4. Kentucky Wildcats (29 commits, No. 9 national ranking)
  5. Texas A&M Aggies (18 commits, No. 11 national ranking)
  6. Auburn Tigers (34 commits, No. 12 national ranking)
  7. Alabama Crimson Tide (15 commits, No. 17 national ranking)
  8. Oklahoma Sooners (15 commits, No. 19 national ranking)
  9. South Carolina Gamecocks (25 commits, No. 20 national ranking)
  10. Tennessee Volunteers (18 commits, No. 21 national ranking)
  11. Missouri Tigers (26 commits, No. 23 national ranking)
  12. Florida Gators (25 commits, No. 26 national ranking)
  13. Arkansas Razorbacks (40 commits, No. 28 national ranking)
  14. Georgia Bulldogs (nine commits, No. 30 national ranking)
  15. Mississippi State Bulldogs (22 commits, No. 34 national ranking)
  16. Vanderbilt Commodores (17 commits, No. 40 national ranking)

All transfer rankings are from 247Sports as of Wednesday, Jan. 21.

This article originally appeared on UGA Wire: Updated SEC transfer class rankings after portal closure

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