We’re a week into the spring transfer portal window, and these teams have been cleaning up.
The spring transfer portal window opened a week ago, and since then, over 2,000 college football players have entered the portal hoping to find a new home.
College football teams have been doing their due diligence, signing transfers who can make an immediate impact on their team to fill roster spots or add depth at positions of need. Here are the five teams winning the spring window after week one.
Spring Portal Winners
1) North Carolina Tar Heels
North Carolina’s new GM, Michael Lombardi, and new head coach Bill Belichick have been extremely active in the spring portal, bringing in some high-level talent. The Tar Heels have already brought in two four-star transfers, Gio Lopez as their new quarterback, and just signed former Michigan running back Benjamin Hall. It’s been a dominant performance so far for UNC, and I don’t think they’re done either.
2) UCLA Bruins
The Bruins haven’t made many moves, but they shifted the trajectory of their entire 2025 season by bringing in quarterback Nico Iamaleava. Now, I know there’s been some bad publicity on Nico as of late, but there’s no doubt that he’s one of the ten best quarterbacks in the country, and this is a massive signing for UCLA.
3) Oklahoma Sooners
The Sooners struck gold in the portal by bringing in former Cal running back Jaydn Ott, ranked fifth-best available player in the entire spring portal. Still, they were also able to bring back former five-star David Stone, who originally entered the portal but withdrew and is now back with Oklahoma. Those two moves alone are enough for them to make this list.
4) Georgia Bulldogs
The Bulldogs were very quiet in the first couple of days of the spring window, but have turned it on recently, signing Elo Modozie from Army, who was one of the best transfers available, as well as two other potential impact players in former Illinois running back Josh McCray and former Miami defensive lineman Josh Horton. All three of their signings were top 800-ranked players in the entire portal.
5) Kadin Semonza
That’s right—players can be portal winners, too, and no player was a bigger winner than Tulane’s Kadin Semonza. Semonza transferred to Tulane from Ball State to become the Green Waves’ new starting quarterback.
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However, when Nico Iamaleava hit the portal, he was heavily linked to Tulane, which would’ve made Semonza have to enter again or be a backup. Imaleava transferring to UCLA essentially saved Semonza’s starting job.
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