On Tuesday morning, Rivals, one of the major national recruiting services, released transfer portal statistics for the Power Five football conferences, answering the question of where transfers from P5 schools end up when it is all said and done.
On Wednesday afternoon, the recruiting service released transfer portal statistics for the Group of Five as a whole, as well as individual conferences.
The data includes what percentage of players have transferred to Power Five, Group of Five, FCS and Division II schools, and how many players currently remain in the transfer portal.
Here are the numbers (data is based on players who entered the portal after Aug. 1, 2021):
Group of 5
- 46.4% found new schools.
- 25.6% of players committed to P5 schools.
- 30.6% of players committed to G5 schools.
- 43.8% of players committed to FCS/DII schools.
American Athletic
- 51.1% found new schools.
- 26.5% of players committed to P5 schools.
- 42.9% of players committed to G5 schools.
- 30.6% of players committed to FCS/DII schools.
- 46 players remain in portal.
Conference USA
- 41.9% found new schools.
- 23.6% of players committed to P5 schools.
- 25.5% of players committed to G5 schools.
- 50.9% of players committed to FCS/DII schools.
- 82 players remain in portal.
Mid-American
- 43.3% found new schools.
- 21.6% of players committed to P5 schools.
- 25.5% of players committed to G5 schools.
- 52.9% of players committed to FCS/DII schools.
- 68 players remain in portal.
Mountain West
- 54.5% found new schools.
- 27.3% of players committed to P5 schools.
- 40.9% of players committed to G5 schools.
- 31.8% of players committed to FCS/DII schools.
- 56 players remain in portal.
Sun Belt
- 47.9% found new schools.
- 25.0% of players committed to P5 schools.
- 18.2% of players committed to G5 schools.
- 56.8% of players committed to FCS/DII schools.
- 52 players remain in portal.