College Football 26 Must Do More With Transfer Portal

[Steve_OS]

The transfer portal opened on December 9 and over 1,500 scholarship players have entered their names...

Written By: Chase Becotte

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[SuperBowlNachos]

I've realized that unless it's a 99spd WR and 90+ speed LB that there is no one worth pursing in Dynasty after year 5 if you have a good team.

[tlef316]

Yeah, for it to be more realistic they need to DRASTICALLY ramp up the amount of guys transferring for playing time (If you're playing as a big school) or championship contender/Pro Potential/Brand (AKA NIL $$) for small schools.

But then the question becomes, how do you balance that with keeping dynasty mode fun for everyone? Some people aren't going to want the realism of their star players leaving their 2* program for the SEC. But right now its simply too easy to build insane depth up once you have a top program. In reality, if an 85 rated QB or RB is 3rd or 4th on the depth chart he should transfer.

Could see it being some sort of additional slider/difficulty setting. But right now its just stale. I can usually get a couple of 4 star type transfers every year, but its rare for them to be anything more than a depth piece.

[DL1287]

The portal is easily the most disappointing part of the game to me.

Players already being in their top 5 or 8 the first week means you're locked out of most of the players without even having a chance. If I meet the player's dealbreaker I should at least have a chance to pursue them. I've had 3 players interested in my school after winning back to back championships.

EA also made a big deal of dealbreakers being a major part but I've never had any worthwhile players transfer out. It'd be nice if real players had different dealbreakers each save so you don't see the same players always transferring.

Players don't developing after transferring is also a major problem. Cam Ward and Dillon Gabriel were both Heisman candidates after transferring so it's not like players can't get better after they transfer.

[fnz21]

I really hope they don't fix the way you an create a new user/take over a new team and force players into the portal. It's a nice way to add some excitement.

[Ghost Of The Year]

I wish the NCAA would dial the criteria on what makes a player eligible for the portal waay back, before EA has to do anything to make more CFB players eligible in their game. I'm glad the players can capitalize on their NIL, but every player being automatically eligible for the portal for ''just because'' is a bridge too far in my opinion. I keep saying it but I don't care for the letting a player leave a team just because the team changes coaches. How asinine would it be if the NFL players were automatically free agents if they lost their coach? College players wanted so desperately to be professionals, treat them that way. Same goes for the teams too, you sign a player, you need to bend your university over backward to commit to that player for a full four years, not just one and ''we'll see''. So yeah, NIL was long overdue, but free agency, leave that to the NFL, and Madden.

[GOIRISH65]

Personally I’d hope it was an option to turn it off. I’d like to play old school and reform old conferences etc.

[MHammer113]

I think it would be nice to have the option to have it on or off.

As for the transfer portal, I definitely agree with the majority here in that it is one of the weaker things in the game. Definitely need an NIL element, promises and dealbreakers on players and I would love to see player stats for players.