Thursday, January 29, 2026

UMass Transfer Portal News--January 29th, 2026

 


The Minuteman Command has the complete snapshots of the 2026 transfer portal class.

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I subscribe to 247Sports, but I don't know if this link will be available to non-subscribers.

247Sports ranks UMass' transfer portal class as #2 in the MAC. 

If you can't see it, the MAC transfer portal rankings are

  1. Toledo
  2. UMass
  3. Miami (Ohio)
  4. Ohio
  5. Ball State
  6. Buffalo
  7. Akron
  8. Bowling Green
  9. Central Michigan
  10. Eastern Michigan
  11. Western Michigan (corrected. I was thinking of Northern Illinois

Toledo had 14 three-star transfers. UMass had 12. Nobody else had more than nine.

247Sports has UMass #103 in FBS transfer portal ranking. The Power Four conference teams occupy (roughly) transfer portal slots 1-65. The Group-of-five teams, again roughly, compete for the slots 66-136, as they do for freshmen recruiting.

At #103 UMass in just into the top half of Group-of-Five teams.

Boston College is ranked #62, which sorta reflects their current status as the bottom of the ACC and near the bottom of the Power Four.

UConn is ranked #71, which is indicative of their  9-4 record  and status as one of the top Group-of-Five teams..

We'll see how it all plays out in 2026!