The 2026 college football transfer portal cycle was an eventful one for Tennessee in terms of the players who entered and left the program and who the Vols brought in to bolster the roster – not to mention some key players who didn’t end up going in. With the December and spring windows of years past combined into one January window, Tennessee lost more players with 28 portal departures recouped by 20 portal additions, though the Vols added nearly as many players in this cycle than they did in the previous three combined. So how did Josh Heupel and the Vol net out in the portal in terms of talent?
That’s where the 247Sports transfer portal rankings come in handy, and GoVols247 broke down the ratings of the incoming and outgoing players to determine how Tennessee netted out.
Like recruiting rankings, ranking and rating transfers is an inexact science and there are a lot of factors at play because there’s a wide variety of players in the portal every window. You have young players who might have been highly ranked recruits but didn’t get on the field much, and there are players who have been productive at the Group of Five, Football Championship Subdivision and even Division II levels who are moving up in competition level. But 247Sports has been on the forefront of all things transfer rankings, and our analysts have continued to improve their process over the years and deliver ratings that can help us determine who won and lost in the portal.
So did Tennessee win or lose?
date: 2026-02-13 04:13:00
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