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What to know about 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame voting

The Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2026 class will be set on Jan. 20 when the Baseball Writers’ Association of America voting results are announced in a live show on MLB Network.

Notable first-time players on the ballot include left-handed pitcher Cole Hamels an former MVP Ryan Braun.

Here’s what to know ahead of the voting announcement:

When is Baseball Hall of Fame announcement?

The 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame voting results will be announced on January 20th at 6 p.m. ET on MLB Network.

Baseball Hall of Fame ballot 2026

Holdovers

Carlos Beltrán (4th year on ballot, 70.3% in 2025)
Andruw Jones (9th year, 66.2%)
Chase Utley (3rd year, 39.8%)
Álex Rodríguez (5th year, 37.1%)
Manny Ramírez (10th final year, 34.3%)
Andy Pettitte (8th year, 27.9%)
Félix Hernández (2nd year, 20.6%)
Bobby Abreu (7th year, 19.5%)
Jimmy Rollins (5th year, 18.0%)
Omar Vizquel (9th year, 17.8%)
Dustin Pedroia (2nd year, 11.9%)
Mark Buehrle (6th year, 11.4%)
Francisco Rodríguez (4th year, 10.2%)
David Wright (3rd year, 8.1%)
Torii Hunter (6th year, 5.1%) 

First year on ballot

Ryan Braun
Shin-Soo Choo
Edwin Encarnación
Gio González
Alex Gordon
Cole Hamels
Matt Kemp
Howie Kendrick
Nick Markakis
Daniel Murphy
Hunter Pence
Rick Porcello

Baseball Hall of Fame tracker

Ryan Thibodaux’s Baseball Hall of Fame Voting Tracker is an incredible resource and the entire baseball community appreciates all the work the team puts in to operating the tracker every winter.

Baseball Hall of Fame Voting Tracker 2026

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As Trump urges deal, Cuban president warns that the country will defend itself ‘to the last drop of blood’

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez declared Sunday that the island nation would defend itself ‘to the last drop of blood,’ responding to pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to strike a deal with Washington. 

President Trump had spoken about Cuba in a Truth Social post earlier in the day, urging that ‘they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.’

‘Those who blame the Revolution for the severe economic shortages we suffer should hold their tongues out of shame. Because they know it and acknowledge it: they are the fruit of the draconian measures of extreme strangulation that the U.S. has been applying to us for six decades and now threatens to surpass,’ the Cuban wrote on X, according to a translation of the Spanish-language post. 

‘#Cuba is a free, independent, and sovereign nation. No one dictates what we do. Cuba does not aggress; it is aggressed upon by the United States for 66 years, and it does not threaten; it prepares, ready to defend the Homeland to the last drop of blood,’ he wrote in another post, according to the translation.

U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., who was born in Cuba, responded to the foreign figure’s post.

‘You dictators, henchmen, and executioners of the Cuban nation think you own the island. You don’t have much time left,’ he declared, according to the translation of his post, also written in Spanish.

Trump declared in a Truth Social post on Sunday, ‘Cuba lived, for many years, on large amounts of OIL and MONEY from Venezuela. In return, Cuba provided ‘Security Services’ for the last two Venezuelan dictators, BUT NOT ANYMORE! Most of those Cubans are DEAD from last weeks U.S.A. attack, and Venezuela doesn’t need protection anymore from the thugs and extortionists who held them hostage for so many years.

‘Venezuela now has the United States of America, the most powerful military in the World (by far!), to protect them, and protect them we will. THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA – ZERO! I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE,’ he warned.

Rep. Gimenez thanked the president.

‘I was born in Cuba & forced from home shortly after the Communist takeover. Today, I represent my community in Congress. Thank you, President Trump, first Venezuela & next is Cuba. We will be forever grateful. Our hemisphere must be the hemisphere of liberty,’ the lawmaker wrote in a post on X.

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I was told I was a boy. Supreme Court must destroy lies that harm women like me

Normally, the Supreme Court hears cases that deal with matters of law. 

But on Tuesday, Jan. 13, the justices will also be dealing with basic science. Not only that, they’ll be debating fundamental truth, as I can personally testify. 

The stakes couldn’t be higher in the case, West Virginia v. B.P.J. The specific question facing the court is simple: Should transgender boys be allowed to compete on girls’ sports teams? But you can’t really answer this question without asking a more important one: Can a young boy or a girl actually change genders? 

I asked this question myself, starting at age 12. I gave the wrong answer.

I was a classic tomboy — a girl who didn’t act and dress the way other girls did. I never felt like I fit in. But instead of realizing that I was in a normal phase of life, I got sucked into the world of social media and video games. That’s where I met people who told me that no, I wasn’t actually a girl. They told me I was a boy. That I should change my body to reflect who I ‘really was inside.’ 

I believed them. I went to doctors who gave me puberty blockers, blocking my normal development. Soon after, they started me on cross-sex hormones, so that I’d start to look more like a boy. Then, at age 15, the doctors gave me a double mastectomy. I figured that without a girl’s chest, I’d finally be happy. As a boy, why would I want to keep my breasts? 

By age 16, I realized how wrong I was. But I couldn’t go back. The puberty blockers and hormones changed my body, to the point that I no longer recognized myself in the mirror. And the chest surgery — how do you undo that? I’m now in my early 20s, and to this day, I have bandages where my breasts used to be. 

I know the truth now: I’m a girl. I always have been. I always will be. I can’t change that — because it’s scientifically and biologically impossible. No matter how many drugs or surgeries they get, kids who think they’re transgender really aren’t. They’re just confused. And in their confusion, doctors and activists are pushing them down a road of even more confusion. It’s also a road of unspeakable grief, worse than anything I ever experienced when I was 12 and felt like I didn’t fit in.

These deeply confused kids are at the center of the case before the Supreme Court. We’re talking about boys who are competing against girls, which is deeply and obviously unfair. Even a boy who’s taken puberty blockers and hormones is going to have an advantage over girls. It’s basic science, written into their biology. No medical treatment can change who they are. Sex-change treatments just cover up the truth under a veneer of self-deception and socially acceptable lies. 

The justices must see through it all. No doubt, the lawyers on the transgender side will try to trick them with arguments about equal treatment and human rights. But this isn’t about rights — it’s about the deep and profound wrong that is child transgenderism.

The only rights that are being violated are girls’ rights to compete fairly, without being forced to go up against boys. And states have a right — and a duty — to protect girls. For that matter, states have a duty to protect all children from transgender treatments of any kind. The Supreme Court has already given states the green light to keep kids safe from radical activism masquerading as medicine. Now the justices should extend that logic by protecting girls’ sports. 

Because at the end of the day, this isn’t just about law. It’s about science and truth. And that’s why the Supreme Court must reject the transgender lie. 

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Rand Paul says Trump’s threat to bomb Iran ‘is not the answer’: Not the ‘job of the American government’

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Sunday spoke out against President Donald Trump’s threats to bomb Iran, warning that such an attack may backfire as the U.S. government monitors the Middle Eastern country’s response to widespread protests.

During an appearance on ABC’s ‘This Week,’ Paul said he is unsure that striking Iran ‘will have the effect that is intended.’

‘I don’t think I have ever heard a president say they may take military action to protect protesters,’ Paul said. ‘Certainly, with Soleimani, when the Trump administration hit him, there were massive protests against America. But they are shouting ‘death to the Ayatollah.”

‘We wish them the best,’ he added. ‘We wish freedom and liberation the best across the world, but I don’t think it’s the job of the American government to be involved with every freedom movement around the world.’

Paul also stressed concern about how the Trump administration would distinguish Iranian protesters from law enforcement if the president were to seek military action.

‘How do you drop a bomb in the middle of a crowd or a protest and protect the people there?’ Paul asked.

The Republican lawmaker also warned that attacking Iran may unintentionally rally protesters behind the Ayatollah.

‘If you bomb the government, do you then rally people to their flag who are upset with the Ayatollah, but then say, ‘Well, gosh, we can’t have a foreign government invading or bombing our country?” Paul said.

‘It tends to have people rally to the cause,’ he continued. ‘So, I think the protests are directed at the Ayatollah, justifiably so.’

Paul added: ‘The best way is to encourage them and say that, of course, we would recognize a government that is a freedom-loving government that allows free elections, but bombing is not the answer.’

The liberty-minded senator also affirmed that presidents cannot strike other countries without the approval of Congress.

‘There is this sticking point of the Constitution that we won’t let presidents bomb countries just when they feel like it,’ Paul emphasized. ‘They’re supposed to ask the people, through the Congress, for permission.’

Protests erupted in Iran in recent weeks over the country’s economic free fall, and many have begun to demand total regime change as the demonstrations continue.

Thousands have been arrested, according to reports. Agencies have been unable to confirm the total death toll because of an internet blackout as the country’s leaders seek to quell the dissent, but The Associated Press reported that more than 500 were killed.

Trump warned Iranian leaders on Friday that they ‘better not start shooting, because we’ll start shooting, too.’

‘Iran is looking at FREEDOM, perhaps like never before. The USA stands ready to help!!!’ Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday.

Paul has opposed Trump in various instances in recent months when it has come to military strikes, including against Iran and Venezuela.

He helped the Senate advance a resolution last week that would limit Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela after the U.S. military’s recent move to strike the country and capture its president, Nicolás Maduro, which the Kentucky Republican said amounts to war.

‘I think bombing a capital and removing the head of state is, by all definitions, war,’ Paul told reporters before the vote last week. ‘Does this mean we have carte blanche that the president can make the decision any time, anywhere, to invade a foreign country and remove people that we’ve accused of a crime?’

Paul has also criticized the administration’s military strikes on boats near Venezuela it accuses, without evidence, of carrying narco-terrorists, raising concerns about killing people without due process and the possibility of killing innocent people. The senator previously cited Coast Guard statistics that show a significant percentage of boats boarded on suspicion of drug trafficking are innocent.

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US bobsled driver survives scary ride after World Cup mishap

United States bobsled driver Kris Horn went for a frightening solo ride down a track in St. Moritz, Switzerland, during a World Cup event on Sunday, Jan. 11.

Horn was the only passenger in the bobsled after his three American teammates, who make up the four-man sled team, did not make it into the bobsled after the initial push at the top of the track.

Horn is the team’s driver and is expected to be the first one in the bobsled. Not having his teammates on board led to trouble navigating the course.

The sled moved swiftly down the course with Horn at the front of the sled in his usual seat before managing to position himself at the back, where he could pull on the brake in a reasonable time and prevent serious injuries, reaching a speed of 75 mph during the run that lasted just over a minute, according to the Associated Press.

Horn started his bobsledding career as a brakeman and that knowledge helped prepare him for Sunday’s scary situation.

‘We are fortunate it wasn’t worse,’ USA Bobsled head coach Chris Fogt said in a text message to the AP.

Pushers Ryan Rager, Hunter Powell and Caleb Furnell had trouble getting in the bobsled, which left Horn in a position to try and maneuver the sled down the twisty course with no additional weight or anyone to pull the brakes.

Rager was seen in a video stumbling as he tried to get into the sled, which affected the ability of Powell and Furnell to also jump in. The trio hit the ice before sliding briefly behind the sled. The team confirmed that the three pushers all avoided serious injuries, and the X-rays for each of them came back negative.

There is one World Cup race weekend left before USA Bobsled and Skeleton picks its team for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Horn is a strong contender to make the team as one of the men’s bobsled drivers.

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Dual-threat WR? Jauan Jennings was once a four-star QB

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jauan Jennings periodically shows off his quarterback skills. He did so again Jan. 11, tossing a critical touchdown in the 49ers’ 23-19 win over the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.

49ers coach Kyle Shanahan dialed up a double reverse to Jennings in the fourth quarter. Jennings retrieved the football and threw a perfect pass to running back Christian McCaffrey who caught the ball and ran it into the end zone.

The touchdown and extra point gave San Francisco a 17-16 lead in the fourth quarter.

Shanahan’s play call was well-timed as it resulted in a touchdown. But Jennings is also an ideal player to catch the defense off guard with a trick pass play.

Did Jauan Jennings play QB in high school?

Coming out of high school in 2015, Jennings was rated as a four-star dual-threat quarterback out of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He was rated above the likes of Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow and Sam Darnold in the 2015 recruiting class, per 247Sports.

Jennings completed 125 of 219 passes for 2,155 yards and 22 touchdowns with just three interceptions during his senior season. He added 883 yards and 17 TDs rushing en route to being named a Tennessee Mr. Football winner in the state’s largest public school classification.

Jennings went on to sign with Tennessee, where he converted to wide receiver after arriving on campus.

The 49ers drafted Jennings in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL draft.

Jauan Jennings stats

The fifth-year wide receiver has 210 receptions, 2,581 receiving yards and 22 touchdowns in his career. He was the 49ers’ leading wide receiver this season and led the team with nine touchdown receptions. Jennings also had a passing touchdown in the 2023 playoffs.

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DeMar DeRozan becomes 23rd NBA player to reach 26,000-point milestone

SACRAMENTO ― The Sacramento Kings ended their seven-game losing streak for their first win, and first lit beam, of 2026 in a 111-98 victory against the Houston Rockets at Golden 1 Center on Sunday, Jan. 11.

Sacramento fans walked away with free pizza and a sighting of their purple beam that shoots into the air from Golden 1 Center with each win, something that has been a rare sight during the 2025-26 season.

The Kings were led by DeMar DeRozan, who became the 23rd player in NBA history to reach 26,000 career points after a 14-foot fadeaway jumper with 7:09 remaining in the second quarter. DeRozan ended the game with a team-high 22 points, while shooting 8-of-13 (61%) from the field.

‘It’s always satisfying getting a win,’ DeRozan told reporters after the game about scoring his 26,000th point. ‘I think as far as everything else, scoring and points, I think that really won’t hit me until it’s all said and done.’

Sacramento received contributions from everywhere. Guard Zach LaVine finished with 18 points. Russell Westbrook added 15 points, six rebounds and 10 assists in the win. Maxime Raynaud notched a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Malik Monk, who had been previously in and out the rotation, saw 26 minutes off the bench against the Rockets and scored 15 points.

‘That’s kind of been my role since I’ve been in the NBA, being a backup ballhandler and taking the pressure off the point, the first group so I was out there flowing and free. It felt good though,’ Monk said.

He received a loud standing ovation when he was first subbed into the game off the bench.

‘It takes a lot of weight off my shoulders,’ Monk told USA TODAY Sports about his warm welcome from the fans. ‘I can go out there and miss two, three shots in a row and the fans (are) still going to be on my side. So it’s always good to get a win in front of the fans. It’s always good to go out there and perform like I did today.’

The Kings got bursts of energy whenever rookie center Dylan Cardwell stepped on the floor. He hustled, grabbed rebounds, finished under the rim and hyped up the crowd nearly every chance he got.

Cardwell finished with nine points and 10 rebounds in 19 minutes. He was even selected to light the Kings’ victory beam at the end of the game, and still then he was hyping the crowd up.

After the game, King coach Doug Christie smiled and told USA TODAY Sports that Cardwell is ‘the spirit animal.’

‘Dylan is a special young man. He has an energy about him,’ Christie said. ‘Whenever we talk basketball, whether it’s me sitting down with him showing him film or him coming up and saying ‘coach, let me have it, what you got for me, how can I get better?’ Those are moments that you just, as a coach, I personally love because there’s teaching, there’s communication.’

He added: ‘Watching him rebound the basketball, play with joy, physicality, I think our team is confident when he’s protecting the paint. I know from being a player that when you have somebody back there protecting the paint it allows you on the perimeter to be a little more aggressive and he continues to impress.’

The Rockets were led by guard Amen Thompson as he scored 31 points, including 16 in the third quarter.

Rockets forward Kevin Durant finished with 23. Alperen Sengun had 19 points and nine rebound for Houston.

The Kings play the Los Angeles Lakers at Golden 1 Center on Monday, Jan. 12. Tip-off is 7 p.m. PT (10 p.m. ET).

‘The win is for the team,’ Christie told USA TODAY Sports. ‘I take all the shots. As soon as I walk out of here, I’m thinking about the Lakers. I love it and appreciate it but it’s on to the next.’

Kings vs. Rockets highlights

Game recap

Kings were behind by a point, 23-22, after the first quarter.

Zach LaVine led the Kings in the first period, scoring eight points. The Kings had five first quarter turnovers for eight points.

Kevin Durant had seven points in opening period for Houston. Rockets center Alperen Sengun had five points in the first quarter.

Sacramento made it a back-and-forth affair in the second quarter with the Rockets.

There were a couple of standout moments in the second.

DeRozan had his milestone moment with 7:09 in the second quarter, surpassing 26,000 points in his NBA career, the 23rd player in NBA history to do so.

Minutes later, Kings guard Malik Monk brought the house down, electrifying the Golden 1 Center crowd with a thunderous slam as he rose over the top of Rockets center Alperen Sengun for two with 4:34 in the second period.

The Kings settled in the game and had zero turnovers in the second period. They turned their defense up, forcing the Rockets to commit four turnovers in the quarter.

DeRozan had 13 points in the first half after hitting a baseline fadeaway at the end of the first half. The Kings went into the locker room holding on to a narrow, 51-48, lead after 24 minutes.

Sacramento made attempts to pull away from Houston as LaVine and DeRozan combined for 14 points in the third.

However, the Rockets were carried in the third quarter by Amen Thompson. He scored 16 points in the period. He, too, had a monstrous dunk in the game, going down the lane over Kings rookie Dylan Cardwell.

Things got physical with 40 seconds remaining in the third quarter as Cardwell and Rockets forward Dorian Finney-Smith were jockeying for position on a rebound when Finney-Smith shoved Cardwell who had just leaped airborne for the board.

Players had to be separated after a brief confrontation that resulted in a Finney-Smith flagrant one penalty and a technical foul assessed to Monk.

DeRozan followed with a mid-range shot through contact and made the awarded free throw. The Kings led 78-76 after the third quarter.

The Kings continued to pour it on in the fourth quarter. Monk hit back-to-back 3s to give the Kings some life as the Rockets kept with them.

No moment was probably bigger for the Sacramento fans than when Sengun missed consecutive free throws with 4:49 left in the fourth quarter, awarding Kings fans with free pizza.

Westbrook knocked down a 3-pointer with two minutes left in the game to give the Kings a 107-94 lead.

Sacramento would hang on to the win the game, 111-98.

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Notre Dame defends Marcus Freeman against ‘unfounded’ accusations

A prep wrestling coach has accused Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman of battery following an incident at a high school meet on Jan. 3.

The South Bend Tribune, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported on Sunday, Jan. 11, that New Prairie (Indiana) High School assistant wrestling coach Chris Fleeger filed a police report last week alleging Freeman made physical contact with him in a hallway after Freeman’s son Vinny — a senior at Penn High School — lost his match.

According to the Tribune, Freeman, his son and Penn head coach Brad Harper were leaving the gym when Fleeger allegedly began exchanging words with the group. Per the Tribune, Fleeger and Freeman’s wife Joanna ‘engaged in a shouting match’ before local law enforcement officers and school officials separated everyone.

‘Vinny Freeman, head coach Marcus Freeman’s son, was verbally accosted during and after his wrestling match by a local wrestling coach. Marcus and Joanna Freeman intervened and removed Vinny from the situation,’ Notre Dame said in a statement. ‘At no point did Coach Freeman physically engage with anyone. We believe that the police report, which includes video evidence, fully exonerates Coach Freeman and makes clear these accusations are totally unfounded.’

Mishawaka (Indiana) Police investigated and turned over the completed report to the prosecutor’s office to determine if any charges will be filed.

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College football transfer portal tracker: Today’s commitments (Jan. 11)

The college football transfer portal remains open until Jan. 16, with an extra five-day window (Jan. 20-24) for teams playing in the national championship.

Thousands of players remain available. We’ll keep you posted with daily live updates of portal commitments.

∎ Transfers by conference: SEC | Big Ten | ACC | Big 12

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Today’s CFB transfer portal commitments

QB

Braden Atkinson: Mercer to Oregon State
Tayven Jackson: UCF to North Texas
Deuce Knight: Auburn to Ole Miss
Ajani Sheppard: Washington State to Temple
Davin Wydner: West Georgia to Louisville
Walker White: Baylor to Central Arkansas
Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi: Colorado State to Michigan
Deshawn Purdie: Wake Forest to Liberty
Landen Clark: Elon to LSU

RB

Brendan Haygood: Missouri to North Texas
Datrell Jones: Boston College to Holy Cross
Rodney Nelson: Monmouth to Miami (Ohio)
Hollywood Smothers: NC State to Texas (after flipping previous commitment to Alabama)
L.J. Phillips: South Dakota to Iowa
Chris Johnson Jr.: SMU to Clemson
Cedric Baxter Jr.: Texas to Kentucky
Jabree Coleman: Penn State to South Carolina

WR

Kai Black: Iowa State to Northern Iowa
Tristan Gardner: Missouri State to Coastal Carolina
Reginald Vick Jr.: Wake Forest to Colorado State
Jackson Voth: Drake to Louisville
Ny Carr: Miami to Wake Forest
Zion Ragins: Oklahoma to Mississippi State
Cam Vaughn: West Virginia to Miami
Cam Coleman: Auburn to Texas
Mackenzie Alleyne: Washington State to Oklahoma
Jaime Ffrench: Texas to Michigan
Xavier Townsend: Iowa State to Purdue
Lawayne McCoy: Florida State to Louisville
Chris Marshall: Boise State to Arkansas
Isaiah Horton: Alabama to Texas A&M

TE

Cameron Kossman: Florida to Boston College
Jelani Thurman: Ohio State to North Carolina
Randy Pittman: Florida State to SMU
Josh Sapp: Clemson to West Virginia
Andrew Olesh: Penn State to Oregon
Luke Reynolds: Penn State to Virginia Tech
Kylan Fox: UCF to Purdue

OL

Jaquez Joiner: UCF to Marshall
Sean Na’a: Arizona State to UCLA
Micah DeBose: Alabama to Vanderbilt
Nate Hale: San Jose State to Arizona
Seth Smith: Northern Arizona to South Carolina
Mario Nash: Florida State to Mississippi State
Jireh Moe: San Jose State to Utah
Alec Johnson: Georgia State to Western Kentucky

DL

Justin Benton: East Carolina to North Texas
Harvey Dyson: Tulane to NC State
Jayden Fry: Boston College to Sam Houston
Jaden Jones: Florida State to Missouri
Sahir West: James Madison to UCLA
Syrdir Mitchell: LSU to Wake Forest
Zavion Hardy: South Carolina to Baylor
Brian Allen: Iowa to Vanderbilt
Kelby Collins: Alabama to South Carolina
Tommy Ziesmer: Eastern Kentucky to Louisville
CJ Wesley: Howard to Clemson
Lavon Johnson: Texas to Maryland
Angelo McCullom: Illinois to Texas A&M
Cortez Harris: Penn State to Virginia Tech
Mylachi Williams: Penn State to Virginia Tech
Donta Simpson: Miami to Missouri
Eliyt Nairne: Tulane to Pitt
Sedrick Smith: Maryland to Colorado
Achilles Woods: South Alabama to LSU
Vili Taufatofua: San Jose State to Colorado

LB

Elijah Barnes: Texas to Kentucky
Rashad Henry: UMass to UCF
Derek McDonald: Syracuse to North Carolina

DB

Boo Carter: Tennessee to Colorado
Victor Evans III: FIU to Nebraska
Jaylen Heyward: UCF to Arkansas State
Cyrus Reyes: Mississippi State to Kentucky
CJ Richard: Illinois State to Florida State
Donovan Saunders: Utah to Purdue
Tony Williams: UCF to Kennesaw State
Earl Little Jr.: Florida State to Ohio State
Daniel Cobbs: Kansas State to Baylor
Carson Williams: Montana State to Indiana
Mark Manfred III: Missouri to Kentucky
Nazir Ward: Western Kentucky to Syracuse
Dwight Bootle: Charlotte to Arizona
Taebron Bennie-Powell: Notre Dame to Boise State
Randon Fontenette: Vanderbilt to Colorado
Ian Williams: Memphis to Arkansas
Ricardo Jones: Clemson to Vanderbilt

K

P

Caleb McGrath: Minnesota to North Dakota State

LS

Conlan Greene: Temple to Youngstown State

College football 2026 transfer portal dates: When does transfer portal close?

The portal period now runs from Jan. 2-16, with an extra five-day window (Jan. 20-24) for teams playing in the national championship. The spring portal window in April is no longer a part of the schedule, so January is the only open window for teams to add via the portal in 2026.

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NFL playoff schedule: Dates, times, matchups for divisional round

The setup for the second weekend of the NFL playoffs is coming into focus.

Before the divisional round can be fully set, however, more pieces of wild-card weekend will have to fall into place. The NFC configuration is now in place, with the the Los Angeles Rams, who outlasted the Carolina Panthers, set to face the Chicago Bears, who pushed past the Green Bay Packers. The top-seeded Seattle Seahawks, meanwhile, will host the San Francisco 49ers, who knocked off the defending-champion Philadelphia Eagles.

But the AFC still remains up in the air heading into Sunday night.

Here’s the latest on what we know about the NFL divisional-round schedule:

NFL playoff divisional-round schedule

Jan. 17

TBD at TBD
TBD at TBD

Jan. 18

TBD at TBD
TBD at TBD

NFL conference championship game schedule

Jan. 25

AFC championship, TBD
NFC championship, TBD

Super Bowl 60 schedule

Feb. 8

AFC champion vs. NFC champion, NBC

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