Overview
- The FBS Oversight Committee has publicly proposed a package of calendar and practice changes that must clear a final vote in August before any rule takes effect.
- Under the proposal the winter transfer portal would shrink from 15 days to 10 days and open on the first business day after New Year’s with a 15-day exception if a head coach departs.
- Spring football would be replaced by two NFL-style organized team activity blocks that total 21 on-field practices with strict week limits for each block.
- Preseason camp would be shortened to 21 practices over 27 days and the plan would require programs to offer at least nine voluntary weeks with no mandatory football activities.
- The committee also proposes moving the season start to Week 0 to create a 14-week regular-season calendar, and the changes are tied to the NCAA’s new 5-for-5 eligibility rule and the 2026 elimination of the spring transfer window.