2024-25 College Football Key Dates: QB visits, commitments, recruiting calendar, transfer portal, CFP, bowl games
A guide to the FBS & FCS calendar
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This page shows the most important college football in-season and offseason dates with transfer portal and recruiting calendars, in addition to upcoming QB visits and commitments. This takes you from May 1, 2024 through July 31, 2025.
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2024-25 Key Dates
College Football
May 25, 2024: FBS & FCS Contact Period Ends.
May 26-29, 2024: FBS & FCS Dead Period.
May 30-June 23, 2024: FBS Quiet Period.
May 30-July 31, 2024: FCS Quiet Period.
June 24-July 24, 2024: FBS Dead Period.
July 25-31, 2024: FBS Quiet Period.
Late July/Early August, 2024: Fall Camp.
Aug. 1-31, 2024: FBS & FCS Dead Period (There’s a quiet period 48 hours before a home contest (on the institution’s campus or in a facility normally used for its home games) that occurs in August or on Sept. 1 or 2 through 48 hours after the conclusion of the contest).
Aug. 24, 2024: FBS & FCS Regular Seasons Start.
Sept. 1-Dec. 1, 2024: FBS & FCS Evaluation Period.
Oct. 1, 2024-April 25, 2025: Grad Transfer Portal Window
Nov. 5, 2024: College Football Playoff Rankings.
Nov. 12, 2024: College Football Playoff Rankings.
Nov. 19, 2024: College Football Playoff Rankings.
Nov. 23, 2024: FCS Regular Season Ends.
Nov. 24, 2024: FCS Playoffs Selection Sunday.
Nov. 26, 2024: College Football Playoff Rankings.
Nov. 30, 2024: FBS Regular Season Ends.
Nov. 30, 2024: FCS Playoffs First Round.
Dec. 2-8, 2024: FBS Dead Period.
Dec. 2-5, 2024: FCS Dead Period.
Dec. 3, 2024: College Football Playoff Rankings.
Dec. 4-6, 2024: Early Signing Period.
Dec. 4, 2024-Jan. 15, 2025: Midyear Juco Transfer Signing Period.
Dec. 6-7, 2024: Conference Championships.
Dec. 6-19, 2024: FCS Contact Period.
Dec. 7, 2024: FCS Playoffs Second Round.
Dec. 8, 2024: College Football Playoff Selection Sunday.
Dec. 9-28, 2024: Transfer Portal Window.
Dec. 9-22, 2024: FBS Quiet Period.
Dec. 13-14, 2024: FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal.
Dec. 14, 2024: Army-Navy Game.
Dec. 14, 2024: Bowl Season Starts.
Dec. 20-21, 2024: CFP First Round, FCS Playoffs Semifinal.
Dec. 20-22, 2024: FCS Quiet Period.
Dec. 23, 2024 - Jan. 5, 2025: FBS & FCS Dead Period (Jan. 1-5: quiet period for two- and four-year college transfer prospective student-athletes who intend to enroll midyear).
Dec. 31, 2024-Jan. 1, 2025: CFP Quarterfinal.
Jan. 4, 2025: Bowl Season Ends.
Jan. 6, 2025: FCS Playoffs National Championship.
Jan. 6-11, 2025: FBS & FCS Contact Period.
Jan. 9-10, 2025: CFP Semifinal.
Jan. 12, 2025: FBS & FCS Quiet Period.
Jan. 13-15, 2025: FBS & FCS Dead Period.
Mid-January 2025: NFL Draft Early Entry Deadline.
Jan. 16-Feb. 1, 2025: FBS & FCS Contact Period.
Jan. 20, 2025: CFP National Championship.
January-May, 2025: Spring Practices.
Feb. 1, 2025: SEC Intraconference Transfer Portal Entry Deadline.
Feb. 2, 2025: FBS & FCS Quiet Period.
Feb. 3-March 2, 2025: FBS & FCS Dead Period (For National Service Academies, Feb. 7 through March 2 shall be a quiet period).
Feb. 5-April 1, 2025: Regular Signing Period.
March 3-April 14, 2025: FBS & FCS Quiet Period.
April 15-May 24, 2025: FBS & FCS Contact Period.
April 16-25, 2025: Transfer Portal Window.
May 25-28, 2025: FBS & FCS Dead Period.
May 29-June 22, 2025: FBS Quiet Period.
May 29-July 31, 2025: FCS Quiet Period.
June 23-July 31, 2025: FBS Dead Period.
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Saturday, October 26, 2024
FBS Game Day!
FCS Game Day!
VISITS
BAY: Luke Babin
CONN: Gavin Marshalek
DUKE: Kaleb Maryland
HARV: Jayden Chico
HARV: Mason Mallory
IND: Brooks Goodman
M-OH: Oscar Frye
M-OH: Ty Truelove
MIA: Derrick Baker
MICH: Carter Smith
MSST: Colby Key
OKST: Adam Schobel
OSU: Caden Jones
OSU: Cam O’Hara
OSU: Tavien St. Clair
TOL: Kahden Davis
UCF: Landon Dougherty
UK: Champ Smith
USA: Noah Lee
VT: Aiden Smalls
WIS: Kingston Rust
Evaluation Period (FBS & FCS - Thru Dec. 1): An evaluation period is that period of time when it is permissible for authorized athletics department staff members to be involved in off-campus activities designed to assess the academic qualifications and playing ability of prospective student-athletes. No in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts shall be made with the prospective student-athlete during an evaluation period.
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Evaluation Period (FBS & FCS - Thru Dec. 1): An evaluation period is that period of time when it is permissible for authorized athletics department staff members to be involved in off-campus activities designed to assess the academic qualifications and playing ability of prospective student-athletes. No in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts shall be made with the prospective student-athlete during an evaluation period.
Monday, October 28, 2024
Evaluation Period (FBS & FCS - Thru Dec. 1): An evaluation period is that period of time when it is permissible for authorized athletics department staff members to be involved in off-campus activities designed to assess the academic qualifications and playing ability of prospective student-athletes. No in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts shall be made with the prospective student-athlete during an evaluation period.
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