The condensed nature of college football's 2026 transfer portal cycle has turned the midway point of the window into a full-blown sprint. With just 15 days to evaluate options, players and programs alike have been cramming visits into back-to-back-to-back days, often hopping from campus to campus with little downtime as decisions loom.

It has been an eventful week for Oregon State football in the transfer portal, but the Beavers have seen far more departures than additions as we reach the halfway point of the window (Jan. 2-16). Keep up with all of OSU’s comings and goings in the portal using The Oregonian/OregonLive’s transfer portal tracker.

Sports' in-depth look at the 2026 college football transfer portal, including a latest report on quarterbacks who will define this cycle.

The 2026 college football transfer portal officially opened Friday, and chaos is an understatement. More than 3,700 Division I scholarship players entered the portal on Day 1, kicking off a flurry of movement that has already reshaped rosters and set off a domino effect across the sport.