[Farm93]

No. UCLA is losing a bunch of guys. Even Notre Dame has lost some. Go down the list, there are over a thousand guys in the portal. Ohio State, MSU, Bama... nobody is immune.

The game has changed and Stanford by not accepting many transfers is shooting itself in the foot again.

It is easier to get into USC as a transfer than as a freshman.  That is true at many schools, so for those programs the transfer portal is a useful tool.

For Stanford, it is much harder for any student to get in as a transfer student.  Stanford is "shooting itself in the foot" because it is the #1 dream school with an impossibly low admit rate, impossibly high yield rates, and an exceptional retention rate.  Shame on the school.  (LOL)

The dream school status may not help Stanford FOOTBALL with the transfer portal, but the university is a bit bigger than football.

Since the university overall accepts only a few transfers each year it will not be possible for Stanford football to replace transfer portal losses with transfer portal gains.    At best Stanford can overload a bit on the incoming side but even in that scenario future Stanford teams will have a systemic roster bias towards underclassmen.

[Farm93]

No. UCLA is losing a bunch of guys. Even Notre Dame has lost some. Go down the list, there are over a thousand guys in the portal. Ohio State, MSU, Bama... nobody is immune.

The game has changed and Stanford by not accepting many transfers is shooting itself in the foot again.

It is easier to get into USC as a transfer than as a freshman.  That is true at many schools, so for those programs the transfer portal is a useful tool.

For Stanford, it is much harder for any student to get in as a transfer student.  Stanford is "shooting itself in the foot" because it is the #1 dream school with an impossibly low admit rate, impossibly high yield rates, and an exceptional retention rate.  Shame on the school.  (LOL)

The dream school status may not help Stanford FOOTBALL with the transfer portal, but the university is a bit bigger than football.

Since the university overall accepts only a few transfers each year it will not be possible for Stanford football to replace transfer portal losses with transfer portal gains.    At best Stanford can overload a bit on the incoming side but even in that scenario future Stanford teams will have a systemic roster bias towards underclassmen.