Women’s college basketball transfer portal winners and losers: Audi Crooks, Iowa, Texas

And some teams that were entirely outside of Top 25 projections appear to have burst onto the scene as contenders who could make deep March runs next season. With all that movement, here’s a look at the winners and losers of the 20

The portal has officially closed and most of the big-name players have landed at their new programs. With all that player movement, teams are now coming into focus and the landscape has certainly changed for the 2026-27 season. Top-10 teams are no longer top anything.

And some teams that were entirely outside of Top 25 projections appear to have burst onto the scene as contenders who could make deep March runs next season. With all that movement, here’s a look at the winners and losers of the 2026 portal season. Winners Oklahoma State No team made a more precipitous jump from irrelevance to contenders for a deep NCAA Tournament run than Oklahoma State with this portal haul.

Cowgirls coach Jacie Hoyt’s team lost nine players to the portal and graduated another two, returning just Stailee Heard. The rising senior is a two-time All-Big 12 selection, but it’s hard to put together a competitive team (or a team at all) with just one player and three incoming freshmen. Hoyt’s early transfer portal signings weren’t splashy, but they had a theme — elite 3-point shooters.