The NCAA apparently decided to start enforcing rules and is asking schools to withdraw names from the transfer portal until December when the first window opens. What I'm interested in is last year, after the 4th game when redshirt eligibility would have expired, a bunch of football players went into the portal so they could preserve a year of eligibility via redshirt.  At Ohio State I think Dallas Gant and K'Vaughn Pope both did that, and I could be forgetting one or two.  I wonder what will happen this year, because you would have to assume there will be athletes wanting to preserve that year of eligibility after game 4 if they don't like their current situation (Cade McNamara?).  I'm wondering if after game 4, we'll see some random players show up on the availability report for no apparent reason and no reported injuries, and maybe that might be a sign that said player is planning to transfer.

https://www.on3.com/transfer-portal/news/ncaa-tells-schools-to-withdraw-recent-fall-sport-transfer-portal-entries/