Dylan Raiola, DJ Lagway, Updated 2026 CFB Transfer Portal Rankings

College football teams looking for quarterbacks during the upcoming transfer portal window will have some high-profile options.

With the January window looming, 247Sports updated its 2026 transfer portal rankings Monday. Here is a look at the top of the rankings that include notable signal-callers such as Dylan Raiola and DJ Lagway:

1. Brendan Sorsby, QB (from Cincinnati)
2. Dylan Raiola, QB (from Nebraska)
3. DJ Lagway, QB (from Florida)
4. Mateen Ibirogba, DL (from Wake Forest)
5. Nick Marsh, WR (from Michigan State)
6. Boo Cater, S (from Tennessee)
7. Brody Foley, TE (from Tulsa)
8. Kenny Minchey, QB (from Notre Dame)
9. Edwin Joseph, S (from Florida State)
10. Adam Trick, Edge (from Miami Ohio)

While Raiola and Lagway are bigger names given their recruitment as high school prospects and their respective programs in Nebraska and Florida, it is actually Cincinnati's Brendan Sorsby who tops the list.

Sorsby started his collegiate career at Indiana but started for the Bearcats during each of the last two seasons.

He completed 61.6 percent of his passes for 2,800 yards, 27 touchdowns and five interceptions while adding 580 yards and nine scores on the ground as he led Cincinnati to a 7-5 record in 2025 during a campaign that started off incredibly promising before four straight losses at the end.

Sorsby wasn't exactly working in an offense loaded with 5-star players at Cincinnati either, so it wouldn't be a surprise if he puts up even better numbers by transferring to a more prominent program in 2026.

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As for Lagway and Raiola, they are both stories of players who haven't quite lived up to the expectations that surrounded them as recruits and could finally do so with a change of scenery.

Lagway was a 5-star prospect and the No. 1 quarterback in the 2024 recruiting class, while Raiola was a 5-star player and the No. 3 signal-caller in the same class, per 247Sports' composite rankings.

Yet Lagway had 16 touchdown passes to 14 interceptions for the 4-8 Gators this season, while Raiola threw for 2,000 yards as the Cornhuskers went 7-5. There is no doubting the talent for either one of them, but Florida and Nebraska were surely hoping for better when they won the highly contested recruiting battles.

The quarterbacks and every other player looking to transfer will only have one window to do so ahead of the 2026 campaign. The single window takes place from Jan. 2-16, meaning there is no longer a spring window.

That the transfer portal will be open while the College Football Playoff is still underway is yet another wrinkle in a calendar that raises plenty of concerns and something else for the coaches who are preparing their teams to chase a championship to deal with as they look ahead to next year.

And this year's portal figures to be loaded with notable names if the early rankings are any indication.