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College basketball transfer portal team rankings: Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas battle for No. 1

Several college basketball programs recently made power moves in the transfer portal, rapidly rising within the 2024-25 team rankings. Numerous first-year coaching took the summer offseason as an opportunity to strengthen roster via proven talent over incoming freshmen, the new norm in the portal era.

John Calipari’s move from Kentucky to the other side of the SEC at Arkansas sent a shockwave of sorts throughout the conference, a jump that’s resulted in a variety of personnel-related roster changes. Indiana and Kansas are two other bluebloods with NCAA Tournament expectations next season who appear to have elite rosters through portal assistance.

Most of college basketball’s top transfers have already made their intentions known, but there are a few high-end options still on the board still debating on their next move.

Mick Cronin knows UCLA must show improvement next season and he’s putting most of his eggs in the transfer portal basket. The most notable addition is former USC small forward Kobe Johnson, who opted to make the crosstown move to the rival Bruins. A new point guard is also en route to UCLA with former Louisville standout Skyy Clark being the first of six transfer additions since the start of the cycle. The Bruins also landed a trio of power forwards for size — Tyler Bilodeau (Oregon State), Eric Dailey (Oklahoma State) and William Kyle (South DakotaState).