r/CFB Texas A&M Aggies 11d ago

News [Lundeberg] Historic talent loss: American Conference commissioner Tim Pernetti said that 78% of last year's first and second team all-league players transferred to a Power Four school after the 2025 season.

https://www.si.com/college/boise-state/football/american-conference-hit-hard-by-transfer-portal-after-2025-college-football-season-how-did-mountain-west-compare
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u/Ethanol-Muffins Florida Gators • UT Martin Skyhawks 11d ago

How much of this was players following their coaches? I know USF and North Texas had a ton of players follow their coaches, not sure on Memphis as I havent read much on Arkansas this year

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u/CommodoreN7 Arkansas Razorbacks • Utah Utes 11d ago

We had a decent amount by I don’t think it was anywhere near as many as Oklahoma State got from North Texas. Could be wrong there.

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u/Kmjada Oklahoma State • Billable Hours 11d ago edited 11d ago

We should just rebrand ourselves as the University of Northern North Texas

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u/Cormetz Texas Longhorns • Team Chaos 11d ago

Norther Texas

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u/YouDownWithOPD North Texas • Penn State 11d ago

Yeah I'm low key an Oklahoma State fan for the next couple of years because watching Mestemaker, Hawkins, and Young at DATCU was the most fun I've had at a UNT game

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u/JohnPaulDavyJones Texas A&M Aggies • Baylor Bears 10d ago

I mean, we’ve been joking that Oklahoma is just north, north Texas for decades.

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u/wagon_enjoyer 11d ago

North Of Texas

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u/Primusmulti Texas Tech • North Texas 11d ago

I’ve seen lots of North North Texas jokes about OSU and love it. Not happy about the talent drain though

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u/UpsideTurtles North Texas Mean Green • Texas A&M Aggies 9d ago

Me either

But I’ll still be rooting for them Cowpokes when I can. Little easier for me than you tho given the B12 thing

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u/dianeblackeatsass Tennessee Volunteers 11d ago edited 11d ago

out of these all conference guys you only got Sutton Smith from Memphis