College Football Master Calendar - Monday, July 1, 2024
Upcoming QB visits & commitments, key dates, recruiting calendar, transfer portal windows
In This Edition, you’ll find the most important college football in-season and offseason dates, in addition to transfer portal and recruiting calendars. You’ll also get upcoming dates for QB visits and commitments. The 2024-25 College Football Master Calendar takes you from May 1, 2024 through July 31, 2025.
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In addition to the daily QB Recruiting Report and FBS/FCS QB Depth Charts & Injury Report newsletters, you won’t find more accurate recruiting, transfer portal and Juco QB trackers on the internet. The Master Calendar makes the in-season and offseason schedule easier to follow, and it’s updated daily with upcoming QB visits and commitments.
2024-25 Key Dates
College Football
Late July/Early August, 2024: Fall Camp.
Aug. 24, 2024: FBS & FCS Regular Seasons Start.
Nov. 23, 2024: FCS Regular Season Ends.
Nov. 24, 2024: FCS Playoffs Selection Sunday.
Nov. 30, 2024: FBS Regular Season Ends.
Nov. 30, 2024: FCS Playoffs First Round.
Dec. 6-7, 2024: Conference Championships.
Dec. 7, 2024: FCS Playoffs Second Round.
Dec. 8, 2024: College Football Playoff Selection Sunday.
Dec. 13-14, 2024: FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal.
Dec. 14, 2024: Army-Navy Game.
Dec. 14, 2024: Bowl Season Starts.
Dec. 20-21, 2024: CFP First Round, FCS Playoffs Semifinal.
Dec. 31, 2024-Jan. 1, 2025: CFP Quarterfinal.
Jan. 4, 2025: Bowl Season Ends.
Jan. 6, 2025: FCS Playoffs National Championship.
Jan. 9-10, 2025: CFP Semifinal.
Mid-January 2025: NFL Draft Early Entry Deadline.
Jan. 20, 2025: CFP National Championship.
January-May, 2025: Spring Practices.
Recruiting & Transfer Portal
May 25, 2024: FBS & FCS Contact Period Ends.
May 26-29, 2024: FBS & FCS Dead Period.
May 30-June 23, 2024: FBS Quiet Period.
May 30-July 31, 2024: FCS Quiet Period.
June 24-July 24, 2024: FBS Dead Period.
July 25-31, 2024: FBS Quiet Period.
Aug. 1-31, 2024: FBS & FCS Dead Period (There’s a quiet period 48 hours before a home contest (on the institution’s campus or in a facility normally used for its home games) that occurs in August or on Sept. 1 or 2 through 48 hours after the conclusion of the contest).
Sept. 1-Dec. 1, 2024: FBS & FCS Evaluation Period.
Dec. 2-8, 2024: FBS Dead Period.
Dec. 2-5, 2024: FCS Dead Period.
Dec. 4-6, 2024: Early Signing Period.
Dec. 4, 2024-Jan. 15, 2025: Midyear Juco Transfer Signing Period.
Dec. 6-19, 2024: FCS Contact Period.
Dec. 9, 2024-Jan. 7, 2025: Transfer Portal Window.
Dec. 9-22, 2024: FBS Quiet Period.
Dec. 20-22, 2024: FCS Quiet Period.
Dec. 23, 2024 - Jan. 5, 2025: FBS & FCS Dead Period (Jan. 1-5: quiet period for two- and four-year college transfer prospective student-athletes who intend to enroll midyear).
Jan. 6-11, 2025: FBS & FCS Contact Period.
Jan. 12, 2025: FBS & FCS Quiet Period.
Jan. 13-15, 2025: FBS & FCS Dead Period.
Jan. 16-Feb. 1, 2025: FBS & FCS Contact Period.
Feb. 1, 2025: SEC Intraconference Transfer Portal Entry Deadline.
Feb. 2, 2025: FBS & FCS Quiet Period.
Feb. 3-March 2, 2025: FBS & FCS Dead Period (For National Service Academies, Feb. 7 through March 2 shall be a quiet period).
Feb. 5-April 1, 2025: Regular Signing Period.
March 3-April 14, 2025: FBS & FCS Quiet Period.
April 15-May 24, 2025: FBS & FCS Contact Period.
April 16-30, 2025: Transfer Portal Window.
May 1, 2025: Grad Transfer Portal Entry Deadline.
May 25-28, 2025: FBS & FCS Dead Period.
May 29-June 22, 2025: FBS Quiet Period.
May 29-July 31, 2025: FCS Quiet Period.
June 23-July 31, 2025: FBS Dead Period.
Every upcoming QB visit has been confirmed by somebody involved in that player’s recruitment. Official visits are in bold.
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Monday, July 1, 2024
Dead Period (FBS - Thru July 24): A dead period is that period of time when it is not permissible to make in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations on or off the member institution’s campus or to permit official or unofficial visits by prospective student-athletes to the institution’s campus.
Quiet Period (FCS - Thru July 31): A quiet period is that period of time when it is permissible to make in-person recruiting contacts only on the member institution’s campus. No in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts or evaluations may be made during the quiet period.
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