The women’s college basketball transfer portal took some big turns over the past week, and we are back with an updated ranking that includes seven new players, including two in the top 10, and plenty of shake-ups.
The top three players in our initial rankings — Ta’Niya Latson, Olivia Miles and Cotie McMahon — all committed to new schools. Many of the decisions have had a domino effect. MiLaysia Fulwiley, in what was the most surprising news of the week, entered the portal just a couple of days after Latson announced her move to South Carolina.
Mark Campbell’s ability to take a team largely made up of transfers to the Elite Eight this season helped him land Miles — and her decision to join TCU was followed by the Horned Frogs getting three more players from the portal.
McMahon is joining Ole Miss, which also added four other transfers, three of whom could join McMahon in the starting lineup, now setting up the Rebels as a team that could make another Sweet 16 run. New names are being added to the portal every day and likely will be until it closes next week. Our rankings will undergo more changes before the dust settles completely, but for now, here are the top 25 transfers, some with new teams and some still in the decision-making stage.
Rankings as of April 14; transfer window closes April 22
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FSU’s: Ta’Niya Latson: ‘I still have a lot to accomplish’
Ta’Niya Latson recounts her journey to Florida State and some of her most impactful games for the Seminoles.
1. Ta’Niya Latson, 5-8, G, Jr., Florida State Seminoles
Committed to South Carolina Gamecocks
As good as the Gamecocks have been under Dawn Staley, they have never had a backcourt scorer of Latson’s caliber. During this past season’s runner-up finish, no Gamecock averaged more than 12.7 points per game. Now Staley has a guard who averaged nearly twice that in Latson, whose 25.2 PPG led the nation in 2024-25. Her move from the Seminoles to the Gamecocks gives South Carolina a whole new look and altered the races in the ACC, SEC and for the national championship.
2. Olivia Miles, 5-10, G, Sr., Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Not only did Miles turn down a chance to potentially join the Seattle Storm as the second pick, she is also moving on from both the Irish, whom she helped to three Sweet 16 appearances, and a chance to pair with Hannah Hidalgo for another season. After losing four starters, Mark Campbell needed to reconstruct his roster, and Miles is biggest building block to a lineup that now also includes Marta Suarez (Cal), Clara Silva (Kentucky) and Taliyah Parker (Texas A&M). An ankle injury slowed Miles in the NCAA tournament, but her first year back from an ACL tear resulted in a career-high average of 15.4 points as well as 5.8 assists per game, which ranked 15th in the country.
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Olivia Miles’ best plays of the season
Take a look back at Olivia Miles’ best plays this season for Notre Dame after committing to TCU.
3. Cotie McMahon, 6-0, F, Jr., Ohio State Buckeyes
The power and physicality of McMahon’s game might be built for the SEC, and she should fit well into coach Yolette McPhee-McCuin’s system. McMahon is the lead talent on a roster that has already been remade after losing four starters. Latasha Lattimore (Virginia), Jayla Murray (Wichita State), Kaitlin Peterson (UCF) and Tianna Thompson (Georgia Tech) will all play key roles in the Rebels’ effort to stay in the top half of the SEC, but none is more important than McMahon, whose game got a big boost from improved 3-point shooting (38.6%) this season with the Buckeyes.
4. Gianna Kneepkens, 6-0, G, Jr., Utah Utes
The loss of Kneepkens is potentially crushing for the Utes, but her value as a shooter and scorer could be a difference-maker for a national title contender. After a broken foot cost her the 2023-24 season, Kneepkens rebounded to have the best year of her career. She averaged 19.3 points and shot 50.4% from the field, 44.8% from 3-point range and 89.0% at the free throw line.
5. MiLaysia Fulwiley, 5-10, G, So., South Carolina Gamecocks
Dynamic. Electrifying. Spellbinding. Each of them has been used to describe Fulwiley’s game. She can take over games and do it in highlight-reel fashion as she did in the Sweet 16 win over Maryland with 23 points. She also has been inconsistent and has started just three games in two years with South Carolina, while averaging fewer than 20 minutes per game. Two days after the performance against the Terrapins, Fulwiley played just 11 minutes, with 5 points and 4 turnovers, against Duke in the Elite Eight. Her 11.7 points per game were second on a team that made a second straight trip to the national title game, but with Raven Johnson returning for another year and Latson joining the Gamecocks, Fulwiley’s path to a starting job might have once again been blocked.
6. Yarden Garzon, 6-3, G, Jr., Indiana Hoosiers
Committed to Maryland Terrapins
While Brenda Frese might have more work to do in the portal, Garzon was a great start. Frese now has a replacement for Shyanne Sellers as a big guard who can play the point or on the wing. Garzon is a good passer with a high basketball IQ who makes the Terps an even better 3-point shooting team. They shot 36.1% from beyond the arc this past season, and Garzon, Indiana’s all-time leader with 220 makes from behind the arc, never shot below 40% from 3-point range in her three seasons with the Hoosiers.
7. Janiah Barker, 6-4, F, Jr., UCLA Bruins
Turning down a chance to enter the WNBA draft, Barker will now look for her third school to finish her college career. Her playing time (17.5 MPG) and scoring opportunities (7.4 PPG) were reduced in her one season with the Bruins after being the top option for Texas A&M. Her shot attempts dropped nearly in half, and Barker’s 3-point percentage went from 34.3% as sophomore with the Aggies to 18.2% this season. While Barker was better able to display her abilities as a rebounder and defender for a Final Four team, she might be looking for a destination where she can be a top offensive option again.
8. Serah Williams, 6-2, F, Jr., Wisconsin Badgers
One of the best players in Badgers history, Williams is leaving Madison presumably to look for a program with more of a winning tradition. Despite Williams, a unanimous first-team All-Big Ten selection this season, averaging 16.4 points, 8.6 rebounds, and 2.3 blocks in her three seasons with Wisconsin, the Badgers went 39-54 and never finished above 10th in the Big Ten.
9. Sa’Myah Smith, 6-2, F, So., LSU Tigers
Committed to Virginia Cavaliers
Of the four players the Tigers have lost to the portal, Smith is the most impactful. By season’s end she was flourishing, fully recovered from the knee injury that cost her most of the 2023-24 season. Smith averaged 13.8 points and 10.3 rebounds in four NCAA tournament games, including two double-doubles. Already a defensive game changer at the rim, Smith appears to have her best years ahead.
10. Dani Carnegie, 5-9, G, Fr., Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Committed to Georgia Lady Bulldogs
After winning ACC Sixth Player of the Year as a freshman in Atlanta, Carnegie is moving 73 miles east to Athens. Georgia coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson needs a rebuild after going 25-37 over the past two seasons, and Carnegie is the headline addition. Abrahamson-Henderson also brought in transfers Vera Ojenuwa (Arkansas) and Rylie Theuerkauf (Wake Forest).
11. Oluchi Okananwa, 5-10, G, So., Duke Blue Devils
This is one of the most surprising portal entries this transfer cycle. Okananwa was a key to Duke’s late-season success that included an ACC tournament title and run to the Elite Eight. Despite never starting a game for the Blue Devils, Okananwa was a key contributor to Duke’s stifling defense and was the ACC tournament MVP after averaging 16.3 points and 6.7 rebounds.
12. Tonie Morgan, 5-9, G, Jr., Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
With the retirement of coach Nell Fortner, the Yellow Jackets have suffered a mass exodus as seven players entered the portal. Carnegie, Morgan and Kara Dunn were Georgia Tech’s three best players, and are all moving on. Morgan was third in the ACC with 5.6 assists per game and can help a contender looking for a steady veteran point guard.
13. Ra Shaya Kyle, 6-6, C, Sr., Florida Gators
Committed to Miami Hurricanes
Kyle’s improvement was steady once she reached Florida. Kyle, who spent the first two years of her career at Purdue, was the Gators’ second-leading scorer (14.1 PPG) and finished in the top six in the SEC in rebounding (8.7 RPG) and field goal percentage (59.4%). With Kyle as her top addition, second-year coach Tricia Cullop has overhauled the Hurricanes’ roster with six portal additions.
14. Kiyomi McMiller, 5-8, G, Fr., Rutgers Scarlet Knights
The numbers — 18.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game — were outstanding. But McMiller was suspended in early January for a week, returned for seven games and then didn’t play another game for the Scarlet Knights after Feb. 6. With her electrifying offensive talent and three years of eligibility, McMiller could be a program changer if the fit is right.
15. Kate Koval, 6-5, F, Fr., Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Committed to LSU Tigers
The No. 5-rated prospect coming out of high school, Koval had an uneven freshman season. A starter to begin her brief Irish career, Koval averaged 5.3 points per game and played more than 20 minutes in a game just twice in the final three months of the season. It’s unclear whether Koval’s move to Baton Rouge saved LSU from other losses or precipitated them, as Tigers post players Smith, Jersey Wolfenbarger and Aalyah Del Rosario have all entered the portal.
16. Iyana Moore, 5-8, G, Sr., Vanderbilt Commodores
It appears Shea Ralph will keep her top two scorers in Mikayla Blakes and Khamil Pierre, but Moore, the Commodores’ third-best point producer at 12.4 per game, plans to play her final season elsewhere. Moore was also second on the team at 2.7 assists per game. Consistency was her hallmark all three years at Vanderbilt, and she can be a steadying veteran for a team in need of a starting combo guard.
17. Kara Dunn, 5-11, G, Jr., Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Dunn was the Yellow Jackets’ leading scorer at 15.5 points per game and grabbed an impressive 5.8 rebounds per game from her guard spot this past season. Dunn is a good finisher at the rim and has a solid midrange game but is not a playmaker or much of a threat from 3-point range, although her outside shooting was greatly improved this season.
18. Taliah Scott, 5-9, G, So., Auburn Tigers
Committed to Baylor Bears
Health is the biggest question for Scott as she heads to her third school in three years. If she’s able to stay on the court, her offensive talents should be a big boost to the Bears, who are losing four of their top five scorers. A wrist injury kept Scott out of all but three games with the Tigers this season, and she was unable to finish her freshman year at Arkansas. Scott’s 21.2 scoring average has come in just 23 games over those two seasons.
19. Latasha Lattimore, 6-4, F, Sr., Virginia Cavaliers
Committed to Ole Miss Rebels
Coming off the momentum of a highly productive season, Lattimore is joining her fourth school (Texas, Miami, Virginia). McPhee-McCuin might be getting her at the right time. Lattimore went from 5.6 points per game in 2023-24 at Miami to averages of 14.3 points and 8.2 rebounds this season at Virginia. She now joins McMahon to form a frontcourt that is potentially more productive than the one that just led Ole Miss to the Sweet 16.
20. Londynn Jones, 5-6, G, Jr., UCLA
The Bruins lost their entire freshman class and Barker to the portal, but Jones was the biggest surprise and possibly the most damaging to UCLA’s hopes of making a return trip to the Final Four. Jones was UCLA’s fourth-leading scorer (11.8 PPG in 2023-24, 8.5 PPG in 2024-25) in each of the past two years. She is a versatile guard, but perimeter shooting is her greatest value, primarily spotting up when Lauren Betts is double-teamed in the post. Jones led the Bruins in 3-pointers made and attempted this past season.
21. Breya Cunningham, 6-4 F, So., Arizona Wildcats
Committed to Texas Longhorns
After making big strides as a sophomore, Cunningham moves to Austin to help replace Taylor Jones. Her scoring (7.7 PPG to 11.0 PPG) and rebounding (4.7 RPG to 7.0 RPG) improved from her freshman to sophomore seasons, but Cunningham’s defense will have to get better to ensure her playing time under Vic Schaefer.
22. Marta Suarez, 6-3, F, Sr., California Golden Bears
Committed to TCU Horned Frogs
After getting lost a bit in her first two seasons at Tennessee, Suarez found more opportunity with Cal and took advantage. Her 12.9 points and 7.2 rebounds per game were career highs, and those numbers have a chance to climb even higher now that Suarez will be receiving passes from Miles.
23. Jada Williams, 5-8, G, So., Arizona Wildcats
Committed to Iowa State Cyclones
The Cyclones needed a point guard to replace Emily Ryan and secured one in Williams. While she lacks Ryan’s efficiency and reliability as a perimeter shooter, Williams (12.7 PPG, 2.9 APG, 29.2% 3FG) will give Iowa State more explosiveness and someone who can push tempo. The main job in Ames is still to get the ball to Audi Crooks in the post and make sure Addy Brown has good scoring opportunities. If Williams executes in those areas, this will be a big get for Bill Fennelly. She has two more years of eligibility.
24. Avery Howell, 6-0, Fr., USC Trojans
Committed to Washington Huskies
The Huskies were one of the best 3-point shooting teams in the country last season (37.0%) with Elle Ladine and Sayvia Sellers leading the way, and now Tina Langley has added another threat. Howell (7.5 PPG), whose decision to leave USC still qualifies as one of the more surprising portal moves, made 39.9% of her 3-pointers and scored 18 points twice in the NCAA tournament, her best two-game stretch of the season.
25. Laura Ziegler, 6-2, F, Jr., Saint Joseph’s Hawks
The Hawks’ best player the past two seasons, Ziegler had 20 double-doubles and two triple-doubles this season and was one of the country’s best defensive rebounders. She does most of her work in the paint but can make the occasional 3-pointer. Her experience and production could make her an interesting addition as a role player at a major conference school.
Others considered: Madina Okot (Mississippi State Bulldogs); Aaliyah Guyton (Iowa Hawkeyes to Illinois Fighting Illini); Clara Silva (Kentucky Wildcats to TCU Horned Frogs); Gracie Merkle (Penn State Lady Lions to Maryland Terrapins); Nyla Harris (Louisville Cardinals to North Carolina Tar Heels); Haleigh Timmer (South Dakota State Jackrabbits to Oklahoma State Cowgirls); Ta’Mia Scott (Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders); Nya Robertson (SMU Mustangs to Tennessee Lady Volunteers); Kierra Wheeler (Norfolk State Spartans to West Virginia Mountaineers)
