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Maybe no school in the nation has better taken advantage of transfers than SMU. A school spokesman said the football roster numbers 35 transfers, though not all are currently eligible. They didn't all come through the portal, either. Eleven are grad transfers, giving SMU 21 football players with degrees. The astounding figure leads the nation, according to the National Football Foundation.

Does it bother me that athletes get their degrees and find somewhere else to play? Not on your life. If you earn your degree in four years or less, you earn the right to do as you please.

The grad transfer ordinance is one of the rare rules good for students as well as colleges. Texas Tech wouldn't have made the Final Four without it last spring, and SMU wouldn't be 4-0 if not for its transfers.

Jeff Jordan, SMU's director of player personnel, told The News this week that the portal "caught everybody by surprise on how big it actually has become. And I just think we're really fortunate to be right here, in the right place, at the right time."
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