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Heartland College Sports: The Big 12 Sports Podcast

Top 3 Big 12 Transfer Portal Winners & Losers From Week 2

Heartland College Sports: The Big 12 Sports Podcast

Pete Mundo

Sports, Basketball, Football

4.8870 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The transfer portal continues to reshape the Big 12, and after another busy week, here are the Top 3 winners and losers from Week 2 of the Big 12 transfer portal.

Heartland College Sports’ Pete Mundo breaks down the Week 2 winners and losers in the Big 12 transfer portal, including which teams nailed their additions, which rosters still have holes, and what it all means heading toward the 2026 season

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0:00.0

I've got three Transfer Portal winners and three Transfer Portal losers out of the Big 12 conference

0:06.2

for week two of the transfer portal window. I'm Pete Mundo, Heartland College Sports is where you find

0:11.9

us covering the Big 12. Thank you, as always, for being here as a part of the show. So I'll give

0:17.9

you three winners, I'll give you three losers and I'll bounce back and forth.

0:22.3

If you're new here, please make sure you are subscribed to the channel. We appreciate that as

0:26.6

always and like the video as well. Same thing on the podcast. So I'll start with one of my winners

0:32.9

for week two. And I'll explain this just by saying this is not for the entire transfer portal window.

0:39.5

This is just what have you gained versus what have you lost in week two of the portal window.

0:46.4

So that's like January 9th to January 16th. So one of my winners in the Big 12 is the Utah Utes.

0:54.6

Utah is quietly having a very solid second week of the transfer portal window.

1:00.5

They don't have the splashiest class.

1:02.5

They don't have the biggest stars.

1:04.7

But their average portal edition rating is an 86.5.

1:08.8

That puts them in the top five in the Big 12. And some of those pickups

1:12.6

this week, they needed help at running back. They got it. Steve Chavez Soto, coming in from San Jose

1:18.3

State, had a very good freshman campaign, 448 yards and 87 carries, number 10 when it comes to

1:25.9

yards per carry in the Mountain West and seven rushing

1:28.8

touchdowns also top 10 in the league. They also got a solid nose tackle same place San Jose

1:35.2

State, Jir and Moe. Six foot 280, California, and a lot of these guys obviously out west,

1:40.9

and the third defensive lineman and fifth player on the defensive side of the ball

1:46.4

to sign with the Utes during this cycle. Of course, Morgan Scali is trying to rebuild or reload

1:51.9

that defense, I should really stay. And they also needed help along the offensive line.

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