NCAA recruiting calendars · 2026–27
When college coaches can recruit you, sport by sport
The NCAA publishes its recruiting calendars as PDFs. Here is each Division I calendar with exact dates, what coaches can do in every period, and what changes for your graduation year and for the other divisions.
Today · Oct 16, 2026
- Baseball Quiet period through Nov 8
- Beach Volleyball Contact period through Nov 8
- Cross Country and Track & Field No NCAA period until Nov 9
- Field Hockey Contact period through Dec 19
- Football Evaluation period through Nov 29
- Men's Basketball Contact period through Nov 8
- Men's Golf Contact period through Nov 8
- Men's Ice Hockey No NCAA period until Nov 9
- Men's Lacrosse Contact period through Nov 8
- Men's Soccer No NCAA period until Nov 9
- Men's Wrestling No NCAA period until Nov 9
- Rowing No NCAA period until Nov 9
- Softball Evaluation period through Nov 8
- Swimming & Diving No NCAA period until Nov 9
- Women's Basketball Evaluation period through Dec 23
- Women's Golf Contact period through Nov 8
- Women's Gymnastics No NCAA period until Nov 9
- Women's Ice Hockey No NCAA period until Nov 9
- Women's Lacrosse Contact period through Nov 6
- Women's Soccer No NCAA period until Nov 9
- Women's Volleyball Contact period through Nov 8
- Women's Wrestling No NCAA period until Nov 9
- All Other Sports No NCAA period until Nov 9
Division III and the NAIA have no recruiting calendars, and Division II has only a few dead periods. Each sport's page covers all of them.
These pages are Scouted's summary, not official NCAA pages. The NCAA posts the official calendars on NCAA.org, and each sport's page links its PDF and the rulebooks. For a question about a rule, ask the school's compliance office.
