The transfer portal window is closed and most players have found their new homes.

This includes the Lady Vols as Kim Caldwell prepares for her second season with Tennessee. After a successful year one and an impressive off-season, Caldwell has her squad positioned as one of the top teams in the country.

An AP Top 25 voter, Mitchell Northam, agrees with this sentiment. He ranked the Lady Vols as the No. 6 team in the country in his rankings.

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"Because of the way the Lady Vols play under Kim Caldwell — at a fast pace and deep into their bench — adding three talented rotation players like SMU’s Nya Robertson, LSU’s Jersey Wolfenbarger and UCLA’s Janiah Barker should fill any holes Tennessee had to fill," Northam wrote. "Barker is a player who many believe hasn’t reached her full potential yet, and she should get the chance to do that in Knoxville and could be an impactful player."

Ahead of Tennessee sits just five teams, No. 1 LSU, No. 2 UConn, No. 3 South Carolina, No. 4 UCLA and No. 5 TCU. This makes the Lady Vols the third-highest ranked SEC team in his rankings.

To join the returners and attempt to replace the departures, Tennessee has landed three signees out of the portal. Janiah Barker out of UCLA, Nya Robertson out of SMU and Jersey Wolfenbarger out of LSU are set to join the team.

Coming in alongside a trio of impressive transfers is the No. 2 freshman class in the country according to ESPNW. Three McDonald's All Americans lead the way via Mia Pauldo, Deniya Prawl and Jaida Civil, who all rank inside the top 20.

Lauren Hurst and Mya Pauldo also join the squad as four-star recruits inside the top 60.

Tennessee's main reason for departure is due to losing eligibility. Jewel Spear, the team's second leading scorer, finished her second year with the program after transferring in from Wake Forest. Samara Spencer, in her first and final year after coming in from Arkansas, is now done after finishing fifth in scoring and first in assists on the team.

Sara Puckett, Tess Darby and Jillian Hollingshead, all players who have been around the program for multiple years, are also out of eligibility. Puckett and Darby both played their entire tenure with the Lady Vols while Hollingshead transferred in early in her career from Georgia.

The three departing transfers are Avery Strickland, Favor Ayodele and Destinee Wells. All three played sparing minutes with Strickland occasionally getting meaningful minutes in the case of injury or foul trouble.

Walk-on Edie Darby is also medically retiring and stepping away from the sport.

Tennessee returns a good bit of its roster than contributed a year ago. The Lady Vols bring back three of their top four leading scorers including Talaysia Cooper who paced the team. Cooper has two years of eligibility remaining.

Ruby Whitehorn and Zee Spearman were the other pair in the top four in their first seasons at Tennessee after transferring in. They will both be in their final year of eligiblity this season.

The other returning piece in their final year is Kaiya Wynn. She was on track to play in her senior season before tearing her Achilles and being forced to miss the campaign. Now, returning from injury, it'll be her final year.

Young pieces on the roster that return are Kaniya Boyd and Alyssa Latham. After early enrolling the year prior, Boyd completed her impressive freshman year. Latham transferred in after one season at Syracuse and will have two seasons remaining.

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