Progress to graduation of football bowl teams: MSU ranks 57 of 68 The Enlightened Spartan: Progress to graduation of football bowl teams: MSU ranks 57 of 68

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Progress to graduation of football bowl teams: MSU ranks 57 of 68

OK, so we know that Alabama vs Texas will compete for the national title... and that Michigan State will take on Texas Tech on January 2 AFTER the Rose Bowl. But, how well do the players on these teams fare when you consider them on path toward graduation?

The ES wuz curious and looked at the numbers for ALL the bowl teams (all 68 of them), considering the Academic Percentage Rate (APR) compiled by the NCAA each year. MSU is ranked 57th out of 68 teams with an APR of 931 (the benchmark is 925, which equates to a 50% graduation rate, and below which teams are susceptible to penalties).

FYI - the dismissal of Winston and Jenrette will bring these numbers down for MSU and depending on the progress of others (and other potential dismissals or departures) could lead to potential of the Spartans numbers dropping below the 925 threshold and forced to create an academic improvement plan. One other important thing: just because players are closer to graduation, doesn't mean they are learning anything... there is no measure for that.

# School APR
1 Stanford 984
2 Air Force 983
3 Rutgers 980
4 Navy 978
5 Miami 977
6 Georgia 976
7 Penn State 976
8 Northwestern 973
9 Cal 970
10 BC 970
11 Ohio State 968
12 Boise St 966
13 Florida 963
14 TCU 962
15 Central Florida 960
16 LSU 960
17 Georgia Tech 957
18 Southern Cal 956
19 Clemson 955
20 Alabama 955
21 Utah 954
22 Wisconsin 953
23 Oklahoma 952
24 UConn 951
25 Missouri 951
26 Nebraska 950
27 Tennessee 949
28 Auburn 949
29 Ohio 949
30 Fresno State 948
31 UCLA 948
32 Kentucky 948
33 Northern Illinois 947
34 Cincinnati 947
35 SMU 947
36 UNC 947
37 Texas A&M 946
38 Iowa 946
39 Nevada 945
40 MTSU 945
41 Troy 945
42 Southern Miss 944
43 Pittsburgh 944
44 Houston 942
45 BYU 942
46 Marshall 939
47 WVU 939
48 Oklahoma St 939
49 Texas 939
50 Wyoming 939
51 Iowa State 935
52 TTU 935
53 Oregon 935
54 VTU 932
55 Florida St 932
56 East Carolina 932
57 Michigan State 931
58 Oregon St 930
59 CMU 930
60 South Carolina 929
61 Arkansas 927
62 Arizona 924
63 BGSU 920
64 Minnesota 915
65 Mississippi 910
66 South Florida 909
67 Idaho 905
68 Temple 891

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