Graduation Rates for all Bowl Teams

[MontyBurns]

These are current GSR's (graduation success rate) for football for all NCAA bowl teams. Unfortunately the Big XII does not look so good academically, especially for the two marquee programs. Hard to believe that Nebraska, where the "N" stands for knowledge, is the conference's best football program for academics. Actually Baylor is probably the best for GSR, but they will never make this list since they'll never go to a bowl game:

Navy 93%
Northwestern 92
Boston College 91

Stanford 89
Air Force 87
Southern Miss 84
Penn State 85
Connecticut 82
Rutgers 81
North Carolina 80

SMU 79
Ohio 76
Cincinnati 75
Miami 75
Iowa 74
Bowling Green 73
Florida State 73
East Carolina 72
Marshall 72
Nebraska 72
Virginia Tech 71

Florida 69
Idaho 69
Mississippi 69
Texas Tech 69
Pittsburgh 68
Alabama 67
Clemson 67
TCU 65
Wisconsin 65
California 64
Iowa State 64
Missouri 64
Ohio State 62
BYU 61
Oklahoma State 61
West Virginia 61
LSU 60
South Carolina 60

Auburn 59
Boise State 58
USC 58
Georgia 57
Nevada 57
Oregon State 57
Utah 57
Central Florida 56
Michigan State 56
Middle Tennessee State 56
Kentucky 55
Texas A&M 55
Minnesota 54
Wyoming 54
Houston 53
Arkansas 52
Tennessee 52
Temple 50

Georgia Tech 49
Oregon 49
Texas 49
Fresno State 46
Oklahoma 45
Arizona 41

[HawkFanISUalum]

Do athletes that leave for the NFL early count against a school? Or are those students removed from the final tally? Just curious...

[jbhtexas]

CPR said at the pep rally tonight that ISU has the #1 graduation rate amongst the Big 12 FB teams...

Clone Zone - Iowa State University Athletics Official Web Site - www.CYCLONES.com - The home of Iowa State Cyclone Sports

[MontyBurns]

CPR said at the pep rally tonight that ISU has the #1 graduation rate amongst the Big 12 FB teams...

That's a strange thing to say when it clearly isn't true....unless he is looking at a specific time frame of his own choosing instead of the NCAA's official time window. Interestingly enough, in his statement released today, Mike Leach claimed that Texas Technical has the #1 graduation rate amonst the Big 12 FB teams.

Here's a comparison of all Bowl teams:

http://www.tidesport.org/Grad%20Rate..._GSR_Study.pdf

Here's the NCAA APR (academic progress rate) data as of spring 2009:

2009 NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate (APR) Reports by School - NCAA.org

Our numbers are not as good as Nebraska's or Texas Technical's, but they're a lot better than Texas or Oklahoma.

[weR138]

These are current GSR's (graduation success rate) for football for all NCAA bowl teams. Unfortunately the Big XII does not look so good academically, especially for the two marquee programs. Hard to believe that Nebraska, where the "N" stands for knowledge, is the conference's best football program for academics. Actually Baylor is probably the best for GSR, but they will never make this list since they'll never go to a bowl game:

All this means is that Nebraska is the easiest place to get a degree if you're a football player.

[melt]

Does the GSR take into account transfers? Like if a student transfers is that a negative for ISU?

[wartknight]

I suppose a few coaches could pick whatever time frame they want and say they are the best-
EX: If every senior ISU player has graduated or is on track to graduate this year, then no school can have a higher rate.

Leach may be looking at the last 10 years that he's been the coach.

[JRE1975]

Does the GSR take into account transfers? Like if a student transfers is that a negative for ISU?

Transfers hurt, leaving early for NFL hurts - You count all student atheletes that enroll as freshman and if they graduate in a 6 year window from when they start.

I think the ISU football team at 64% is still higher than the overall ISU average for all students. I think this 64% will grow higher as we have more years of CPR leading our program.

Most of the women's sports teams are like in the 90% range, unfortunately MBB is not very good.

[motorCYcle]

I remembered reading an article awhile back about best ever athlete graduation rates and I found the article. It says the athlete graduation rate is 79%, but it also says the all-student graduation rate is 67%.
Which is incorrect, or is the GSR different from the graduation rate?
Cyclones Register Highest-Ever Graduation Rate - Iowa State University Athletics Official Web Site - www.CYCLONES.com - The home of Iowa State Cyclone Sports

[pulse]

All this means is that Nebraska is the easiest place to get a degree if you're a football player.

I'm not sure it qualifies as an institute of higher learning.

[MontyBurns]

Transfers hurt, leaving early for NFL hurts - You count all student atheletes that enroll as freshman and if they graduate in a 6 year window from when they start.

I think the ISU football team at 64% is still higher than the overall ISU average for all students. I think this 64% will grow higher as we have more years of CPR leading our program.

Most of the women's sports teams are like in the 90% range, unfortunately MBB is not very good.

I don't think transfers count against you if they leave in good academic standing and if they go on to graduate elsewhere.

As I recall, the MBB graduation rate was at 6% at one point, by the NCAA's 6-year average...that was with mostly Floyd's and some of Eustachy's recruits. Neither of those coaches gave a damn about academics and Floyd's revolving door of running players off and recruiting over players dooms any team he coaches. Probably one of the reasons he's always long gone by the six year mark when the NCAA shows up to remove scholarships. The MBB numbers have been steadily improving under Morgan & McDermott.