13 Alabama Athletics Teams Score 90-or-Better in Latest NCAA Graduation Success Rates
12/2/2021 4:26:00 PM | General
A total of seven Crimson Tide teams sported a perfect 100 for this year’s GSR, while six more ranged between 90 and 94
INDIANAPOLIS – A total of seven University of Alabama athletics programs led the Southeastern Conference in Graduation Success Rate (GSR) figures released by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) on Thursday.
Alabama maintained its overall GSR of 93 this year, ranking the Crimson Tide third among SEC schools. The average GSR for all NCAA Division I student-athletes is 89. This year's GSR spans the period covering student-athletes who attended the University during 2011-14.
The men's basketball team remained at a perfect 100 again this year, while the football team posted an 86, which ranks fourth in the SEC. It marks the 13th year in a row that the Tide football squad has ranked in the top four in the SEC by GSR. Alabama's football total is five points better than the national average for the Football Bowl Subdivision.
In addition to men's basketball, Alabama also led the SEC with perfect GSR scores in women's golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, women's swimming and diving and women's tennis.
Overall, 13 Alabama programs recorded a GSR score of 90 or better. In addition to the sports that had perfect scores of 100, six others posted scores of 90 or better – rowing (94), women's track and field/cross country (94), men's swimming and diving (93), volleyball (93), men's track and field/cross country (92) and baseball (90).
The GSR measures graduation rates at Division I institutions and includes those transferring into the institutions. The GSR also allows institutions to subtract student-athletes who leave their institutions prior to graduation, as long as they would have been academically eligible to compete had they remained.
The NCAA's GSR and the Academic Success Rate (ASR) were developed in response to a mandate by college and university presidents for graduation data that more accurately reflects the mobility among today's college students. Both rates improve on the federally mandated graduation rate by including students omitted from the federal calculation.
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