Richard Lapchick, probably the forefather in regards to getting Univ to improve their academic performance for their student athletes, at the end of every bowl season, he re-ranks the top teams based on academic performance.
Here's his new AP Top 10 rankings based on football student athlete's graduation rates.
https://today.ucf.edu/academics-give-ap-...-new-look/
Student/athletes who leave school prior to graduating for greener pastures in the NFL are responsible for some of the less then 100 percent. I'm surprised that Alabama has a rate as high as they do as result. Obviously UCF will take a hit as players like Storm and Blake leave early.
(01-08-2014 01:26 PM)sfink16 Wrote: [ -> ]Obviously UCF will take a hit as players like Storm and Blake leave early.
They're both redshirt juniors that should still be graduating.
(01-08-2014 01:26 PM)sfink16 Wrote: [ -> ]Student/athletes who leave school prior to graduating for greener pastures in the NFL are responsible for some of the less then 10 percent. I'm surprised that Alabama has a rate as high as they do as result. Obviously UCF will take a hit as players like Storm and Blake leave early.
Sometimes yes...but NCAA allows 6-8 years for players to graduate (some just need off-season course or two and do graduate later on).
That is also why scholarship sanctions are tied into APR scores (not graduation scores) because players leave school for multiple reasons (i.e. play pro, transfer to another school, etc...), and if players are in GOOD academic standing when they leave, programs are not penalized for that.
Unfortunately the "Central" name will obscure this fact. Image is everything.
(01-08-2014 01:26 PM)sfink16 Wrote: [ -> ]Student/athletes who leave school prior to graduating for greener pastures in the NFL are responsible for some of the less then 10 percent. I'm surprised that Alabama has a rate as high as they do as result. Obviously UCF will take a hit as players like Storm and Blake leave early.
At the press conference both players said they were getting their degrees. Not sure if they meant before they leave or not, but the implication was they were graduating before they leave. this is Bortles' 4th year and all the UCF players attend summer school and train.
(01-08-2014 03:02 PM)KnightLight Wrote: [ -> ] (01-08-2014 01:26 PM)sfink16 Wrote: [ -> ]Student/athletes who leave school prior to graduating for greener pastures in the NFL are responsible for some of the less then 10 percent. I'm surprised that Alabama has a rate as high as they do as result. Obviously UCF will take a hit as players like Storm and Blake leave early.
Sometimes yes...but NCAA allows 6-8 years for players to graduate (some just need off-season course or two and do graduate later on).
That is also why scholarship sanctions are tied into APR scores (not graduation scores) because players leave school for multiple reasons (i.e. play pro, transfer to another school, etc...), and if players are in GOOD academic standing when they leave, programs are not penalized for that.
Here's how the conf football programs stacked up to the latest APR scores from last summer:
Rutgers: 978
UCF: 975
USF: 970
Temple: 963
UConn: 958
SMU: 945
Cincinnati: 943
Memphis: 937
Houston: 937
Louisville: 924
(01-08-2014 03:36 PM)KnightLight Wrote: [ -> ]Here's how the conf football programs stacked up to the latest APR scores from last summer:
Rutgers: 978
UCF: 975
USF: 970
Temple: 963
UConn: 958
SMU: 945
Cincinnati: 943
Memphis: 937
Houston: 937
Louisville: 924
That shows how bad a job Kraggy did with academics and on the field. Strong had 93 of 98 guys graduate while at UofL.
(01-08-2014 03:38 PM)CollegeCard Wrote: [ -> ] (01-08-2014 03:36 PM)KnightLight Wrote: [ -> ]Here's how the conf football programs stacked up to the latest APR scores from last summer:
Rutgers: 978
UCF: 975
USF: 970
Temple: 963
UConn: 958
SMU: 945
Cincinnati: 943
Memphis: 937
Houston: 937
Louisville: 924
That shows how bad a job Kraggy did with academics and on the field. Strong had 93 of 98 guys graduate while at UofL.
Remember, Krag had to kick off 23 players that Petrino recruited...as only 3 of Petrino's 2006 recruits ended up with full-time starters in later years.
