Swimming Shows Minimal Inprovement in APR

The NCAA has released its latest Academic Progress Rates (APR) report card. While the release has generated substantial attention for the gains posted in baseball, football, and men's basketball, the data also revealed that swimmers continue to out-perform their fellow sports.

Thirty-six teams, from twenty-five institutions were cited for their success while only two - Auburn and Texas A&M's men's teams - were sanctioned for poor performance. Overall, men's swimming ranked 8th of eighteen sports, while women's swimming ranked 7th of nineteen sports evaluated. Men's swimming remained unchanaged from last year with a score of 967, while women's swimming saw an increase of two points to 986. All sports except women's lacrosse and rowing, and men's fencing witnessed bigger gains than swimming.

Men's Sports						Women's Sports
Gymnastics	978		Tennis	964		FieldHockey	986		Tennis	979
Fencing	974		Golf	963		Lacrosse	985		Soccer	983
IceHockey	973		Soccer	958		Rowing	991		Volleyball	980
Lacrosse	972		Track-Outdoor	954		Gymnastics	989		Cross Country	978
Volleyball	971		Track-Indoor	953		IceHockey	982		Water Polo	979
WaterPolo	971		Wrestling	948		Fencing	987		Softball	980
Skiing	969		Baseball	946		Swimming	984		Track-Outdoor	978
Swimming	967		Football	939		Golf	983		Track-Indoor	978
CrossCountry	964		Basketball	933		Skiing	991		Basketball	972
						Tennis	979		Bowling	960

Every Division I sports team calculates its APR each academic year, based on the eligibility, retention and graduation of each scholarship student-athlete. Teams that score below 925 on their four-year rate and have a student leave school academically ineligible can lose up to 10 percent of their scholarships through immediate penalties. Teams can also face historically based penalties for poor academic performance over time. An APR of 925 roughly projects to a 60 percent graduation success rate.

Women's Swimming APR Scores

Men's Swimming APR Scores

1000 American 1000 Brown 1000 Bucknell 1000 Buffalo 1000 Colgate 1000 Dartmouth College 1000 Georgetown 1000 Holy Cross 1000 Illinois-Chicago 1000 Lafayette College 1000 Lehigh 1000 Loyola (MD) 1000 Pennsylvania 1000 Providence 1000 Rice 1000 Virginia 1000 Xavier 1000 Yale 998 Columbia 998 North Carolina 997 Arizona State 997 Denver 997 William and Mary 996 Boston College 996 Iona College 996 Massachusetts 996 Princeton 995 Davidson College 995 George Washington 995 Michigan 995 Notre Dame 995 Stanford 994 UCLA 994 Duke 994 Duquesne 994 Georgia Tech 994 Wright State 993 Manhattan College 993 Marist College 993 Missouri 993 Northwestern 993 Navy 993 Washington State 992 Boston 992 George Mason 992 Indiana 992 Loyola Marymount 992 Maine 992 Miami (OH) 992 Valparaiso 991 Drexel 991 Harvard 991 Air Force 991 Utah 990 Ball State 990 Cal Poly 990 Michigan State 990 UNC-Wilmington 990 Army 990 Villanova 990 Virginia Tech 990 Wisconsin-Green Bay 989 Iowa State 989 Pennsylvania State 989 Seton Hall 989 Siena College 988 Alabama 988 Fordham 988 Ohio State 988 Pittsburgh 988 Saint Louis 988 Towson 988 Washington 987 Cornell 987 East Carolina 987 James Madison 986 Wisconsin-Madison 985 UC-Santa Barbara 985 Gardner-Webb 985 Iowa 985 Marshall 985 UMBC 985 Saint Bonaventure 985 Southern Methodist 984 Charleston 984 Delaware 984 Eastern Michigan 984 Illinois State 984 Illinois-Champaign 984 Texas A&M 983 New Mexico State 983 Rhode Island 983 Richmond 982 Connecticut 982 Rider 981 Butler 981 Kentucky 981 NJIT 981 Radford 981 Saint Francis (PA) 981 Texas 980 Fairfield 980 La Salle 980 Northeastern 980 Ohio 980 Pepperdine 979 SWIMMING AVERAGE 979 Binghamton 979 California-Davis 979 Stony Brook 978 Akron 978 Georgia 978 Louisville 978 Miami  (FL) 978 New Hampshire 978 North Carolina State 978 Northern Arizona 978 Western Kentucky 977 Cincinnati 977 Northern Iowa 977 Rutgers 977 Sacred Heart 977 West Virginia 976 Oakland 976 Southern Illinois 976 Western Illinois 975 Brigham Young 975 Florida Atlantic 974 Arizona 974 Clemson 974 Minnesota 974 South Carolina 973 Bowling Green State 973 Colorado State 973 Hawaii 973 Kansas 973 North Texas 973 Wagner College 972 Boise State 972 San Diego 972 Wyoming 971 Louisiana State 971 Nebraska 971 Pacific 971 Purdue 970 California-Irvine 970 Evansville 970 Houston 970 IUPUI 970 Vermont 969 Oregon State 969 Tennessee 968 California-Berkeley 968 Saint Francis (NY) 968 Toledo 968 Youngstown State 967 Eastern Illinois 967 UNLV 966 Florida 966 Idaho 965 Arkansas 965 New Mexico 965 New Orleans 965 San Jose State 964 Central Connecticut 964 Maryland 964 Mount Saint Mary's 964 Wisconsin-Milwaukee 962 Georgia Southern 962 Texas Christian 961 Auburn 960 Nevada 960 Saint Peters College 959 California State-Northridge 956 Florida State 956 North Carolina A&T 955 Canisius College 955 Howard 955 Southern Cal 953 Centenary 953 San Diego State 952 Arkansas-Little Rock 950 South Dakota State 949 California State-Bakersfield 949 Niagara 948 Cleveland State 948 Missouri State 948 North Florida 948 Old Dominion 928 Florida International 883 Virginia Military Institute 852 Florida A&M

1000 American 1000 Dartmouth 1000 Georgetown 1000 Holy Cross 1000 Lafayette College 1000 Loyola (MD) 1000 Miami (FL) 1000 Villanova 1000 Xavier 1000 Yale 997 Brown 996 Duquesne 996 Princeton 995 Colgate 995 Duke 995 George Washington 995 Pennsylvania 994 Notre Dame 993 Boston 993 Lehigh 993 Navy 992 Fordham 991 Columbia 991 Michigan 990 Binghamton 990 North Carolina 989 Davidson College 989 Michigan State 988 Virginia 987 Ball State 987 Harvard 986 Saint Louis 985 Boston College 985 Iona College 985 Minnesota 983 Maryland 983 Southern Cal 982 California State-Northridge 980 Louisiana State 980 UNLV 980 Ohio State 980 Army 979 Oakland 979 Saint Francis (NY) 979 Stanford 979 Air Force 978 Northwestern 978 Texas Christian 977 Delaware 977 La Salle 977 Missouri State 977 Saint Bonaventure 976 Bucknell 976 Miami (OH) 976 Pacific 976 Valparaiso 976 Wisconsin-Green Bay 975 Missouri 975 UNC-Wilmington 975 Rider 974 UC-Santa Barbara 974 North Carolina State 974 Stony Brook University 973 Evansville 972 Maine 972 Southern Methodist 972 Wright State 971 Indiana 971 Pennsylvania State 971 Purdue 970 Denver 970 Georgia Tech 970 William and Mary 970 Wisconsin-Madison 968 California-Berkeley 968 Pittsburgh 967 SWIMMING AVERAGE 967 Washington 965 Arizona State 965 Cincinnati 965 Southern Illinois 965 Towson 964 Charleston 963 Clemson 963 Old Dominion 962 Connecticut 962 South Dakota State 961 Florida 961 Louisville 960 Alabama 960 Eastern Illinois 960 Florida State 957 Brigham Young 957 George Mason 957 Marist College 956 Illinois at Chicago 955 California-Irvine 955 Centenary 955 Cornell 955 Drexel 954 California State-Bakersfield 953 IUPUI 952 West Virginia 951 Arizona 951 Eastern Michigan 950 Virginia Military Institute 949 Buffalo 949 Georgia 948 Canisius College 948 Cleveland State 948 UMBC 948 Saint Peters College 948 South Carolina 948 Texas 948 Utah 947 East Carolina 947 Western Kentucky 946 Seton Hall 946 Tennessee 945 Fairfield 945 Virginia Tech 942 Niagara 941 Kentucky 939 Iowa 938 Hawaii 938 NJIT 937 California-Davis 935 Florida Atlantic 934 Gardner-Webb 929 Massachusetts 927 Wyoming 926 Howard 926 Western Illinois 926 UW--Milwaukee 920 Auburn 917 Texas A&M 914 Cal Poly 819 Florida A&M