Football Program Recognized for Outstanding GSR

Dec. 1, 2011

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The University of Miami was one of only seventeen institutions recognized for an outstanding NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of over 90 perfect for their football student-athletes in the latest six-year window, as announced by the American Football Coaches Association.

The GSR is based on a six-year graduation window for student-athletes which is a change from the five-year window used by the CFA and AFCA. The GSR was developed by the NCAA as part of its academic reform initiative to more accurately assess the academic success of student-athletes. The GSR holds institutions accountable for transfer students, unlike the federal graduation rate. The GSR also accounts for midyear enrollees.

Only sixteen other institutions — Air Force, Army, Boise State, Boston College, Central Florida, Duke, Florida, Iowa, Miami (Ohio), Navy, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Penn State, Rice, Stanford – achieved a rate of 90 percent or better.

Forty-three other institutions will be recognized for graduating 75 percent or more of their football student-athletes.  The remaining 29 institutions are: Arkansas State, Baylor, Bowling Green State, Cincinnati, Clemson, Colorado State, Fresno State, Illinois, LSU, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Memphis, Middle Tennessee State, North Carolina, Ohio, Rutgers, SMU, Syracuse, TCU, Texas Tech, Tulane, UCLA, Utah, Utah State, UTEP, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, West Virginia and Western Kentucky.

2011 Conference Breakdown of Winners and Honorable Mentions: Conference USA- 7, ACC- 6, Big 10- 4, Big East- 4, MAC- 4, Mountain West- 4, Independents- 3, Pac-12- 3, SEC- 3, Sun Belt- 3, WAC- 3, Big 12- 2.