Women’s basketball overall APR increases, Grambling State and Savannah State hit with penalties

Infographic: How the APR is calculated

The NCAA released the 2013-14 Academic Progress Rate results on Wednesday. Each Division I sports team calculates its APR every academic year.

Each semester scholarship student-athletes earn one point for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating. A perfect APR is 1,000. In 2013-14, the overall four-year rate increased two points.

“More college athletes than ever are succeeding in the classroom, and I applaud their commitment to academic achievement. We are pleased and proud of their accomplishments,” NCAA president Emmert said. “Our goal always has been to encourage students to achieve academically and earn their degrees. Every year, Division I students prove that both academic and athletic success are achievable.”

The overall women’s basketball APR increased to 975 from 973 in 2012-13. In addition, 28 women’s basketball programs had a perfect APR including five Ivy Leagues as well as Stanford, Rice, Tulane, DePaul and Washington State.

Only two women’s basketball programs were hit with penalties: Grambling State (Level 1 penalty) and the 2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament champions, Savannah State (Level 2 penalty). Savannah State is ineligible for the postseason in 2015-16 due to its low APR (905).

NCAA explanation of penalties:

Level One penalties focus on practice restrictions, allowing teams to use that time to focus on academics. Teams facing this penalty lose four hours and one day of practice time per week in season, replaced with academic activities.

Level Two penalties include the Level One penalty and a reduction of four hours of practice time out of season replaced with academic activities. This level also includes the elimination of the nonchampionship season or spring football. Teams without nonchampionship seasons face a reduced number of contests.

Teams are subject to penalties if their multi-year APR falls below 930. They may request a waiver of some or all penalty elements. Waivers are overseen by the Committee on Academics. The NCAA’s penalty structure has three levels, with penalties increasing in severity at each level. Schools move through the penalty structure each year, progressing to the next level if their multi-year APR remains below the benchmarks.

Women’s Basketball 2013-14 APR Results
(Each school name links to a PDF of the institution’s full APR report)

School	State	Multi-Year Rate
Washington State University	WA	1000
Wagner College	NY	1000
University of Northern Colorado	CO	1000
University of North Carolina Asheville	NC	1000
University of Montana	MT	1000
University of Massachusetts Lowell	MA	1000
University of Denver	CO	1000
University of California, Santa Barbara	CA	1000
Tulane University	LA	1000
Stanford University	CA	1000
South Dakota State University	SD	1000
Sacred Heart University	CT	1000
Rice University	TX	1000
Northern Kentucky University	KY	1000
Niagara University	NY	1000
Loyola University Chicago	IL	1000
Lafayette College	PA	1000
Harvard University	MA	1000
Grand Canyon University	AZ	1000
Gonzaga University	WA	1000
Elon University	NC	1000
Eastern Washington University	WA	1000
DePaul University	IL	1000
Dartmouth College	NH	1000
Creighton University	NE	1000
Cornell University	NY	1000
Columbia University-Barnard College	NY	1000
Brown University	RI	1000
University of Texas at Austin	TX	996
University of San Diego	CA	996
University of North Dakota	ND	996
Stony Brook University	NY	996
Northwestern University	IL	996
Middle Tennessee State University	TN	996
Liberty University	VA	996
Iona College	NY	996
Illinois State University	IL	996
Yale University	CT	995
West Virginia University	WV	995
University of Pennsylvania	PA	995
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	MN	995
University of Michigan	MI	995
University of Dayton	OH	995
University of Colorado, Boulder	CO	995
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	IL	995
Princeton University	NJ	995
Presbyterian College	SC	995
New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	995
Marist College	NY	995
Manhattan College	NY	995
Georgetown University	DC	995
Florida International University	FL	995
Drake University	IA	995
Davidson College	NC	995
College of the Holy Cross	MA	995
Colgate University	NY	995
Canisius College	NY	995
Wofford College	SC	994
Quinnipiac University	CT	992
Western Illinois University	IL	991
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay	WI	991
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	TN	991
University of South Florida	FL	991
University of Richmond	VA	991
University of Portland	OR	991
University of Nebraska, Lincoln	NE	991
University of Akron	OH	991
University at Buffalo	NY	991
Syracuse University	NY	991
St. Mary’s College of California	CA	991
Southern Utah University	UT	991
Rider University	NJ	991
North Dakota State University	ND	991
Monmouth University	NJ	991
Central Connecticut State University	CT	991
Bryant University	RI	991
Bowling Green State University	OH	991
Boston University	MA	991
Belmont University	TN	991
Auburn University	AL	991
Wake Forest University	NC	990
Valparaiso University	IN	990
University of Virginia	VA	990
University of South Carolina, Columbia	SC	990
University of Hartford	CT	990
University of Florida	FL	990
University of California, Davis	CA	990
Saint Peter’s University	NJ	990
Portland State University	OR	990
Oakland University	MI	990
Miami University (Ohio)	OH	990
Longwood University	VA	990
Lehigh University	PA	990
High Point University	NC	990
Fairfield University	CT	990
Bradley University	IL	990
Alabama A&M University	AL	990
Rutgers, New Brunswick	NJ	989
Bucknell University	PA	989
University of the Pacific	CA	987
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee	WI	987
University of Toledo	OH	987
University of Oregon	OR	987
University of Northern Iowa	IA	987
University of North Florida	FL	987
University of Missouri-Kansas City	MO	987
University of Missouri, Columbia	MO	987
University of Kentucky	KY	987
University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	987
Saint Francis University (Pennsylvania)	PA	987
Montana State University-Bozeman	MT	987
Fordham University	NY	987
Coastal Carolina University	SC	987
University of South Dakota	SD	986
University of San Francisco	CA	986
University at Albany	NY	986
U.S. Naval Academy	MD	986
Seton Hall University	NJ	986
Northern Illinois University	IL	986
Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis	IN	986
Idaho State University	ID	986
Howard University	DC	986
George Washington University	DC	986
Furman University	SC	986
Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	985
University of Vermont	VT	985
University of New Hampshire	NH	985
Kansas State University	KS	985
Hofstra University	NY	985
University of Pittsburgh	PA	984
University of Notre Dame	IN	984
St. Bonaventure University	NY	984
Oregon State University	OR	984
Loyola University Maryland	MD	984
Delaware State University	DE	984
Campbell University	NC	983
Brigham Young University	UT	983
University of Iowa	IA	982
University of Detroit Mercy	MI	982
University of Connecticut	CT	982
Tennessee Technological University	TN	982
Saint Joseph’s University	PA	982
Ohio University	OH	982
Murray State University	KY	982
Mount St. Mary’s University	MD	982
Jackson State University	MS	982
Eastern Illinois University	IL	982
East Carolina University	NC	982
Western Carolina University	NC	981
University of Wisconsin, Madison	WI	981
University of Oklahoma	OK	981
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	NC	981
University of Miami (Florida)	FL	981
University of Memphis	TN	981
University of Maryland, College Park	MD	981
University of Georgia	GA	981
St. Francis College Brooklyn	NY	981
Santa Clara University	CA	981
Marquette University	WI	981
Drexel University	PA	981
Colorado State University	CO	981
Arizona State University	AZ	981
Weber State University	UT	980
University of California, Los Angeles	CA	980
James Madison University	VA	980
Georgia Southern University	GA	980
Boston College	MA	980
Seattle University	WA	979
Pennsylvania State University	PA	979
Kent State University	OH	979
George Mason University	VA	979
Florida State University	FL	979
Duke University	NC	979
Austin Peay State University	TN	979
Utah State University	UT	978
University of Washington	WA	978
University of Tennessee, Knoxville	TN	978
University of Southern California	CA	978
Pepperdine University	CA	978
Villanova University	PA	977
University of South Alabama	AL	977
University of Maine, Orono	ME	977
University of Hawaii, Manoa	HI	977
The University of Tulsa	OK	977
Tennessee State University	TN	977
North Carolina State University	NC	977
Mississippi Valley State University	MS	977
Indiana University, Bloomington	IN	977
University of Tennessee at Martin	TN	976
University of Nevada, Las Vegas	NV	976
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	976
University of Arkansas, Little Rock	AR	976
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	976
The Ohio State University	OH	976
Samford University	AL	976
Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne	IN	976
College of William and Mary	VA	976
Butler University	IN	976
Vanderbilt University	TN	975
University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	975
University of Texas at El Paso	TX	975
University of Evansville	IN	975
University of Central Florida	FL	975
McNeese State University	LA	975
American University	DC	975
University of Nevada, Reno	NV	974
Stephen F. Austin State University	TX	974
Robert Morris University	PA	974
Lamar University	TX	974
Iowa State University	IA	974
Cleveland State University	OH	974
Boise State University	ID	974
Baylor University	TX	974
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	973
University of Alabama	AL	973
Texas Tech University	TX	973
Texas A&M University, College Station	TX	973
Siena College	NY	973
Sam Houston State University	TX	973
Jacksonville University	FL	973
California State University, Fullerton	CA	973
University of Utah	UT	972
St. John’s University (New York)	NY	972
Old Dominion University	VA	972
La Salle University	PA	972
Florida Gulf Coast University	FL	972
Florida Atlantic University	FL	972
Appalachian State University	NC	972
University of Wyoming	WY	971
University of Louisville	KY	971
Oklahoma State University	OK	971
Missouri State University	MO	971
Utah Valley University	UT	970
Long Beach State University	CA	970
Indiana State University	IN	970
California State University, Fresno	CA	970
Wichita State University	KS	969
Western Michigan University	MI	969
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	MD	969
Northern Arizona University	AZ	969
Michigan State University	MI	969
Long Island University-Brooklyn Campus	NY	969
Lipscomb University	TN	969
Coppin State University	MD	969
Binghamton University	NY	969
University of Rhode Island	RI	968
Hampton University	VA	968
U.S. Military Academy	NY	967
Bethune-Cookman University	FL	967
Ball State University	IN	967
Alabama State University	AL	967
University of Massachusetts, Amherst	MA	966
University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff	AR	966
San Jose State University	CA	966
Radford University	VA	966
Purdue University	IN	966
Xavier University	OH	965
University of Nebraska Omaha	NE	965
University of Louisiana at Monroe	LA	965
University of Delaware	DE	965
Eastern Kentucky University	KY	965
University of New Mexico	NM	964
University of Mississippi	MS	964
Southeast Missouri State University	MO	964
Northeastern University	MA	964
Alcorn State University	MS	964
Eastern Michigan University	MI	963
Winthrop University	SC	962
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro	NC	962
Mercer University	GA	962
Kennesaw State University	GA	962
East Tennessee State University	TN	962
California State University, Sacramento	CA	962
Arkansas State University	AR	962
Providence College	RI	961
University of California, Berkeley	CA	960
The University of Southern Mississippi	MS	960
Saint Louis University	MO	960
Northwestern State University	LA	960
Duquesne University	PA	960
University of Cincinnati	OH	959
University of California, Irvine	CA	959
Oral Roberts University	OK	959
Norfolk State University	VA	959
Marshall University	WV	959
Chicago State University	IL	959
California Polytechnic State University	CA	959
Wright State University	OH	958
Temple University	PA	958
Morehead State University	KY	958
Mississippi State University	MS	958
Loyola Marymount University	CA	958
California State University, Northridge	CA	958
Stetson University	FL	957
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale	IL	957
Georgia Institute of Technology	GA	957
Clemson University	SC	957
University of North Carolina Wilmington	NC	956
University of Kansas	KS	956
U.S. Air Force Academy	CO	956
Fairleigh Dickinson, Metropolitan Campus	NJ	956
Western Kentucky University	KY	955
University of California, Riverside	CA	955
Louisiana State University	LA	955
Gardner-Webb University	NC	955
University of Central Arkansas	AR	954
University of North Texas	TX	953
Troy University	AL	953
Texas State University	TX	953
Nicholls State University	LA	953
Youngstown State University	OH	952
University of Texas at Arlington	TX	952
University of Illinois at Chicago	IL	951
Central Michigan University	MI	951
Towson University	MD	950
Texas Christian University	TX	950
San Diego State University	CA	950
Prairie View A&M University	TX	950
College of Charleston (South Carolina)	SC	949
University of Idaho	ID	948
North Carolina A&T State University	NC	947
New Mexico State University	NM	947
Jacksonville State University	AL	947
Georgia State University	GA	946
University of Texas, Pan American	TX	944
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville	AR	944
Charleston Southern University	SC	944
University of Louisiana at Lafayette	LA	942
Texas Southern University	TX	942
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	TX	942
University of Maryland Eastern Shore	MD	941
Southern Methodist University	TX	941
Morgan State University	MD	941
Houston Baptist University	TX	941
California State University, Bakersfield	CA	941
University of the Incarnate Word	TX	939
Southeastern Louisiana University	LA	937
South Carolina State University	SC	937
University of South Carolina Upstate	SC	936
University of Arizona	AZ	934
North Carolina Central University	NC	934
University of Houston	TX	932
Louisiana Tech University	LA	931
Florida A&M University	FL	922
Grambling State University	LA	918
Abilene Christian University	TX	913
Savannah State University	GA	905
University of New Orleans	LA	886