UPDATED on Wed. May 22 at 10:22 p.m.

Syracuse football earned a 958 Academic Progress Rate score and the men’s basketball team scored a 933. Both numbers are four-year averages.

The NCAA released its APR report Tuesday. The report monitors eligibility, graduation and retention rates of each Division I team.

A four-year average of 900 is required to maintain postseason eligibility. For the 2014-15 postseasons that number will rise to 930 and a 940 two-year average will also be required.

The football team’s rolling average peaked in 2004-05 and decreased slightly each year until 2009-10. It has risen every year since and tied its second-highest rating this year.

The men’s basketball team’s score has steadily decreased from 967 in 2004-05, bottoming out in the 2008-09 season when the NCAA assessed an immediate penalty by taking away two scholarships. The team’s score increased in the following two years before dipping slightly in 2011-12.

Below are SU’s four-year scores in football and men’s basketball since the 2004-05 seasons.

Football

2011-12: 958

2010-11: 950

2009-10: 946

2008-09: 947

2007-08: 956

2006-07: 955

2005-06: 958

2004-05: 961

Men’s basketball

2011-12: 933

2010-11: 936

2009-10: 928

2008-09: 912*

2007-08: 932

2006-07: 955

2005-06: 948

2004-05: 967

*Immediate penalty of reduction of two scholarships assessed by NCAA.

Published on June 12, 2013 at 12:22 am

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