Vandy No. 1, UGA No. 2 in SEC football academics (Plus: APR for all UGA sports, all SEC football teams)
Georgia posted the second best score among SEC football teams in the Academic Progress Rate (APR) statistics released Wednesday by the NCAA.
UGA’s football team had an APR of 973 out of a possible 1,000, topped only by Vanderbilt’s 975 in the SEC. The national average for football teams was 944.
Georgia had the SEC’s highest scores in women’s basketball (1,000), men’s golf (1,000) and gymnastics (996). The baseball team posted Georgia’s lowest APR, 941.
The Bulldogs’ men’s basketball team recorded a score of 944, which ranked fifth among SEC teams. The national average for men’s basketball teams was 940.
All of Georgia’s 20 sports teams posted scores comfortably above the NCAA-mandated threshold of 925. Teams that post APR scores below 925 and have a player leave school ineligible can be assessed penalties, including loss of scholarships.
The APR is an NCAA-designed measure that assesses the eligibility, retention and graduation of athletes over a four-year period. The figures released Wednesday were based on the 2005-06 through 2008-09 academic years.
“We continue to perform well with our APR numbers, and that’s a testament to our student-athletes’ hard work as well as the efforts of everyone involved in supporting their academic endeavors,” Georgia athletics director Damon Evans said. “We are especially pleased with women’s basketball, gymnastics, and men’s golf ranking No. 1 among SEC schools. Additionally, football continues to perform at a high level, finishing just shy of the No. 1 spot in the conference. The improvement in scores from last year for 11 of our teams is also a great indicator for our programs moving forward.”
Here are the APR scores for each of the SEC football teams:
Vanderbilt 975
Georgia 973
Florida 971
LSU 965
Alabama 957
Kentucky 951
Tennessee 944
South Carolina 938
Mississippi State 939
Auburn 935
Arkansas 930
Mississippi 921
Here are the APR scores for each of the SEC men’s basketball teams:
Vanderbilt 980
Alabama 966
Florida 956
Kentucky 954
Georgia 944
Tennessee 935
Mississippi State 932
Mississippi 922
LSU 918
Auburn 916
South Carolina 908
Arkansas 886
And here are the APR scores for each of Georgia’s sports teams:
Men’s Golf 1000
Women’s Basketball 1000
Women’s Gymnastics 996
Women’s Cross Country 996
Women’s Tennis 984
Women’s Swimming 981
Men’s Cross Country 979
Women’s Track, Indoor 976
Women’s Track, Outdoor 976
Women’s Soccer 974
Women’s Volleyball 974
Football 973
Men’s Tennis 969
Softball 968
Men’s Swimming 961
Women’s Golf 961
Men’s Track, Indoor 958
Men’s Track, Outdoor 952
Men’s Basketball 944
Baseball 941
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192 comments Add your comment
1eyedJack
June 9th, 2010
6:26 pm
Everybody don’t want to work for NASA or be a nuclear physicist. It’s a lonely existance….and anti-social.
“And I think it’s going to be a long long time,
Til touchdown brings me round again to find,
I’m not the man I think I am at all.
Oh no, Oh no.
I’m a Rocket Man.”
Besides, most folks don’t want to fill their heads with Calculus, Interspacial Geometry, and how to use a slide-rule. Some of us enjoy 40-50 hour work weeks with time for our families.
Orlg8r
June 9th, 2010
6:30 pm
As a Gator fan, I’m happy to hear that you’ll be able to play the same type players you’ve played against us for the last 19 years…
david
June 9th, 2010
6:30 pm
you guys would argue over the color of the sky. get a joke thats not 40 years old bookwart
UGAgrad71
June 9th, 2010
6:35 pm
UGA is not an easy school. UGA has very difficult entry standards. Those standards prohibit the admission of those atheletes whose high school work is sub-standard. Yes, there may be some less than challenging courses, but that is true at ALL SCHOOLS. UGA had a string of, I think, 11 years of at least 1 academic all american in football.
WTF
June 9th, 2010
6:40 pm
See where Tech could only manage a 967 score. Must have been hurt by the Reggie Balls at the institute.
Milledgeville DAWG
June 9th, 2010
6:41 pm
Harold, I bet you were not an english major. GO ACADEMIC DAWGS!!!!!!
SportsFan
June 9th, 2010
6:43 pm
True Story….Just yesterday heard the former UGA player, David Pollard, say that he took subjects like Sports Issues, Weight Lifting and Cafeteria Duty for CREDIT at UGA.I might not have the titles exactly correct but am VERY close. I’ll bet his GPA was 4.0 in those subjects.
Russ, the Temporary Mascot
June 9th, 2010
6:44 pm
Not many people know that the mascots are tested, too. Being a bulldog I did pretty well but all this inbreeding does not bode well for the future. I can see a time when a bulldog with a pure white a$$ but no social skills will be bringing up the rear, so to speak.
Dorsey Hill
June 9th, 2010
6:46 pm
GT Alum,
“Tech folks” will quit talking about their academic superiority when they are dead. I am confident that nothing short of that will stop them. When its the only thing you’ve got you hang on tight.
I do think that “Tech folks” often ignore the fact that the football players do not by and large take the same or even similar courses as the engineers do. The vast majority are on a Management degree track. If there are football players that are successfully completing courses in engineering they deserve a lot of credit, but there aren’t that many of them. I would be shocked if the guys you hear about: Nesbitt, D. Thomas, Dwyer, Derrick Morgan (DE??), Morgan Burnett etc… are taking anything but Management degree classes.
Another thing that you have to consider is that different people find different things difficult. I for one would rather shoot myself then do calculus or geometry or chemistry. On the other hand I am sure that there are Tech students who would find taking poetry or some upper level history classes very difficult too. Its not necessarily true that Tech is objectively “harder” as much as many people don’t find what engineers do particularly interesting or appealling and would rather, you know, read and write, than master complex formulas. Somebody who can understand and explain Western Civilization by tracing the history from the Greeks to the American Revolution is not dumber than someone who performs well in math and science; its just a different sort of intelligence and both are needed in this society. In other words, the wise and thoughtful among us need soulless androids like yourselves to build nice buildings for us to work in. Thanks.
Delbert D.
June 9th, 2010
6:46 pm
Comparing the classes student athletes (football) are taking
Vanderbilt has not updated their 2010 player bios, so I decided to compile a list of majors for the University of Florida, the 2nd ranked US News & World Report SEC school, and along with Vanderbilt, a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities.
Florida has bios listed for 39 upperclassmen lettermen. Here are the numbers by Major:
University of Florida – 2010
15 – Social and Behavioral Sciences
5 – Humanities and Letters
4 – Family, Youth and Community Services
3 – Sociology
3 – Political Science
2 – Anthropology
2 – Sports Management
1 – Health Science
1 – Recreation Programming
1 – Recreation and Event Management
1 – Finance
1 – Transfer, no major
Tired Of It
June 9th, 2010
6:47 pm
it doesn’t matter what courses these student/athletes are taking. the only thing that matters, is if they’re doing well in the classes they are taking. the bottom line is improving one’s self, even if it’s basketweaving 101 or how to avoid being mugged 101. congrats to all students for being willing to buckle down, and improving your grades.
superDawg
June 9th, 2010
6:52 pm
If you tekies would print fake money on your computers and carry it around in your pocket,when a mugger comes along take off running and throw it at the same time.Good luck.
Reality Check
June 9th, 2010
6:54 pm
Sportsfan – most schools have those types of classes. Now if they are taking more than 2 or 3 of them thats obviously a problem. I had to take 3 recreational class at Georgia State for my basic core classes and I graduated in accounting which is a top 30 program in the country. I took archery and golf. Does that make my major or acedemic difficulty to easy for you? Of your 120 course credits or 150 which was for a five year degree in accounting you are probably going to have a few that a monkey could pass. Did you not go to college or are you to intellectual for people like me who took a few easy classes? I have two friends that just finished their PHD and a brother who graduated from law school that also took similar classes.
GatorGal
June 9th, 2010
6:55 pm
… even if it’s basketweaving 101 or how to avoid being mugged 101…
Based on the arrest record for UGA athletes, they’re more likely to be taking “How to Mug 101.”
blazerdawg
June 9th, 2010
6:57 pm
Oh Bookworm…
According to each school’s website:
Ga Tech library volume 1.9M
UGA library volume 3.5M
GR82BAG8R
June 9th, 2010
6:57 pm
Congratulations, Georgia, on impressive academic improvements.
This shows that you have the dedication and resources to help your athletes perform well in the classroom. Note that Florida trails Georgia the same as your trail Vandy.
I still wonder, though, how much of this is due to the academic course load the athletes take. The AJC reported over a year ago that Georgia Tech’s football team had the highest SAT scores of any public university in the nation. Florida was near the bottom.
GATORHATER
June 9th, 2010
6:58 pm
I think this is a huge win for the Bulldogs! For us fans it is wins and losses….Why don’t we try and manage 100 college players grades and ensure that they are all eligible……Kudos to the coaches and the players!!!!! GO DAWGS!
GR82BAG8R
June 9th, 2010
6:59 pm
Sorry, Delbert D., I find it easier to keep using my current name rather than GreattobeaGator.
19th Hole Dawg
June 9th, 2010
6:59 pm
The UGA undergraduate experience got me ready for a top-tier law school. No complaints here. Amazing bargain, solid honors program, fun experience in Athens, and there’s plenty of academic opportunity for students that want it. I owe UGA a lot of gratitude for getting me into one of America’s top law programs. The athletes that want to take advantage of academics at UGA have great opportunities as well.
Go Dawgs.
PTC DAWG
June 9th, 2010
7:00 pm
So Delbert, I can assume the Florida Linebacker is studying to be an Eye Doctor?
HOTDAWG
June 9th, 2010
7:02 pm
Hey, what–da-ya-know, the AJC finally reports something positive about the state’s flagship university, UGA! Kudos! What often goes unnoticed is that UGA consistently ranks as one of Amerca’s great national universities. According to the most recent rankings of U.S. News and World Report, UGA is outranked by only Vandy and Florida among SEC schools. Universities like Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn, Arkansas, Ole Miss, LSU, Mississippi State, and Kentucky are a respectable distance behind. UGA’s Honors Program enrolls students who win Rhodes Scholarships, Fulbright Scholarships, etc. and HP student grades and entering test scores (SAT) are on par with (or exceed) those of students enrolled at Ivy League schools. To be fair, Georgia has another fine national university–Ga. Tech–and the entire state of Georgia should take justifiable pride in having TWO great academic institutions.
blazerdawg
June 9th, 2010
7:04 pm
Amen Hotdawg!
Delbert D.
June 9th, 2010
7:04 pm
Georgia upperclassmen lettermen (football) majors
I researched the University of Georgia player bios as well. There are fewer players in the Upperclassmen Lettermen group than Florida. Several Florida lettermen had limited playing experience, while Georgia’s names would be familiar to most fans. It’s interesting that one major does not dominate among these majors.
University of Georgia 2010
7 – Housing
6 – Pre-Business
3 – Pre-Journalism
2 – Speech Communication
2 – Education
1 – Middle School Education
1 – Management Information Systems
1 – Child and Family Development
1 – Consumer Economics
1 – Arts and Sciences
1 – Finance
1 – Sports Management
destin dawg
June 9th, 2010
7:05 pm
UGA sports is on a roll.. good things going on in America.s best college town… gators & techies need to go to their own blogs… Get a life !! how many tech FB. players have a career Engineering ????
Delbert D.
June 9th, 2010
7:10 pm
PTC DAWG – Actually, 1 of the 4 UF LBs is majoring in Health Sciences. 2 in Humanities and Letters, and 1 in Family, Youth and Community Services.
Chad
June 9th, 2010
7:13 pm
Who cares. Expansion is happening. Neb to the big 10. miss also. Big 12 6 leaving for pac 10
Sec going to expand to 16 too with fsu, miami, gt and someone else
Delbert D.
June 9th, 2010
7:14 pm
I think everybody knows that Kris Durham is the Georgia guy majoring in Middle School Education. There was an article on the AJC.com web site this spring about him doing his internship assignment at a school in Oconee County.
Delbert D.
June 9th, 2010
7:16 pm
Nebraska and Missouri now have only a week and a half left to inform the Big 12 of their intentions.
Dawg Whisperer
June 9th, 2010
7:17 pm
This blog is clear evidence that you can’t satisfy everyone. It’s easy to criticize and demean someone anomously. How about give some credit to the athletes and the school for endeavoring to improve the quality of the education experience of these students. Naw… not possible for some.
Gratefuldawghead
June 9th, 2010
7:18 pm
Way to GO DAWGS!
killerJ
June 9th, 2010
7:18 pm
I JUST GOT SOME INSIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEST SCORES FROM SOMEONE NAMED KEN HARRIC. THIS IS JUST TO GOOD NOT TO PASS UP! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!! OH S$IT, HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Red 'n Black dawg
June 9th, 2010
7:20 pm
Congratulations to Georgia’s athletic program making a concerted effort to be a top-notch SEC school both in classroom performance and in their respective sports. It demonstrates that the coaching staffs are making academics and athletics a collaborative priority and also demonstrates that we are recruiting and maintaining quality student-athletes. The naysayers either do not value academic performance or they do not value the development of well-rounded student-athletes. Their narrow-minded opinions and comments are not worthy of consideration among those of us who have attained degrees (3+ in my particular case) from a quality institution of higher learning such as UGA that also encourages quality in other areas of a student’s life, i.e. athletics, fine arts, etc.; as a longtime educator in this state as well as one who coached for 32 years, I appreciate the hard work of student athletes and coaches who make sure that academics and athletic priorities work cooperatively … not where one takes precedence over the other; kudos to UGA!
Delbert D.
June 9th, 2010
7:22 pm
destin dawg “how many tech FB. players have a career Engineering ?”
If you really want to know, I have their list, too.
UGADawg83
June 9th, 2010
7:23 pm
Face it Tech we are smarter and our worst team in years whipped your best team in years. It must just be terrible to be a Jacket.
UGADAWGZ
June 9th, 2010
7:26 pm
APR SCORES:
UGA:973
GT:967
Bacarri Rambo
June 9th, 2010
7:28 pm
Is this a real accomplishment? I mean come on, coming in second in the SEC is like pole vaulting over a pile of rat crap… Pretty irrelavent, and not accomplish worthy.
NOBODYYOUKNOW
June 9th, 2010
7:30 pm
Techies your instition has increased its course of studys to include more liberal art courses. Could it be to help get more student athletes? You gotta be competitive, so I’m all for it. Congrats to the student athletes at UGA. I’m glad for em. I would love to see that final game between the 2 more competitive.
jumbeauxtiger
June 9th, 2010
7:32 pm
Delbert D.
“Nebraska and Missouri now have only a week and a half left to inform the Big 12 of their intentions”
ESPN is reporting that Nebraska is joining the Big 10. A domino effect will now start.
Geaux Tigers
Go SEC
Delbert D.
June 9th, 2010
7:36 pm
NOBODYYOUKNOW – It’s not evident yet. Of the 15 Senior starters, only Anthony Allen, who transferred from Louisville, is majoring in something that might be Liberal Arts: “History, Science and Technology.”
Kinney Taylor
June 9th, 2010
7:37 pm
The really sad thing that everyone has missed……this was THE LEAD STORY on AJC.COM…..whoa…..must be a big deal!
Delbert D.
June 9th, 2010
7:45 pm
From the NY Times:
Filed at 7:06 p.m. ET
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska could be on its way to the Big Ten by Friday.
The university’s Board of Regents on Wednesday evening amended the agenda for its previously scheduled Friday meeting to include a briefing from chancellor Harvey Perlman and athletic director Tom Osborne on conference alignment. The regents could then vote to leave the Big 12.
Osborne said a decision has not been finalized, and he declined comment when asked whether the Big Ten had formally invited Nebraska to join the league.
The Cornhusker football team’s offensive coordinator, Shawn Watson, said Osborne hasn’t given the athletic department staff an indication which way Nebraska will go.
Watson said Osborne met with the staff last Friday to tell them about last week’s Big 12 meetings and to ”get a feel” for what the staff thinks about the Big 12 and Big Ten.
Since then, Watson said, Osborne hasn’t updated the staff on developments.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.
Sweet Home Alabama
June 9th, 2010
7:45 pm
this has got to be some kind of a joke.THey must have tudors in the jailhouse,getting them boys smart.I seen some pictures of some of the georgia players and trust me they aint no road scholars in that group.I cant stop laughing.
Roll tide ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Delbert D.
June 9th, 2010
7:49 pm
“tudors in the jailhouse” and “road scholars.” I’m putting those in my “keeper” file!
Tom
June 9th, 2010
7:54 pm
These rankings don’t mean squat. They go up and down depending on which athletes are on campus at a given time. Five years from now with the exception to Vandy, the list will look different. I remember a few years ago a similar study had UGA almost dead last. The only rankings that should be considered are the US News World Report Rankings…which have in this order…Vandy, Florida, Georgia, Auburn, Alabama…rounding out the top 5 schools in the conference.
Me
June 9th, 2010
7:56 pm
Bookworm…the worst thing about that UGA library fire was that neither of those two books destroyed in the blaze had even been colored yet.
OMG!
June 9th, 2010
7:57 pm
Vandy clearly is above UGA! They not only had a higher APR but their academics far exceed those of UGA! Most UGA players are Park & Rec. Mgt., Physical Educ. or business. All cream puff majors as far as academics are concerned. How many of the finals given at UGA are in the Harrick, Jr. model. But thanks for the laughs!
Delbert D.
June 9th, 2010
7:58 pm
Tom – Rounding out the bottom 5: Arkansas, Kentucky, LSU – tied at #128 (lowest ranking); Mississippi, Mississippi St. (unranked, Tier 3).
Einstein Dawg!
June 9th, 2010
7:59 pm
Way to go Dawgs! Great school. Great academics. Great athletics. We love you Coach Richt!
bruce mac
June 9th, 2010
8:00 pm
Bammers commenting on the academics of others, now that is funny. You know you Bammers always finish 49th in everything academic. Inbred morons.
Deepdiver565
June 9th, 2010
8:00 pm
I guess we need dumber athletes. We’re not winning enough, so that must be it. Bring Jim Harrick and his son back and lets get some sham classes going again.