Florida State's Academic Progress Rate for football has improved dramatically over the last academic year, but it continues to rank as the lowest among Power 5 schools in terms of the important multi-year trends, according to data released Wednesday by the NCAA.
FSU's multi-year score (a rolling four-year score) of 941 for 2016-17 was two points higher than its 939 from one year earlier. That ranks last in the Power 5 for the second straight year.
But the Seminoles did make major strides over the last 12 months. After producing a one-year score of 918 in football for the 2015-16 year, they improved that to 966 this past year.
The highest possible APR score, which the NCAA has been using to track the academic progress of member institutions since 2004-'05, is a perfect 1,000.
The NCAA requires a minimum multi-year score of 930 before a program faces any penalties or sanctions.
Despite the improvement, the Seminoles' multi-year score is by far the worst among football teams in the ACC. The next two lowest scores in the conference are North Carolina and Virginia Tech at 960.
The next lowest scores among Power 5 football programs are Kansas at 945 and Arizona at 946.
There is additional reason for optimism for FSU's football going forward, thanks to changes being implemented by new head coach Willie Taggart. (See related story -- Taggart draws cheers for FSU Football's improvement in classroom)
And here's a look at how FSU's other sports are trending when it comes to multi-year APR over the last two years. The first numbers are from 2015-16, and the second are from 2016-17.
Baseball -- went from 973 to 968
Men’s Basketball -- went from 973 to 978
Women’s Basketball -- went from 985 to 990
Volleyball -- went from 995 to 994
Men’s track -- went from 947 to 965
Women’s track -- went from 966 to 979
Soccer -- went from 990 to 996
Softball -- went from 970 to 982
Men’s tennis -- went from 994 to 994
Women’s tennis -- went from 1,000 to 1,000
Men’s golf -- went from 979 to 981
Women’s golf -- went from 1,000 to 1,000
Men’s cross country -- went from 975 to 964
Women’s cross country -- went from 1,000 to 1,000
Men’s swimming and diving -- went from 975 to 971
Women’s swimming and diving -- went from 984 to 986
Here's a page explaining how APR is calculated.
Here is the NCAA's APR database, which can be used to compare schools, sports and conferences
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