FSU athletics sees record-high APR rates, while football dips again
There is plenty of good news for Florida State, and also some bad, in the latest multi-year NCAA Academic Progress Rates, which were released Wednesday.
For the first time in school history, FSU had four sports programs score a perfect 1,000 in 2015-16 -- women's golf, women's cross country, women's beach volleyball and women's tennis. The Seminoles' previous high was three teams in 2012-13; FSU has had two teams receive scores of 1,000 six times.
On the flip side, Florida State's football program dipped for the third consecutive year to 939, which is the lowest football score in the Atlantic Coast Conference. That's down from 945 last year, 955 the year before and 958 the year before that. It's FSU's lowest score for football since posting a 937 in 2010-11.
The NCAA requires a minimum score of 930 before a program faces any penalties or sanctions. Still, the Seminoles can't be pleased about ranking last in the conference -- the next lowest score for football is N.C. State at 957 and North Carolina at 959. FSU's only other sport below 950 was men's track at 947.
The NCAA has been using APR rates to track the academic progress of member institutions since the 2004-'05 season.
Here is a look at FSU's other multi-year APR scores:
Indoor volleyball -- 995
Men's tennis -- 994
Women's soccer -- 990
Women's basketball -- 985
Women's swimming and diving -- 984
Men's golf -- 979
Men's swimming and diving -- 975
Men's cross country -- 975
Men's basketball -- 973
Baseball -- 973
Softball -- 970
Women's track and field -- 966
Men's track and field -- 947
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