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Miami Herald
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Akron ineligible for postseason due to low Academic Progress Rate
Akron football hasn't played in a bowl game since 2017, and the Zips will enter the 2025 season knowing the postseason won't happen this year, either. Akron failed to meet NCAA-imposed academic standards last season, falling below the organization's minimum Academic Progress Rate score of 930. According to statistics released this week by the NCAA, Akron was last in the nation at the Division I level at 914 and is ineligible to compete in an FBS bowl. Falling below the 930 benchmark can lead to penalties ranging from reductions in practice time to a bowl ban. If a program falls below 900, it could lose its Division I status. After the 2022-23 academic year, Akron scored 925 and lost 20 percent of its weekly practice hours for 2024. Being below the mark for two straight years leaves the Zips unable to compete in the Mid-American Conference title game, too. With a 1,000 score, national champion Ohio State led the nation in Academic Progress Rate. Akron is coached by former Mississippi State head coach Joe Moorhead, who has an 8-28 record in three seasons there. --Field Level Media Field Level Media 2025 - All Rights Reserved
NBC Sports
07-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Akron football ineligible for postseason play because of low Academic Progress Rate score
AKRON, Ohio — Akron's football team will be ineligible for postseason play this season because of its multiyear Academic Progress Rate score. The NCAA this week updated its national APR database with the latest scores of member institutions. Akron had a score of 914, below the 930 minimum for postseason eligibility. Akron's athletic department has not commented on its APR penalty and did not return immediately messages left on Wednesday. Akron, which plays in the Mid-American Conference, has not been to a bowl game since 2017, which also was the last time the Zips won more than four games in a season. But Akron's 4-8 record in 2024 under third-year coach Joe Moorhead was its best since posting the same mark in 2018. In between, the Zips won no more than two games in a season and went winless (0-12) in 2019. The last Division I Football Bowl Subdivision football team to be barred from postseason play because of APR scores was Idaho in the 2014 season. The NCAA temporarily suspended some APR penalties, including postseason bans, because of the COVID-19 pandemic that began disrupting college athletics in the spring of 2020. However, the NCAA's Committee on Academics voted to restore such penalties beginning with four-year scores released during the 2024-25 academic year. Page 2
Chicago Tribune
07-05-2025
- Sport
- Chicago Tribune
Akron's football team is ineligible for the postseason because of its low Academic Progress Rate score
AKRON, Ohio — Akron's football team will be ineligible for postseason play this season because of its multiyear Academic Progress Rate score. The NCAA this week updated its national APR database with the latest scores of member institutions. Akron had a 914 score, below the 930 minimum for postseason eligibility. Akron's athletic department has not commented on its APR penalty and did not immediately return messages left by The Associated Press on Wednesday. Akron, which plays in the Mid-American Conference, has not been to a bowl game since 2017, which also was the last time the Zips won more than four games in a season. But Akron's 4-8 record in 2024 under third-year coach Joe Moorhead was its best since posting the same mark in 2018. In between, the Zips won no more than two games in a season and went 0-12 in 2019. The last Football Bowl Subdivision team to be barred from postseason play because of APR scores was Idaho in 2014. The NCAA temporarily suspended some APR penalties, including postseason bans, because of the COVID-19 pandemic that began disrupting college athletics in the spring of 2020. However, the NCAA's Committee on Academics voted to restore such penalties beginning with four-year scores released during the 2024-25 academic year.
San Francisco Chronicle
07-05-2025
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Akron football is ineligible for postseason play because of its low Academic Progress Rate score
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Akron's football team will be ineligible for postseason play this season because of its multiyear Academic Progress Rate score. The NCAA this week updated its national APR database with the latest scores of member institutions. Akron had a score of 914, below the 930 minimum for postseason eligibility. Akron, which plays in the Mid-American Conference, has not been to a bowl game since 2017, which also was the last time the Zips won more than four games in a season. But Akron's 4-8 record in 2024 under third-year coach Joe Moorhead was its best since posting the same mark in 2018. In between, the Zips won no more than two games in a season and went winless (0-12) in 2019. The last Division I Football Bowl Subdivision football team to be barred from postseason play because of APR scores was Idaho in the 2014 season. The NCAA temporarily suspended some APR penalties, including postseason bans, because of the COVID-19 pandemic that began disrupting college athletics in the spring of 2020. However, the NCAA's Committee on Academics voted to restore such penalties beginning with four-year scores released during the 2024-25 academic year.
New York Times
06-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Akron loses bowl eligibility due to low Academic Progress Report score
Akron football will be ineligible for the postseason in 2025 due to its Academic Progress Report (APR) score, according to the NCAA's APR database, marking the first time in more than a decade that a Football Bowl Subdivision team has been penalized for such. The Zips, who have not played in a bowl game since 2017, had a multi-year score of 914, which measures a four-year timeframe and is below the required threshold of 930. The NCAA briefly suspended APR in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic and paused issuing penalties for APR scores until last year. This is the first year that postseason eligibility penalties are back on the table, which is why Akron only received a reduced practices penalty last year despite a 925 score. The school did not immediately respond to The Athletic's request for comment. Akron would be the first school to be banned from the postseason for academic reasons since Idaho in 2014. The Zips are 8-28 in three seasons under Joe Moorhead, though their 4-8 record last year equaled the total number of wins over his first two seasons. To calculate team APR, the NCAA awards points for athletes who remain academically eligible for competition and stay in school or graduate. In 2021, the Division I Board of Directors tweaked the formula to account for the increase in transfers. Previously, players transferring out hurt APR scores. The average score for Division I teams across all sports was 984 this year, with football at 964, according to the NCAA. (Photo: Bryan Lynn / Imagn Images)
