Alabama football ranks lowMore than 400 sports teams at the nation’s Division I schools could lose scholarships next year under the NCAA’s new academic standards, according to a report released Monday.
Most of the scholarship losses, which would be for one year, were expected in football, baseball and men’s basketball.
Of the 5,270 Division I teams, about 410 risk penalties. About half of the nation’s 328 Division I schools have at least one team facing sanctions, according to the preliminary report.
For decades, Alabama football and Kentucky basketball have mirrored each other, dominating Southeastern Conference competition and ranking among the nation's elite programs.
Now, after the release of the national Academic Progress Rate figures by the NCAA on Monday, the two legendary programs have something else in common: Both need to hit the books.
Alabama's football APR score of 880 ranks in the 10th to 20th percentile nationally, meaning the Crimson Tide could lose a maximum nine scholarships if the numbers don't improve dramatically. The actual number lost will depend on how many individual football players both become academically ineligible and leave school.
An excellent point! I wonder if anyone could re-introduce that point held to this same line of thought!!!TerryP said:The thought that keeps crossing my mind is..."does this mean the NCAA is an oversight body for academics?" So, that stance has changed since the Linda Bensel-Myers episode, Pt. 1?
It's not only Bama..bamacharlie said:Why is BAMA the only school in either the ACC or SEC that is subject to losing schollys.