INDIANAPOLIS – A total of six University of Alabama athletics programs, including the men’s basketball team, led the Southeastern Conference in Graduation Success Rate (GSR) figures released by the NCAA.
With an overall GSR of 91 this year, Alabama ranks third among SEC schools. The average GSR for all NCAA Division I student-athletes is 89.
The men’s basketball team remained at a perfect 100 while the football team moved up to 85, which ranks third in the SEC, marking the 11th year in a row the Tide football squad has ranked in the top four in the SEC by GSR.
In addition to men’s basketball, Alabama also led the SEC with perfect GSR scores of 100 in men’s golf, women’s golf, gymnastics, women’s swimming and diving and women’s tennis. Alabama was fourth among SEC schools in number of teams scoring a perfect 100.
Overall, 12 Alabama programs recorded a GSR score of 90 or better. In addition to the sports that had perfect scores of 100, six others posted scores of 90 or better – soccer (96), softball (94), volleyball (92), baseball (91), women’s basketball (91) and men’s swimming and diving (91).
