Irish Student-Athletes Again Rank Number One In 2012 NCAA GSR for Football, Basketball, Hockey University of Notre Dame athletic programs again rank as the best in the country in graduation rates.
Oct. 26, 2012
University of Notre Dame athletic programs again rank as the best in the country in graduation rates, based on Graduation Success Rate (GSR) figures released today by the NCAA--including first-place ratings in the sports of football, men's basketball, women's basketball and ice hockey.
Among the 120 Football Bowl Subdivision institutions, Notre Dame had the highest percentage of its sports with 100 percent scores (for the seventh time in eight years), with a .863 figure (19 of 22).
In football, Notre Dame achieved a 97 GSR rating for the highest figure among FBS schools (tied with Northwestern). Here are the FBS institutions with scores of 80 or higher in the football category:
Score
Institution
97
Notre Dame, Northwestern
94
Boston College, Miami (Fla.)
93
Rice
92
Duke
91
Penn State, Rutgers
90
Stanford
88
U.S. Military Academy
87
U.S. Naval Academy
86
Wake Forest. U.S. Air Force Academy
85
Vanderbilt
84
Miami (Ohio)
83
Northern Illinois
82
Iowa
81
Boise State, Central Florida
80
Utah State
In men's basketball, Notre Dame achieved a perfect 100 GSR rating, with only Duke, Illinois, Kansas, Utah State, Wake Forest, West Virginia and Western Kentucky also reaching the top slot.
Here are the FBS institutions with men's basketball scores of 80 or higher in that category:
Score
Institution
100
Duke, Illinois, Kansas, Notre Dame, Utah State, Wake Forest, West Virginia, Western Kentucky
92
BYU, Miami (Ohio), UNLV, Penn State, Rice, Vanderbilt
91
North Carolina, Stanford
90
U.S. Military Academy, Virginia Tech
89
Iowa, Michigan State
88
Boston College, South Florida
86
U.S. Air Force Academy
85
Oregon, SMU
82
Western Michigan
81
Idaho
80
Northwestern, Rutgers, TCU
In women's basketball, Notre Dame also achieved a 100 GSR rating, as one of 30 Division I-A football-playing institutions with a perfect score.
Here are the FBS institutions with scores of 90 or higher in that category:
Score
Institution
100
Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa State, Iowa, Kansas State, Kentucky, LSU, Memphis, Mississippi State, Nebraska, New Mexico, Northern Illinois, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, South Florida, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Tulsa, U.S. Military Academy, Utah, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest
94
Idaho, UNLV, UTEP, Utah State
93
Arizona State, Central Florida, Eastern Michigan, Illinois, Kent State, Louisville, Maryland, Miami (Fla.), Nevada, Rice, TCU
92
Bowling Green, Buffalo, UCLA, Connecticut, Georgia, Ole Miss, Missouri, Northwestern, SMU, Stanford, U.S. Naval Academy, Washington
91
Arkansas, Auburn, Ball State, Baylor, Michigan State
90
Colorado, Oregon State, Virginia Tech
In hockey, Notre Dame achieved a 100 GSR rating, to rank first (tied with Bowling Green) among Division I-A football-playing institutions.
Here are the FBS institutions with scores of 65 or higher in that category:
Score
Institution
100
Notre Dame, Bowling Green
96
U.S. Air Force Academy
94
Michigan
85
U.S. Military Academy, Boston College, Connecticut
83
Miami (Ohio)
73
Western Michigan
65
Michigan State
The four-year GSR data is based upon the entering classes from 2002 to 2005.
In addition to men's and women's basketball and hockey, other Notre Dame programs recording 100 GSR scores in the 2012 listings were baseball, men's cross country/track, women's cross country/track, men's fencing, women's fencing, men's golf, women's golf, women's lacrosse, women's rowing, men's soccer, women's soccer, women's softball, men's swimming, women's swimming, women's tennis and women's volleyball.
