#1 (Again)

[NJCat]

Cats are the leaders in APR yet agin. Nice to see the picture in the headline from collegefootballnews.

https://collegefootballnews.com/2018/05/2018-ncaa-academic-progress-rate-football-apr-rankings

 

[catcrazy]

Let’s follow it with number 1 in the polls!!

 

[GOUNUII]

Let’s follow it with number 1 in the polls!!

Notre Shame comes in at a sterling #74!

GOUNUII

 

[Hungry Jack]

Been a good day in the news for us.

What’s up with MSU at 106? Transfers?

 

[NorthNJCatsfan]

I would settle for #6, or #8, or maybe even #12 if this would allow NU recruit/admit a few more difference makers allowing the ‘Cats to consistently win the West. Is that a totally perfidious position to take?

 

[gocatsgo2003]

I would settle for #6, or #8, or maybe even #12 if this would allow NU recruit/admit a few more difference makers allowing the ‘Cats to consistently win the West. Is that a totally perfidious position to take?

Yes, but bonus points for proper use of “perfidious.”

 

[Katatonic]

I would settle for #6, or #8, or maybe even #12 if this would allow NU recruit/admit a few more difference makers allowing the ‘Cats to consistently win the West. Is that a totally perfidious position to take?

Heck, at this juncture, I'll take winning the West once a decade (preferably at least twice).

 

[NJCat]

Heck, at this juncture, I'll take winning the West once a decade (preferably at least twice).

I'd even take winning the West once, ever!!!!

 

[pawildcat]

Don't know what sort of courses they're taking down there, but have to give Alabama some grudging credit for coming in at 14.

 

[Deeringfish]

Really disappointed in MSU and Purdue. NU should roll this list on the jumbotron before games. Especially ND.

 

[NJCat]

Don't know what sort of courses they're taking down there, but have to give Alabama some grudging credit for coming in at 14.

And Clemson in the Top 10.

 

[NorthNJCatsfan]

Short version : IMO, NU puts undue emphasis on APR ranking. Longer version : APR , on its own, is not a reliable metric for assessing the efficacy of P5 undergraduate academic program. So what if someone graduates —as we have seen often enough— with an “assisted” degree in, say, Communications? The real question is : if the graduate does not go on to play in “The League” , what empirical evidence is there that his degree prepared him to succeed in a job requiring skills, knowledge and abilities that would not otherwise have been developed with simply a HS diploma?

 

[gocatsgo2003]

Short version : IMO, NU puts undue emphasis on APR ranking. Longer version : APR , on its own, is not a reliable metric for assessing the efficacy of P5 undergraduate academic program. So what if someone graduates —as we have seen often enough— with an “assisted” degree in, say, Communications? The real question is : if the graduate does not go on to play in “The League” , what empirical evidence is there that his degree prepared him to succeed in a job requiring skills, knowledge and abilities that would not otherwise have been developed with simply a HS diploma?

NU ranks at the top of pretty much any measure when it comes to academic performance of its athletes. The rankings are a symptom of the great work done by the student-athletes, coaches, tutors, administrators, etc.

 

[NorthNJCatsfan]

NU ranks at the top of pretty much any measure when it comes to academic performance of its athletes. The rankings are a symptom of the great work done by the student-athletes, coaches, tutors, administrators, etc.

I don’t doubt that. Just would like to see other programs measured against a composite metric of all these “measurables.” APR, may be a leading indicator, but it’s only part of a story.

 

[gocatsgo2003]

I don’t doubt that. Just would like to see other programs measured against a composite metric of all these “measurables.” APR, may be a leading indicator, but it’s only part of a story.

APR, Graduation Success Rate, team GPA, whatever metric you choose NU will be near the top.

 

[phatcat]

This is the ranking that counts. Period

 

[GlideCat]

Been a good day in the news for us.

What’s up with MSU at 106? Transfers?

I kind of knew about MSU but Purdue and Iowa surprised me.

 

[GlideCat]

Cats are the leaders in APR yet agin. Nice to see the picture in the headline from collegefootballnews.

https://collegefootballnews.com/2018/05/2018-ncaa-academic-progress-rate-football-apr-rankings

Hey! We left 3 points on the table!!! c'mon team, we need to step things up!

 

[Gladeskat]

I kind of knew about MSU but Purdue and Iowa surprised me.

Purdue has been this way for a long time. It's noteworthy that their biggest recruiting tools are a Choo-Choo and a Big Drum. Hmmm.

 

[hdhntr1]

Yes, but bonus points for proper use of “perfidious.”

There is a proper use of "perfidious"?