APR: Schools Potentially In Trouble Next Year
A glimpse into the future: here's a table of schools that would fall under the 925 line if we just look at the last three years of data. These schools could be subject to contemporaneous penalties if they lose a kid because he is ineligible unless they improve this year.
Columns are mostly self explanatory. APR XX = single-year APR. SS XX = squad size for a particular year. 09 APR so far is a combination of the APR scores weighted by the squad sizes, so UAB's 756 counts more than their 931 because the 756 saw 97 players and the 931 just 80. I think I might be slightly off on the weightings here because squad size may not directly correspond with points available, but these should be close.
The last column is the score the school needs to break to get out of the contemporaneous penalties zone. Obviously, the top four teams are not going to climb out in one year. BCS teams have been bolded.
School | Conf. | APR | APR 08 | SS 08 | APR 07 | SS 07 | APR 06 | SS 06 | 09 APR SO FAR | SCORE NEEDED |
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UAB | CUSA | 875 | 931 | 80 | 756 | 97 | 908 | 93 | 860 | 1119 |
Florida International | Sun Belt | 904 | 965 | 81 | 891 | 77 | 822 | 90 | 890 | 1030 |
San Jose State University | WAC | 888 | 952 | 78 | 876 | 82 | 853 | 86 | 892 | 1024 |
Louisiana-Monroe | Sun Belt | 906 | 886 | 87 | 934 | 87 | 869 | 86 | 896 | 1011 |
Washington State University | Pac-10 | 918 | 922 | 84 | 874 | 88 | 921 | 90 | 906 | 983 |
University of Mississippi | SEC | 910 | 891 | 85 | 945 | 76 | 890 | 85 | 907 | 978 |
University of Idaho | WAC | 905 | 938 | 77 | 880 | 87 | 911 | 90 | 909 | 974 |
New Mexico State University | WAC | 905 | 900 | 95 | 920 | 87 | 913 | 89 | 911 | 968 |
University at Buffalo | MAC | 908 | 921 | 80 | 933 | 81 | 884 | 86 | 912 | 964 |
University of Minnesota | Big Ten | 915 | 887 | 89 | 935 | 88 | 924 | 86 | 915 | 955 |
University of Colorado | Big 12 | 929 | 935 | 90 | 893 | 90 | 918 | 94 | 915 | 954 |
University of North Texas | Sun Belt | 911 | 914 | 87 | 917 | 87 | 924 | 85 | 918 | 945 |
University of South Florida | Big East | 909 | 938 | 85 | 937 | 85 | 879 | 79 | 919 | 943 |
Temple University | MAC | 891 | 960 | 90 | 893 | 91 | 910 | 88 | 921 | 937 |
Florida Atlantic University | Sun Belt | 913 | 935 | 85 | 918 | 77 | 911 | 85 | 921 | 936 |
University of Arkansas | SEC | 927 | 918 | 91 | 937 | 91 | 910 | 96 | 921 | 936 |
SDSU | MWC | 914 | 943 | 87 | 894 | 87 | 929 | 87 | 922 | 934 |
University of Akron | MAC | 926 | 948 | 90 | 906 | 90 | 912 | 89 | 922 | 934 |
Florida State University | ACC | 932 | 871 | 91 | 960 | 83 | 938 | 94 | 922 | 934 |
Bowling Green | MAC | 920 | 912 | 91 | 931 | 95 | 923 | 91 | 922 | 934 |
UNLV | MWC | 929 | 960 | 84 | 922 | 95 | 889 | 95 | 922 | 933 |
Ole Miss is the most relevant team in the danger zone, and it looks doubtful they will be able to avoid a small penalty or two. Florida State's ugly 871 will be an anchor for a few years but if they bounce back with numbers similar to their record to date it won't be a serious problem. And Tim Brewster's gift to whoever replaces him in two years is going to be that 887.
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