University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels No. 1 On Diamond And In The Classroom
March 2, 2007 | Baseball
March 2, 2007
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - North Carolina's baseball team is in its second week as the No. 1 team in the nation according Baseball America and also picked up another top billing Wednesday when it earned the No. 1 spot when USA Today re-ranked its preseason top 25 based on the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate (APR).
The APR of the Tar Heel baseball team of 988 topped the charts, 14 points ahead of No. 2 Georgia Tech. To determine APR, "points are awarded player by player for whether an athlete remains in school and stays academically eligible and ultimately graduates," according to USA Today. "The NCAA has determined that each team should hit at least 92.5 percent of its possible total, which translates into a minimum APR of 925 and a projected graduation rate of 50 percent."
RE-RANKING TOP 25 BY APR - USA Today, Feb. 28, 2007 School (rank in preseason poll) APR score 1. North Carolina (5) 988 2. Georgia Tech (11) 974 3. Wichita State (13) 967 4. Stanford (25) 965 5. Tulane (16) 962 6. Baylor (24) 961 7. Vanderbilt (10) 958 8. (tie) Pepperdine (20) 949 8. (tie) Virginia (9) 949 10. Cal State-Fullerton (8) 948 11. Rice (1) 943 12. TCU (22) 942 13. (tie) Miami (Fla.) (3) 940 13. (tie) UCLA (21) 940 15. Florida State (17) 931 16. Mississippi (18) 929 17. (tie) Clemson (2) 924 17. (tie) Nebraska (12) 924 19. Oregon State (15) 909 20. South Carolina (4) 908 21. Texas (6) 888 22. Arkansas (7) 881 23. Arizona State (14) 877 24. Tennessee (19) 850 25. Oklahoma State (23) 812
