The Associated Press took the graduate rates released by the NCAA on Wednesday and applied them to the top 25 in its final poll for the 2009-10 college basketball season.
In that top 25, Kentucy ranked No. 19 with a NCAA Graduation Success Rate of 44 and a Federal Graduation rate of 38.
The NCAA Graduation Success Rate covers incoming freshman classes from 2000-01 through 2003-04. The Federal Graduation Rate covers incoming freshmen in the class of 2003-04.
Here’s how teams in the final top 25 poll by The Associated Press fared. The NCAA Graduation Success Rate is listed first and the Federal Graduation Rate is in parentheses.
1. Kansas 80 percent (67 percent)
2. Kentucky 44 (38)
3. Duke 83 (50)
4. Syracuse 54 (50)
5. Ohio State 64 (60)
6. West Virginia 71 (40)
7. Kansas State 40 (17)
8. New Mexico 56 (20)
9. Villanova 100 (85)
10. Purdue 67 (60)
11. Butler 83 (70)
12. Temple 33 (25)
13. Michigan State 50 (42)
14. Georgetown 78 (50)
15. Tennessee 40 (36)
16. Wisconsin 70 (54)
17. Brigham Young 100 (50)
18. Pittsburgh 64 (46)
19. Baylor 38 (25)
20. Maryland 31 (23)
21. Vanderbilt 93 (69)
22. Gonzaga 73 (50)
23. Texas A&M 64 (50)
24. Richmond 83 (55)
25. Xavier 60 (38)
Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald- Leader has covered Kentucky basketball since the 1981-82 season. That time includes five coaches, five Final Fours, four athletic directors, two interim athletic directors and many memories. Before coming to Lexington, Tipton worked eight years for the Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch. He covered Marshall’s basketball team for two seasons before coming to the Herald-Leader.
