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Akron Zip’s football program is not eligible for post -season matches next season due to bad grades in the classroom.
The program’s multi-year academic progress rate score is 914, which is less than 930-minimum for eligibility after the season, according to NCAA rules.
The governing body updated its national APR database with the latest scores, and Akron will not be happy to see that it cannot play in any bowl playing, even if it qualifies.
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Akron Zips Defensive Lineman Marcus Moore Jr. (52) Takes Ohio State Buckey’s offensive Lineman Austin Siereveld (67) over the second half of a game at Ohio Stadium. (IMagn)
The Mid-American Conference Squad has not played in a bowl game since 2017, even the last time the program won more than four games in one season.
It has been difficult for the zipper in recent seasons. Since they went 7-7 in 2017, they have not had a season better than 4-8, which includes the 2024 campaign.
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They went 0-12 in 2019 before walking 1-5 in 2020 and ending 2-10 three equal seasons from 2021-23.
STVM football coach Doran Grant, Left, welcomes players off the field during the first half of September 6, 2024. (IMagn)
Idaho was the last team in the FBS division that was not eligible for the post season due to APR scores in 2014.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic APR score sanctions have not been used by NCAA since the spring of 2020. However, NCAA voted to restore its old policies.
The last time Akron won a bowl game was in 2015 when the Terry Bowden coached the team.
Akron Zips Defensive Lineman CJ Nunnally IV, Bottom, celebrating a strip bag with linebacker assumerous Fish to seal a victory for Akron late in a NCAA College football match against Colgate 14 September 2024, in Akron, Ohio. (IMagn)
Zips defeated Utah State, 23-21, the year of the famous Idaho Potato Bowl.
