In terms of the NCAA Graduation Success Rate, the Lady Tigers are trouncing the Tigers.
The report, released Wednesday, evaluates graduation success rates at all Division I institutions.
LSU earned an overall rate of 74. The rates were calculated from for students entering college from 2000 to 2003 and graduating within six years.
Women’s sports averaged an 82.8 rate, while the men managed a 71.85.
The football team registered a rate of 67, while the baseball team (54) and the men’s basketball team (50) did worse.
The cross country/track team (76), men’s golf team (80), men’s swimming (76) and the men’s tennis team (100) bested football coach Les Miles’ crew.
On the women’s side, the volleyball team took top honors with a 100-percent rate.
Following them were women’s swimming (94), women’s basketball (89), women’s golf (89), gymnastics (87), soccer (81), women’s tennis (75) and women’s cross country/track (71).
The softball team graded the lowest of the women’s sports at 60.
The overall score of 74 marks an improvement from LSU’s last GSR of 71 for the 1999-2002 cohort.
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