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The University of Missouri has a graduation success rate (GSR) of 84% for all sports, as announced today by the NCAA, up from 81% a year ago. 

That rate ranks Mizzou third in the Southeastern Conference, behind only Vanderbilt (1st – 91%) and Alabama (2nd – 85%).

Missouri led the SEC in five different sports, including men’s golf (100%), women’s golf (100%), women’s swimming & diving (100%), tennis (100%), and wrestling (67%). 

Mizzou’s football team had a 73% rate, while the men’s basketball team came in at 67%, both of which ranked as fifth-best in the SEC. 

This is the sixth consecutive year that MU’s overall GSR rate has increased, and it also marks the third straight year in which Mizzou had at least four programs with a perfect GSR.

 The overall GSR standings for SEC schools includes: 1. Vanderbilt (91%), 2. Alabama (85%), 3. Mizzou (84%), 4. Florida (82%), 5. Georgia (81%), 6. Mississippi State (80%), 6. LSU (80%), 8. Kentucky (79%), 9. South Carolina (78%), 10. Ole Miss (76%), 11. Texas A&M (74%), 12. Auburn (74%), 13. Tennessee (73%), 14. Arkansas (72%).

Specific GSR rates/SEC rankings for each of Mizzou’s sports include

Baseball – 71% (6th)

Men’s Basketball – 67% (5th)

Women’s Basketball – 92% (8th)

Football – 73% (5th)

Men’s Golf – 100% (1st)

Women’s Golf – 100% (1st)

Gymnastics – 91% (6th)

Soccer – 92% (4th)

Softball – 95% (5th)

Men’s Swimming/Diving – 89% (4th)

Women’s Swimming/Diving – 100% (1st)

Tennis – 100% (1st)

Men’s Track/Field – 88% (3rd)

Women’s Track/Field – 88% (7th)

Volleyball – 77% (12th)

Wrestling – 67% (1st)

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