The Akron football program received a waiver from the NCAA that would allow it to be eligible for the postseason next year, a source told ESPN.
Akron is waived in 2025 due to the program’s multi-year Academic Progress Rate scores. The program’s APR score of 914 was below the 930 minimum for postseason eligibility.
The punishment included limiting Akron to just 16 practice hours instead of the 20 allotted by the NCAA. Now, Akron can resume practicing 20 hours per week and is eligible for the Mid-American Conference championship and a bowl game if it reaches the six-win threshold.
Akron is the first team in more than a decade to be banned from the football postseason for APR issues. Idaho was the last in 2014. Akron finished 5-7 overall last year (4-4 in conference).
Akron’s last bowl game came in 2017, when the Zips played in the Boca Raton Bowl under Terry Bowden.
