Akron banned from 2025 bowl game for failing to meet NCAA academic standards

May 6, 2025

By Shehan Jeyarajah, CBS Sports: Akron fans haven’t been able to enjoy a bowl game featuring their team since 2017, when Terry Bowden led the program to the postseason. Unfortunately for Zips fans, the FBS’ fourth-longest bowl drought will continue until at least 2026.

The Zips have been handed a postseason ban for the 2025 season after posting a failing Academic Progress Rate score for 2023-24.

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Akron handed 2025 bowl ban: Zips flunk out of postseason after failing to meet NCAA academic standards

The Zips are the first program to receive an academic bowl ban since Idaho in 2014

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