The school quickly pointed out that the score is not a reflection of the work of head coach Tim Miles, who has improved the APR score over the past two seasons, but rather the ineptitude of previous head coach Dayle Layer, who oversaw the program when the scores plummeted over his final two seasons. Whereas the scores were 800 and 773 in his last seasons at Colorado State, Miles has oversaw the program as it reached 950 and 920 during his two years in Fort Collins.

The APR awards schools two points for each athlete on scholarship who is academically eligible and remains in school. Those who leave school without a degree, regardless of the reason, are worth one point if they are academically eligible at the time and no points if they are ineligible.

Miles has stated that this past season’s scores, which will be reported on the next APR, is well over 1000.

The program was aware that it would not reach the minimum requirement and recruited accordingly, only committing 12 scholarships for the upcoming season instead of the usual 13.