How good are the teams and programs in the classroom? As a part of the CFN Five-Year Program Analysis, the Academic Progress Rate (APR) is a factor.
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This is supposed to be about the college in college football, at least at times.
How good have the football programs been in the classroom? The Academic Progress Rate is a factor in the overall reputation of a school and how an athletic department is run, and it matters in the bowl picture, too.
The schools have to reach a certain threshold – 930 for four years, 940 for two years – to avoid penalties, and the higher the rating, the better the chance to go bowling if a football team doesn’t get to six wins.
From the NCAA, the APR is calculated as follows:
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- Each student-athlete receiving athletically related financial aid earns one point for staying in school and one point for being academically eligible.
- A team’s total points are divided by points possible and then multiplied by 1,000 to equal the team’s Academic Progress Rate.
- In addition to a team’s current-year APR, its rolling four-year APR is also used to determine accountability.
When it comes to the CFN Five-Year Program Analysis, it factors into the mix just like the big wins and the attendance.
So which schools did the best job in the classroom? Here’s the ranking of all 130 teams based on APR, averaged out over the last five seasons.
Note: UAB Not available after the program went dark for a few years.
129 UMass
2019: 937
2018: 939
2017: 939
2016: 937
2015: 932
5 Year Average: 936.8
128 Georgia Southern
2019: 948
2018: 931
2017: 933
2016: 940
2015: 943
5 Year Average: 939
127 UNLV
2019: 952
2018: 943
2017: 936
2016: 937
2015: 930
5 Year Average: 939.6
126 FIU
2019: 959
2018: 945
2017: 936
2016: 938
2015: 933
5 Year Average: 942.2
T124 Tulsa
2019: 943
2018: 944
2017: 942
2016: 944
2015: 941
5 Year Average: 942.8
T124 Texas Tech
2019: 944
2018: 946
2017: 947
2016: 941
2015: 936
5 Year Average: 942.8
123 Florida State
2019: 936
2018: 941
2017: 939
2016: 945
2015: 955
5 Year Average: 943.2
122 New Mexico State
2019: 956
2018: 953
2017: 950
2016: 935
2015: 931
5 Year Average: 945
121 East Carolina
2019: 937
2018: 949
2017: 947
2016: 943
2015: 950
5 Year Average: 945.2
T118 Houston
2019: 950
2018: 951
2017: 942
2016: 944
2015: 941
5 Year Average: 945.6
T118 Kansas
2019: 959
2018: 945
2017: 943
2016: 936
2015: 945
5 Year Average: 945.6
T118 Akron
2019: 946
2018: 941
2017: 947
2016: 947
2015: 947
5 Year Average: 945.6
117 West Virginia
2019: 953
2018: 950
2017: 940
2016: 945
2015: 942
5 Year Average: 946
T115 Louisiana Tech
2019: 954
2018: 949
2017: 947
2016: 941
2015: 941
5 Year Average: 946.4
T115 Texas State
2019: 937
2018: 941
2017: 958
2016: 951
2015: 945
5 Year Average: 946.4
114 Liberty
2019: 955
2018: 943
2017: 945
2016: 944
2015: 947
5 Year Average: 946.8
113 New Mexico
2019: 937
2018: 946
2017: 958
2016: 951
2015: 945
5 Year Average: 947.4
112 Georgia State
2019: 961
2018: 951
2017: 946
2016: 944
2015: 940
5 Year Average: 948.4
T110 Bowling Green
2019: 944
2018: 940
2017: 946
2016: 953
2015: 961
5 Year Average: 948.8
T110 Fresno State
2019: 951
2018: 947
2017: 944
2016: 953
2015: 949
5 Year Average: 948.8
109 Troy
2019: 961
2018: 957
2017: 955
2016: 937
2015: 937
5 Year Average: 949.4
T107 Southern Miss
2019: 941
2018: 949
2017: 957
2016: 955
2015: 949
5 Year Average: 950.2
T107 BYU
2019: 946
2018: 949
2017: 951
2016: 953
2015: 952
5 Year Average: 950.2
106 Charlotte
2019: 945
2018: 953
2017: 956
2016: 955
2015: 943
5 Year Average: 950.4
105 South Alabama
2019: 953
2018: 958
2017: 952
2016: 947
2015: 943
5 Year Average: 950.6
104 LSU
2019: 951
2018: 956
2017: 959
2016: 941
2015: 947
5 Year Average: 950.8
103 TCU
2019: 966
2018: 965
2017: 955
2016: 935
2015: 936
5 Year Average: 951.4
102 Florida Atlantic
2019: 971
2018: 960
2017: 949
2016: 942
2015: 943
5 Year Average: 953
101 SMU
2019: 967
2018: 956
2017: 951
2016: 945
2015: 947
5 Year Average: 953.2
T99 Eastern Michigan
2019: 970
2018: 959
2017: 947
2016: 948
2015: 942
5 Year Average: 953.2
T99 Louisiana
2019: 952
2018: 957
2017: 954
2016: 950
2015: 953
5 Year Average: 953.2
98 Kentucky
2019: 969
2018: 945
2017: 958
2016: 950
2015: 945
5 Year Average: 953.4
97 Arizona
2019: 952
2018: 946
2017: 955
2016: 955
2015: 961
5 Year Average: 953.8
96 North Carolina
2019: 964
2018: 960
2017: 959
2016: 952
2015: 937
5 Year Average: 954.4
T94 Old Dominion
2019: 961
2018: 956
2017: 955
2016: 953
2015: 951
5 Year Average: 955.2
T94 WKU
2019: 965
2018: 959
2017: 955
2016: 950
2015: 947
5 Year Average: 955.2
93 Oklahoma State
2019: 982
2018: 969
2017: 953
2016: 947
2015: 934
5 Year Average: 957
92 Ball State
2019: 959
2018: 957
2017: 955
2016: 957
2015: 958
5 Year Average: 957.2
T90 Oregon State
2019: 971
2018: 968
2017: 956
2016: 949
2015: 946
5 Year Average: 958
T90 Appalachian State
2019: 955
2018: 962
2017: 958
2016: 955
2015: 960
5 Year Average: 958
89 San Jose State
2019: 944
2018: 955
2017: 958
2016: 964
2015: 975
5 Year Average: 959.2
88 Arkansas State
2019: 964
2018: 969
2017: 965
2016: 950
2015: 951
5 Year Average: 959.8
T85 Western MIchigan
2019: 961
2018: 963
2017: 958
2016: 964
2015: 955
5 Year Average: 960.2
T85 Colorado State
2019: 967
2018: 970
2017: 966
2016: 954
2015: 944
5 Year Average: 960.2
T85 San Diego State
2019: 964
2018: 956
2017: 955
2016: 962
2015: 964
5 Year Average: 960.2
84 Wyoming
2019: 961
2018: 959
2017: 964
2016: 960
2015: 960
5 Year Average: 960.8
83 Oklahoma
2019: 966
2018: 956
2017: 965
2016: 955
2015: 963
5 Year Average: 961
82 UTSA
2019: 957
2018: 968
2017: 965
2016: 956
2015: 961
5 Year Average: 961.4
T80 Washington State
2019: 960
2018: 969
2017: 964
2016: 965
2015: 951
5 Year Average: 961.8
T80 Georgia
2019: 963
2018: 963
2017: 961
2016: 961
2015: 961
5 Year Average: 961.8
79 Marshall
2019: 954
2018: 960
2017: 968
2016: 970
2015: 959
5 Year Average: 962.2
78 Tennessee
2019: 970
2018: 972
2017: 972
2016: 956
2015: 945
5 Year Average: 963
77 Purdue
2019: 956
2018: 960
2017: 971
2016: 968
2015: 964
5 Year Average: 963.8
NEXT: Top 75 5-Year APR Rankings
T75 NC State
2019: 970
2018: 964
2017: 957
2016: 969
2015: 960
5 Year Average: 964
T75 USC
2019: 972
2018: 973
2017: 968
2016: 959
2015: 948
5 Year Average: 964
74 Hawaii
2019: 952
2018: 964
2017: 968
2016: 971
2015: 966
5 Year Average: 964.2
73 Michigan State
2019: 948
2018: 952
2017: 974
2016: 978
2015: 973
5 Year Average: 965
T71 Virginia Tech
2019: 953
2018: 960
2017: 967
2016: 969
2015: 977
5 Year Average: 965.2
T71 Arkansas
2019: 982
2018: 977
2017: 966
2016: 952
2015: 949
5 Year Average: 965.2
70 Iowa State
2019: 978
2018: 971
2017: 969
2016: 958
2015: 951
5 Year Average: 965.4
T68 Memphis
2019: 976
2018: 968
2017: 965
2016: 968
2015: 951
5 Year Average: 965.6
T68 Colorado
2019: 965
2018: 970
2017: 968
2016: 968
2015: 957
5 Year Average: 965.6
67 Ole Miss
2019: 978
2018: 976
2017: 971
2016: 958
2015: 947
5 Year Average: 966
66 Miami
2019: 970
2018: 964
2017: 965
2016: 965
2015: 967
5 Year Average: 966.2
T63 Tulane
2019: 956
2018: 968
2017: 967
2016: 970
2015: 972
5 Year Average: 966.6
T63 UCLA
2019: 948
2018: 967
2017: 971
2016: 972
2015: 975
5 Year Average: 966.6
T63 Texas A&M
2019: 967
2018: 963
2017: 962
2016: 967
2015: 974
5 Year Average: 966.6
T61 UTEP
2019: 957
2018: 970
2017: 980
2016: 973
2015: 954
5 Year Average: 966.8
T61 Cal
2019: 979
2018: 976
2017: 978
2016: 960
2015: 941
5 Year Average: 966.8
T59 Arizona State
2019: 980
2018: 975
2017: 971
2016: 960
2015: 949
5 Year Average: 967
T59 ULM
2019: 967
2018: 969
2017: 963
2016: 967
2015: 969
5 Year Average: 967
T57 Buffalo
2019: 968
2018: 973
2017: 977
2016: 970
2015: 948
5 Year Average: 967.2
T57 Nevada
2019: 989
2018: 986
2017: 969
2016: 949
2015: 943
5 Year Average: 967.2
56 USF
2019: 970
2018: 960
2017: 978
2016: 971
2015: 958
5 Year Average: 967.4
55 Kent State
2019: 977
2018: 980
2017: 978
2016: 961
2015: 945
5 Year Average: 968.2
T53 Syracuse
2019: 968
2018: 967
2017: 968
2016: 973
2015: 968
5 Year Average: 968.8
T53 Penn State
2019: 979
2018: 980
2017: 969
2016: 960
2015: 956
5 Year Average: 968.8
52 South Carolina
2019: 967
2018: 961
2017: 970
2016: 972
2015: 975
5 Year Average: 969
51 Virginia
2019: 969
2018: 969
2017: 968
2016: 974
2015: 967
5 Year Average: 969.4
NEXT: Top 50 5-Year APR Rankings
T49 Central Michigan
2019: 979
2018: 981
2017: 974
2016: 967
2015: 949
5 Year Average: 970
T49 Oregon
2019: 971
2018: 969
2017: 974
2016: 969
2015: 967
5 Year Average: 970
T46 Texas
2019: 972
2018: 972
2017: 978
2016: 971
2015: 958
5 Year Average: 970.2
T46 Iowa
2019: 973
2018: 970
2017: 971
2016: 971
2015: 966
5 Year Average: 970.2
T46 Northern Illinois
2019: 964
2018: 971
2017: 976
2016: 970
2015: 970
5 Year Average: 970.2
45 Coastal Carolina
2019: 965
2018: 976
2017: 979
2016: 969
2015: 963
5 Year Average: 970.4
44 Ohio
2019: 981
2018: 979
2017: 974
2016: 964
2015: 955
5 Year Average: 970.6
43 Notre Dame
2019: 966
2018: 966
2017: 969
2016: 975
2015: 978
5 Year Average: 970.8
42 Baylor
2019: 976
2018: 979
2017: 973
2016: 969
2015: 960
5 Year Average: 971.4
41 Utah State
2019: 963
2018: 965
2017: 970
2016: 978
2015: 985
5 Year Average: 972.2
40 Miami Univ.
2019: 974
2018: 978
2017: 976
2016: 969
2015: 966
5 Year Average: 972.6
39 Connecticut
2019: 981
2018: 980
2017: 975
2016: 969
2015: 960
5 Year Average: 973
38 Mississippi State
2019: 976
2018: 975
2017: 974
2016: 971
2015: 971
5 Year Average: 973.4
37 Missouri
2019: 972
2018: 968
2017: 974
2016: 978
2015: 976
5 Year Average: 973.6
36 Rutgers
2019: 971
2018: 973
2017: 973
2016: 972
2015: 980
5 Year Average: 973.8
35 Cincinnati
2019: 983
2018: 982
2017: 976
2016: 967
2015: 962
5 Year Average: 974
T33 Wake Forest
2019: 989
2018: 979
2017: 976
2016: 968
2015: 962
5 Year Average: 974.8
T33 North Texas
2019: 969
2018: 972
2017: 979
2016: 984
2015: 970
5 Year Average: 974.8
32 Pitt
2019: 984
2018: 984
2017: 975
2016: 970
2015: 963
5 Year Average: 975.2
31 Temple
2019: 983
2018: 982
2017: 972
2016: 971
2015: 969
5 Year Average: 975.4
30 Maryland
2019: 965
2018: 981
2017: 984
2016: 977
2015: 973
5 Year Average: 976
29 Toledo
2019: 981
2018: 975
2017: 981
2016: 974
2015: 970
5 Year Average: 976.2
28 Florida
2019: 975
2018: 977
2017: 980
2016: 979
2015: 971
5 Year Average: 976.4
27 Indiana
2019: 972
2018: 976
2017: 982
2016: 979
2015: 977
5 Year Average: 977.2
26 Ohio State
2019: 987
2018: 982
2017: 975
2016: 971
2015: 973
5 Year Average: 977.6
NEXT: Top 25 5-Year APR Rankings
25 Auburn
2019: 982
2018: 980
2017: 980
2016: 982
2015: 968
5 Year Average: 978.4
T23 Kansas State
2019: 985
2018: 984
2017: 975
2016: 975
2015: 976
5 Year Average: 979
T23 Rice
2019: 987
2018: 977
2017: 984
2016: 974
2015: 973
5 Year Average: 979
22 Middle Tennessee
2019: 982
2018: 984
2017: 983
2016: 974
2015: 973
5 Year Average: 979.2
21 Boise State
2019: 979
2018: 976
2017: 979
2016: 982
2015: 981
5 Year Average: 979.4
20 Nebraska
2019: 977
2018: 980
2017: 977
2016: 981
2015: 985
5 Year Average: 980
19 Alabama
2019: 984
2018: 984
2017: 980
2016: 979
2015: 978
5 Year Average: 981
18 Illinois
2019: 982
2018: 986
2017: 984
2016: 982
2015: 973
5 Year Average: 981.4
17 Georgia Tech
2019: 980
2018: 980
2017: 983
2016: 987
2015: 978
5 Year Average: 981.6
16 Army
2019: 976
2018: 982
2017: 982
2016: 989
2015: 981
5 Year Average: 982
15 Utah
2019: 989
2018: 983
2017: 983
2016: 983
2015: 973
5 Year Average: 982.2
T13 Louisville
2019: 984
2018: 981
2017: 988
2016: 982
2015: 977
5 Year Average: 982.4
T13 Washington
2019: 991
2018: 986
2017: 984
2016: 974
2015: 977
5 Year Average: 982.4
12 Boston College
2019: 989
2018: 985
2017: 978
2016: 981
2015: 980
5 Year Average: 982.6
11 UCF
2019: 987
2018: 984
2017: 984
2016: 983
2015: 977
5 Year Average: 983
10 Minnesota
2019: 978
2018: 983
2017: 992
2016: 992
2015: 975
5 Year Average: 984
T8 Clemson
2019: 992
2018: 987
2017: 980
2016: 983
2015: 984
5 Year Average: 985.2
T8 Stanford
2019: 986
2018: 985
2017: 985
2016: 983
2015: 987
5 Year Average: 985.2
7 Navy
2019: 991
2018: 992
2017: 991
2016: 982
2015: 974
5 Year Average: 986
6 Michigan
2019: 982
2018: 990
2017: 993
2016: 989
2015: 990
5 Year Average: 988.8
5 Wisconsin
2019: 979
2018: 986
2017: 990
2016: 992
2015: 998
5 Year Average: 989
4 Vanderbilt
2019: 991
2018: 993
2017: 992
2016: 990
2015: 983
5 Year Average: 989.8
3 Air Force
2019: 997
2018: 993
2017: 995
2016: 987
2015: 980
5 Year Average: 990.4
2 Duke
2019: 992
2018: 992
2017: 992
2016: 995
2015: 992
5 Year Average: 992.6
1 Northwestern
2019: 996
2018: 997
2017: 995
2016: 992
2015: 992
5 Year Average: 994.4
