The NCAA announced the latest Academic Progress Rate, or APR, rankings by conference for 2019.
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The NCAA released its annual report of the Academic Progress Rate, or APR, measuring the improvements and academic success for the 2017-2018 school year.
Why does this matter? The higher the rating, the better the chance to go bowling if a football team doesn’t get to six wins.
It’s the tie-breaker. If there aren’t enough bowl eligible teams, and slots need filling, the criteria is the APR. Mississippi State and North Texas benefitted from this three seasons ago.
Taken from the NCAA, the APR is calculated as follows:
- 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.
So which teams got the job done in the classroom? Here’s the APR ranking by conference …
ACC
T1 Clemson 992
T1 Duke 992
T3 Wake Forest 989
T3 Boston College 989
T5 Louisville 984
T5 Pitt 984
7 Georgia Tech 980
T8 NC State 970
T8 Miami 970
10 Virginia 969
11 Syracuse 968
12 North Carolina 964
13 Virginia Tech 953
14 Florida State 936
American Athletic Conference
1 Navy 991
2 UCF 987
T3 Temple 983
T3 Cincinnati 983
5 Connecticut 981
6 Memphis 976
7 USF 970
8 SMU 967
9 Tulane 956
10 Houston 950
11 Tulsa 943
12 East Carolina 937
NEXT: Big 12, Big Ten, C-USA, IND, MAC, MW, Pac-12, SEC, Sun Belt
Big 12
1 Kansas State 985
2 Oklahoma State 982
3 Iowa State 978
4 Baylor 976
5 Texas 972
T6 Oklahoma 966
T6 TCU 966
8 Kansas 959
9 West Virginia 953
10 Texas Tech 944
Big Ten
1 Northwestern 996
2 Ohio State 987
T3 Michigan 982
T3 Illinois 982
T5 Penn State 979
T5 Wisconsin 979
7 Minnesota 978
8 Nebraska 977
9 Iowa 973
10 Indiana 972
11 Rutgers 971
12 Maryland 965
13 Purdue 956
14 Michigan State 948
NEXT: C-USA, IND, MAC, MW, Pac-12, SEC, Sun Belt
Conference USA
1 Rice 987
2 Middle Tennessee 982
3 Florida Atlantic 971
4 North Texas 969
5 WKU 965
6 Old Dominion 961
7 FIU 959
T8 UTSA 957
T8 UTEP 957
T10 Marshall 954
T10 Louisiana Tech 954
12 Charlotte 945
13 Southern Miss 941
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Independents
1 Army 976
2 Notre Dame 966
3 New Mexico State 956
4 Liberty 955
5 BYU 946
6 UMass 937
NEXT: MAC, MW, Pac-12, SEC, Sun Belt
MAC
T1 Ohio 981
T1 Toledo 981
3 Central Michigan 979
4 Kent State 977
5 Miami Univ. 974
6 Eastern Michigan 970
7 Buffalo 968
8 Northern Illinois 964
9 Western MIchigan 961
10 Ball State 959
11 Akron 946
12 Bowling Green 944
Mountain West
1 Air Force 997
2 Nevada 989
3 Boise State 979
4 Colorado State 967
5 San Diego State 964
6 Utah State 963
7 Wyoming 961
T8 UNLV 952
T8 Hawaii 952
10 Fresno State 951
11 San Jose State 944
12 New Mexico 937
NEXT: Pac-12, SEC, Sun Belt
Pac-12
1 Washington 991
2 Utah 989
3 Stanford 986
4 Arizona State 980
5 Cal 979
6 USC 972
T7 Oregon State 971
T7 Oregon 971
9 Colorado 965
10 Washington State 960
11 Arizona 952
12 UCLA 948
SEC
1 Vanderbilt 991
2 Alabama 984
T3 Arkansas 982
T3 Auburn 982
5 Ole Miss 978
6 Mississippi State 976
7 Florida 975
8 Missouri 972
9 Tennessee 970
10 Kentucky 969
T11 South Carolina 967
T11 Texas A&M 967
13 Georgia 963
14 LSU 951
Sun Belt
1 ULM 967
2 Coastal Carolina 965
3 Arkansas State 964
T4 Georgia State 961
T4 Troy 961
6 Appalachian State 955
7 South Alabama 953
8 Louisiana 952
9 Georgia Southern 948
10 Texas State 937
