The NCAA announced the latest Academic Progress Rate, or APR, rankings of all teams for 2018.
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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 2016-2017 school year.
And why do you care about this? Besides merely being interested in knowing how each football school is doing and progressing in the classroom, it could mean a great deal when it comes to filling out the bowl matchups.
If there aren’t enough teams that finish with a bowl-eligible six wins – like Mississippi State and North Texas two years before, and Nebraska, Minnesota and San Jose State in 2015 – the teams that finish 5-7 are allowed to be taken based on the APR ranking below.
So remember/save/bookmark this list – you’ll care come late November/early December.
But beyond all of that, which football schools are doing the best job and lead the rankings where it supposedly really matters?
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.
2018 (actually, 2016-2017) NCAA APR Rankings
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129 Georgia Southern 931
Last Season APR: 129
128 Massachusetts 939
Last Season APR: T125
127 Bowling Green 940
Last Season APR: T115
T125 Texas State 941
Last Season APR: T123
T125 Florida State 941
Last Season APR: T125
124 Akron 941
Last Season APR: T111
T122 UNLV 943
Last Season APR: T119
T122 Liberty 943
Last Season APR: 117
121 Tulsa 944
Last Season APR: T121
T119 Kentucky 945
Last Season APR: T88
T119 Kansas 945
Last Season APR: T119
118 FIU 945
Last Season APR: 128
T115 Texas Tech 946
Last Season APR: T111
T115 New Mexico 946
Last Season APR: T88
T115 Arizona 946
Last Season APR: T99
114 Fresno State 947
Last Season APR: 118
T110 Southern Miss 949
Last Season APR: T93
T110 Louisiana Tech 949
Last Season APR: 127
T110 East Carolina 949
Last Season APR: T111
T110 BYU 949
Last Season APR: T107
109 West Virginia 950
Last Season APR: T123
T107 Houston 951
Last Season APR: T121
T107 Georgia State 951
Last Season APR: T115
106 Michigan State 952
Last Season APR: T44
T104 New Mexico State 953
Last Season APR: 109
T104 Charlotte 953
Last Season APR: T95
103 San Jose State 955
Last Season APR: T88
T98 SMU 956
Last Season APR: T107
T98 San Diego State 956
Last Season APR: T99
T98 Old Dominion 956
Last Season APR: T99
T98 Oklahoma 956
Last Season APR: T75
T98 LSU 956
Last Season APR: T86
T95 Troy 957
Last Season APR: T99
T95 Louisiana 957
Last Season APR: 104
T95 Ball State 957
Last Season APR: T99
94 South Alabama 958
Last Season APR: 106
T91 Wyoming 959
Last Season APR: T81
T91 Western Kentucky 959
Last Season APR: T97
T91 Eastern Michigan 959
Last Season APR: T111
T85 Virginia Tech 960
Last Season APR: T71
T85 USF 960
Last Season APR: T75
T85 Purdue 960
Last Season APR: T58
T85 North Carolina 960
Last Season APR: T86
T85 Marshall 960
Last Season APR: T65
T85 Florida Atlantic 960
Last Season APR: 110
84 South Carolina 961
Last Season APR: T59
83 Appalachian State 962
Last Season APR: T88
T80 Western Michigan 963
Last Season APR: T88
T80 Texas A&M 963
Last Season APR: 84
T80 Georgia 963
Last Season APR: 85
T77 NC State 964
Last Season APR: T93
T77 Miami 964
Last Season APR: T75
T77 Hawaii 964
Last Season APR: T65
T75 Utah State 965
Last Season APR: T59
T75 TCU 965
Last Season APR: T97
74 Notre Dame 966
Last Season APR: T61
T72 UCLA 967
Last Season APR: T54
T72 Syracuse 967
Last Season APR: T65
T67 UTSA 968
Last Season APR: T75
T67 Tulane 968
Last Season APR: T71
T67 Oregon State 968
Last Season APR: T95
T67 Missouri 968
Last Season APR: T48
T67 Memphis 968
Last Season APR: T75
T61 Washington State 969
Last Season APR: T81
T61 Virginia 969
Last Season APR: T65
T61 ULM 969
Last Season APR: 83
T61 Oregon 969
Last Season APR: T44
T61 Oklahoma State 969
Last Season APR: 105
T61 Arkansas State 969
Last Season APR: T75
