NCAA Academic Progress Rate: APR Football Rankings By Conference

The Academic Progress Rate 2020-2021 report has been released. Where to all the schools rank in each of the conferences?


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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 2020-2021 school year.

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 everyone’s APR ranking by conference …

APR Rankings By Conference
ACC | AAC | Big 12 | Big Ten | C-USA
Ind | MAC | MW | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt
APR Rankings overall 1-130

ACC APR Rankings

1 Clemson 999

2 Wake Forest 990

3 Louisville 988

4 Boston College 986

5 Duke 985

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6 Pitt 984

7 Virginia 983

8 Miami 982

9 Georgia Tech 979

10 North Carolina 977

11 NC State 974

12 Virginia Tech 964

13 Florida State 958

14 Syracuse 957

APR Rankings By Conference
ACC | AAC | Big 12 | Big Ten | C-USA
Ind | MAC | MW | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt
APR Rankings overall 1-130

NEXT: AAC APR Rankings

American Athletic Conference APR Rankings

1 Cincinnati 991

2 Temple 987

3 UCF 984

4 SMU 977

5 USF 975

6 Memphis 972

T7 Navy 970

T7 Tulane 970

9 East Carolina 961

10 Houston 948

11 Tulsa 939

APR Rankings By Conference
ACC | AAC | Big 12 | Big Ten | C-USA
Ind | MAC | MW | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt
APR Rankings overall 1-130

NEXT: Big 12 APR Rankings

Big 12 APR Rankings

T1 Iowa State 986

2 Kansas State 978

3 Baylor 975

4 West Virginia 974

5 Oklahoma State 973

6 Texas 971

7 Oklahoma 968

8 Kansas 961

T9 TCU 955

T9 Texas Tech 955

APR Rankings By Conference
ACC | AAC | Big 12 | Big Ten | C-USA
Ind | MAC | MW | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt
APR Rankings overall 1-130

NEXT: Big Ten APR Rankings

Big Ten APR Rankings

1 Northwestern 995

2 Wisconsin 992

3 Ohio State 991

4 Minnesota 988

5 Michigan State 983

6 Michigan 980

7 Rutgers 977

8 Indiana 976

9 Nebraska 972

10 Penn State 970

11 Purdue 970

12 Illinois 969

13 Iowa 968

14 Maryland 944

APR Rankings By Conference
ACC | AAC | Big 12 | Big Ten | C-USA
Ind | MAC | MW | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt
APR Rankings overall 1-130

NEXT: Conference USA APR Rankings

Conference USA APR Rankings

1 Rice 994

2 Middle Tennessee 979

3 FIU 966

4 Marshall 963

T5 WKU 960

T5 North Texas 960

7 Louisiana Tech 958

8 Charlotte 956

9 Old Dominion 955

10 UTSA 953

11 Florida Atlantic 949

12 UAB 945

13 Southern Miss 934

14 UTEP 934

APR Rankings By Conference
ACC | AAC | Big 12 | Big Ten | C-USA
Ind | MAC | MW | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt
APR Rankings overall 1-130

NEXT: Independent APR Rankings

Independents APR Rankings

1 Notre Dame 984

2 Army 980

3 Liberty 976

4 UConn 970

5 BYU 953

6 UMass 951

7 New Mexico State 940

NEXT: MAC APR Rankings

MAC APR Rankings

T1 Eastern Michigan 978

T1 Toledo 978

3 Miami University 977

4 Ball State 973

5 Buffalo 968

6 Ohio 965

7 Bowling Green 963

8 Kent State 960

9 Central Michigan 958

10 Northern Illinois 957

11 Akron 954

12 Western Michigan 938

APR Rankings By Conference
ACC | AAC | Big 12 | Big Ten | C-USA
Ind | MAC | MW | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt
APR Rankings overall 1-130

NEXT: Mountain West APR Rankings

Mountain West APR Rankings

1 Air Force 994

2 Boise State 990

T3 Nevada 984

T3 UNLV 984

5 Wyoming 974

6 San Diego State 971

7 Utah State 969

8 Fresno State 964

9 San Jose State 961

10 Colorado State 954

11 Hawaii 946

12 New Mexico 935

APR Rankings By Conference
ACC | AAC | Big 12 | Big Ten | C-USA
Ind | MAC | MW | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt
APR Rankings overall 1-130

NEXT: Pac-12 APR Rankings

Pac-12 APR Rankings

1 Washington 993

2 Utah 991

3 Stanford 985

4 Arizona State 983

T5 Cal 975

T5 USC 975

7 Oregon State 973

8 Arizona 965

9 Oregon 960

10 Washington State 959

11 Colorado 954

12 UCLA 947

APR Rankings By Conference
ACC | AAC | Big 12 | Big Ten | C-USA
Ind | MAC | MW | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt
APR Rankings overall 1-130

NEXT: SEC APR Rankings

SEC APR Rankings

1 Ole Miss 999

2 Alabama 997

3 South Carolina 984

T4 Missouri 983

T4 Auburn 983

6 Mississippi State 982

7 Florida 981

8 Vanderbilt 973

9 Kentucky 971

10 Georgia 967

11 Texas A&M 958

12 Arkansas 957

13 Tennessee 946

14 LSU 933

APR Rankings By Conference
ACC | AAC | Big 12 | Big Ten | C-USA
Ind | MAC | MW | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt
APR Rankings overall 1-130

NEXT: Sun Belt APR Rankings

Sun Belt APR Rankings

1 Arkansas State 976

2 Georgia State 974

3 Appalachian State 968

4 Coastal Carolina 964

5 Texas State 956

6 Louisiana 955

T7 Georgia Southern 952

T7 Troy 952

9 South Alabama 949

10 ULM 948

APR Rankings By Conference
ACC | AAC | Big 12 | Big Ten | C-USA
Ind | MAC | MW | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt
APR Rankings overall 1-130

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