The University of Notre Dame led all Football Bowl Subdivision programs with 13 Academic Progress Rating (APR) Public Recognition Awards and totaled 13 perfect scores (1,000) in the latest set of statistics issued by the NCAA.
Each Fighting Irish program scored above the APR average in each sport, while men’s cross country, men’s fencing, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s track, softball, women’s golf, women’s lacrosse and women’s volleyball all earned perfect 1,000 scores.
Notre Dame’s 13 programs with scores of 1,000 tied with Stanford to lead all FBS programs and marked the fifth time in the 14-year history of the APR in which at least 13 Irish teams had scored perfectly (also in 2006, 2015, 2016 and 2018).
No other FBS institution has had more years of at least 13 perfect scores than Notre Dame. Only three schools (Notre Dame, Boston College and Stanford) in the 14-year history of the APR have had 13 or more teams post scores of 1,000 in a single report.
Notre Dame's number of perfect scores of 1,000 has ranked either first or second among all FBS programs for 15 consecutive years.
The ACC once again had a strong showing as 83 teams from member schools received APR recognition awards, second-most among Power 5 conferences and third among all Division I conferences, trailing only the Ivy League (113) and Big Ten (84).
The APR, created to provide more of a real‐time measurement of academic success than graduation rates offer, is a team-based metric where scholarship student-athletes earn one point each term for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating. Schools that don’t offer scholarships track their recruited student-athletes.
Every Division I sports team submits data to have its Academic Progress Rate calculated each academic year. The NCAA reports both single-year rates and four-year rates, on which penalties for poor academic performance are based. National aggregates are based on all teams with usable, member-provided data. APRs for each team, lists of teams receiving public recognition and those receiving sanctions are available online through the NCAA’s searchable database.
University of Notre Dame APR Ratings by Sport
Baseball -- 990
Football -- 970
Men’s Basketball -- 989
Men’s Cross Country -- 1,000
Men’s Fencing -- 1,000
Men’s Golf -- 988
Men’s Ice Hockey -- 991
Men’s Lacrosse -- 991
Men’s Soccer -- 1,000
Men’s Swimming and Diving -- 1,000
Men’s Tennis -- 1,000
Men’s Track -- 1,000
Softball -- 1,000
Women’s Basketball -- 995
Women’s Cross Country -- 995
Women’s Fencing -- 993
Women’s Golf -- 1,00
Women’s Lacrosse -- 1,000
Women’s Rowing -- 993
Women’s Soccer -- 1,000
Women’s Swimming and Diving -- 1,000
Women’s Tennis -- 1,000
Women’s Track -- 992
Women’s Track, Indoor (Prior to 2015) -- 992
Women’s Track, Outdoor (Prior to 2015) -- 990
Women’s Volleyball -- 1,000
Here is where Notre Dame finished this year among FBS institutions in terms of raw numbers of individual team 1,000 APR scores:
1. (tie) Notre Dame (7 men’s sports, 6 women’s sports), Stanford 13;
3. Northwestern 12
4. Arizona State 11
5. (tie) Temple, California 10
Each Fighting Irish program scored above the APR average in each sport, while men’s cross country, men’s fencing, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s track, softball, women’s golf, women’s lacrosse and women’s volleyball all earned perfect 1,000 scores.
Notre Dame’s 13 programs with scores of 1,000 tied with Stanford to lead all FBS programs and marked the fifth time in the 14-year history of the APR in which at least 13 Irish teams had scored perfectly (also in 2006, 2015, 2016 and 2018).
No other FBS institution has had more years of at least 13 perfect scores than Notre Dame. Only three schools (Notre Dame, Boston College and Stanford) in the 14-year history of the APR have had 13 or more teams post scores of 1,000 in a single report.
Notre Dame's number of perfect scores of 1,000 has ranked either first or second among all FBS programs for 15 consecutive years.
The ACC once again had a strong showing as 83 teams from member schools received APR recognition awards, second-most among Power 5 conferences and third among all Division I conferences, trailing only the Ivy League (113) and Big Ten (84).
The APR, created to provide more of a real‐time measurement of academic success than graduation rates offer, is a team-based metric where scholarship student-athletes earn one point each term for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating. Schools that don’t offer scholarships track their recruited student-athletes.
Every Division I sports team submits data to have its Academic Progress Rate calculated each academic year. The NCAA reports both single-year rates and four-year rates, on which penalties for poor academic performance are based. National aggregates are based on all teams with usable, member-provided data. APRs for each team, lists of teams receiving public recognition and those receiving sanctions are available online through the NCAA’s searchable database.
University of Notre Dame APR Ratings by Sport
Baseball -- 990
Football -- 970
Men’s Basketball -- 989
Men’s Cross Country -- 1,000
Men’s Fencing -- 1,000
Men’s Golf -- 988
Men’s Ice Hockey -- 991
Men’s Lacrosse -- 991
Men’s Soccer -- 1,000
Men’s Swimming and Diving -- 1,000
Men’s Tennis -- 1,000
Men’s Track -- 1,000
Softball -- 1,000
Women’s Basketball -- 995
Women’s Cross Country -- 995
Women’s Fencing -- 993
Women’s Golf -- 1,00
Women’s Lacrosse -- 1,000
Women’s Rowing -- 993
Women’s Soccer -- 1,000
Women’s Swimming and Diving -- 1,000
Women’s Tennis -- 1,000
Women’s Track -- 992
Women’s Track, Indoor (Prior to 2015) -- 992
Women’s Track, Outdoor (Prior to 2015) -- 990
Women’s Volleyball -- 1,000
Here is where Notre Dame finished this year among FBS institutions in terms of raw numbers of individual team 1,000 APR scores:
1. (tie) Notre Dame (7 men’s sports, 6 women’s sports), Stanford 13;
3. Northwestern 12
4. Arizona State 11
5. (tie) Temple, California 10
