Rams Continue to Shine in NCAA APR Report

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – On Tuesday, the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate (APR) report for the 2020-21 year showed significant academic achievement for the Colorado State Rams as eight teams posted perfect 1,000 single-year scores.

With a 986 average APR, aided by 10 of 14 programs garnering at least a 985 multi-year rate, CSU averaged above a 985 for the fifth consecutive year, including a one-year hiatus for a public announcement of the program due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

While the NCAA mandated minimum APR score is 930, all Colorado State athletic programs recorded at least 25 points better than the minimum, and 10 programs with scores of 985 or better ranks as the third-best mark among all Mountain West schools for the 2020-21 reporting cycle.

Eight programs achieved a perfect 1,000 single-year APR score as well for the 2020-21 report: men's cross country, men's golf, women's basketball, women's golf, softball, women's swimming and diving, women's tennis, women's cross country.

Additionally, nine of Colorado State's athletic program tallied APR marks above the national average for all Division I public institutions with women's basketball (15 points; 996/981) showing the largest gain on their peer group.

Multiyear APR Scores by Sport (alphabetical by sport):
Men's Basketball – 959
Women's Basketball – 996
Men's Cross Country – 990
Women's Cross country – 989
Football - 955
Men's Golf – 993
Women's Golf – 1,000
Women's Soccer – 989
Softball – 982
Women's Swimming and Diving – 1,000
Women's Tennis – 1,000
Men's Track – 974
Women's Track – 986
Women's Volleyball - 995

About the APR:
The APR, created to provide more of a real-time measurement of academic success than graduation rates offer, is a team-based metric in which scholarship student-athletes earn 1 point each term for remaining eligible and 1 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 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.

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