Notre Dame Leads All FBS Institutions With 17 Perfect NCAA APR Scores

The University of Notre Dame led the way among Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools and matched its institutional record with 17 perfect scores in the latest release of Academic Progress Rating (APR) statistics from the NCAA.  The Irish ranked ahead of Atlantic Coast Conference institution Duke (16) and the Big Ten’s Michigan (13) among FBS schools. Boston College, Clemson and Northwestern each also posted 10 perfect APR scores.   Notre Dame baseball, women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s fencing, men’s and women’s golf, men’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s track and field, women’s soccer, softball, women’s tennis and volleyball were the 17 Irish programs with a perfect 1,000 APR score.  Among the football programs that participated in the 2024-25 College Football Playoff, Notre Dame (990) joined Ohio State (1000) and Clemson (995) in posting an APR of 990 or higher.  Notre Dame’s 17 programs with scores of 1,000 marked the 10th time in the 19-year history of the APR in which at least 13 Irish teams had scored perfectly (also in 2006, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024). Notre Dame’s number of perfect scores has ranked either first or
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