The NCAA released its annual Academic Progress Rate (APR) numbers on Wednesday, and all 35 Stanford athletics programs exceeded the national average, with five teams earning perfect scores of 1,000.
The APR is a compilation of data from the previous four years measuring eligibility, retention and graduation of student-athletes on Division I sports teams. Teams that finish with scores under 925 are at risk for losing up to 10 percent of their scholarships.
This year, men’s golf, men’s tennis, men’s water polo, women’s cross country, and women’s gymnastics scored perfect 1,000s, and 11 other teams scored 989 or higher, led by women’s lacrosse (997) and women’s soccer (994) — nine teams ranked in the top 10 percent of their respective sports.
The football program received a rating of 977, which was best in the Pac-10 and ranked 11th in the country among Football Bowl Subdivision schools.
Overall, the four-year Division I APR for all schools and all sports is at 970 — nationwide the football average moved up two points to 946, men’s basketball jumped five points to 945 and baseball also picked up five points to 959