[lawrence-newsletter][lawrence-related id=18289,18276,18265]Sure, when Wisconsin football faces Ohio State in the biggest games over the past decade they have come up short against the Buckeye’s and their talent. One area where the Badger football team consistently beats Ohio State, however, is in the classroom according to the NCAA academic progress rate.
The academic progress rate is a variable that the NCAA uses to track four-year performance in the classroom for different teams. Here is what the NCAA describes the progress rate to be according to their website.
“Implemented in 2003 as part of an ambitious academic reform effort in Division I, the Academic Progress Rate (APR) holds institutions accountable for the academic progress of their student-athletes through a team-based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of each student-athlete for each academic term.”
This year, the four-year totals placed the Badgers in second place in the Big Ten Conference behind only Northwestern (not much of a surprise there). Wisconsin also had a perfect 1000 score this season. Here are the full academic progress rankings for Big Ten football teams: