NCAA Academic Progress Rate: APR Football Rankings By Conference Academic Progress Rate 2020-2021 football rankings by conference. Independents APR Rankings 1 Notre Dame 984 2 Army 980 3 Liberty 976 4 UConn 970 5 BYU 953 6 UMass 951 7 New Mexico State 940 NEXT: MAC APR Rankings Pages: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6, Page 7, Page 8, Page 9, Page 10, Page 11