Gophers football's Academic Progress Rate has gone up significantly in past 10 years

The NCAA's Academic Progress Rate (APR) gauges how individual teams are doing in eligibility and retention of athletes based on a point system. A perfect score is 1,000. The NCAA punishes teams that fail to meet certain APR standards. Here is a look at the four-year rolling APR averages the past 11 years for the Gophers football team:

YearAPR+/-

2005-06919

2006-07927+8

2007-08915-12

2008-09934+19

2009-10935+1

2011-12955+23

2012-13962+7

2013-14975+13

2014-15992+17