Football's gain
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
2010-11932-3
2011-12955+23
2012-13962+7
2013-14975+13
2014-15992+17
2015-16992—
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