The NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate is a measurement of how many players on a given sports team graduate within a six-year time frame. And it’s the one area where Vanderbilt football is consistently a top-10 program.
The Commodores showed out once again in the 2018 APR release, ranking third among FBS programs and seventh among all of Division I. Vandy trailed only Northwestern and Air Force when it came to the top tier of college football.
| School | APR Score | Subdivision |
|---|---|---|
| School | APR Score | Subdivision |
| Northwestern University | 997 | FBS |
| Columbia University-Barnard College | 995 | FCS |
| Dartmouth College | 995 | FCS |
| University of Pennsylvania | 994 | FCS |
| Brown University | 993 | FCS |
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