The Cardinals defeated the Chicago Bears 33-22 on the road behind the play of. He went 9-for-19 for 80 yards and was sacked twice. Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray’s return to the lineup was a good one. Additionally, teams must earn at least a 930 four-year APR to avoid penalties. Fields led the Bears to two scores, the first coming in the fourth quarter trailing by 35. NCAA members chose the 930 standard because that score predicts, on average, a 50% graduation rate for teams at that APR level. To compete in the 2020-21 postseason, teams must achieve a 930 four-year APR. This spring, the Division I Board of Directors approved the continual suspension of APR penalties for an additional year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic however, it supported the public release of the APR data. The public announcement of APRs returned after a one-year hiatus. No Baylor program has ever been subject to penalty. The athletic department also boasts a single-year average of 980.Įight of 15 eligible teams have a multi-year score above the national average for their sport.īaylor also had five sports record a perfect multi-year rate: men's cross country, men's golf, women's cross country, women's track and field and volleyball.Īdditionally, football set a 975 multi-year APR mark, which is 11 points above the national average.Īmong multi-year rates for Power 5 schools in Texas, football, men's track and field, women's track and field and men's golf all rank first in the state, while men's and women's cross country and volleyball are tied for first place marks.īU has six programs with the highest or tied for the highest multi-year rate in the Big 12 with men's cross country (1000), women's cross country (1000), men's golf (1000), men's track and field (997), women's track and field (1000) and volleyball (1000). The 2020-21 overall four-year rate for the Bears is 983. At schools that don't offer scholarships, recruited student-athletes are tracked.Įight teams, including men's cross country, men's golf, men's tennis, men's track and field, women's cross country, women's golf, women's track and field and volleyball registered perfect one-year APR scores of 1,000.

The APR, created to be a more real-time measurement of academic success than graduation rates, is a team-based metric through which scholarship student-athletes each term earn one point for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating. WACO, Texas – Baylor Athletics' academic success was on display again with the recent release of the Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

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