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Big Ten and the latest APR reports
June, 9, 2010 Jun 94:30PM ETEmail Print Comments9 By Adam RittenbergThe NCAA on Wednesday announced its latest multiyear Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores for all sports, and the news for Big Ten teams is favorable.

No Big Ten squad fell below minimum standards and faced scholarship cuts, and several teams showed impressive increases in their four-year APR scores. Teams must score above 925 in their multiyear rates to avoid potential penalties, including scholarship losses.

Here's a look at the numbers:

Northwestern: 986
Ohio State: 975
Penn State: 974
Indiana: 969
Wisconsin: 968
Illinois: 951
Michigan State: 941
Michigan: 936
Minnesota: 934
Purdue: 930

The national multiyear APR average for football went up four points to 944.

Here are the 2008-09 APR rates for each Big Ten football team:

Northwestern: 1,000 (perfect score)
Ohio State: 991
Illinois: 977
Penn State: 975
Wisconsin: 968
Minnesota: 968
Indiana: 957
Iowa: 952
Michigan State: 946
Purdue: 936
Michigan: 897 (maybe Harbaugh was right)

Northwestern finished fourth nationally among FBS teams in APR scores, behind Rutgers, Air Force and Rice.

Here's where some of the Big Ten expansion candidates finished for multiyear scores:

Rutgers: 992 (No. 1 nationally)
Notre Dame: 978
Georgia Tech: 967
Missouri: 958
Pittsburgh: 950
Nebraska: 950
Texas: 947
Syracuse: 947
Maryland: 929