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With bowl season on the horizon, the APR (Academic Progress Record) explains what the priority for bowl games will be for struggling team.
The bowl eligibility mark is 6-6, but there likely won’t be enough 6-6 teams to fill all the bowl games, giving a few 5-7 teams the chance to land in a bowl game while still under the eligibility mark.
APR sets the pecking order for which teams are selected first in the scenario that there aren’t enough eligible teams. APR is a system that holds programs accountable for the academic progress of their student-athletes, rewarding teams that have a better APR.
In the case that there aren’t enough bowl-eligible teams, a few teams like Minnesota, Mississippi State, South Carolina and others could reach a bowl game at 5-7.
If it comes down to that, here is the pecking order for those teams — though some of them have the chance to reach bowl eligibility with wins this weekend.
- Minnesota (5-6)
- Wake Forest (4-7)
- Rice (5-6)
- Miss State (5-6)
- UCF (5-6)
- South Carolina (5-6)
- Mich State (4-7)
- Ball State (4-7)
- Army (5-6)
- Cal (5-6)
- Florida (5-6)
