MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The University of Minnesota's men's athletics programs rank 10th among in the Big Ten in newly released Academic Progress Rates from the NCAA.
Schools are awarded points based on academic data from the fall semester in 2004 through the spring semester in 2008. A perfect score is 1,000.
Minnesota will be losing three football scholarships for the 2009 recruiting year for falling below a score of 925. Mississippi is the only other BCS school sanctioned in football.
Athletics Director Joel Maturi says he's concerned with the men's APR, and says his department is committed to improving the graduation rates and APR of student-athletes.
The university's women's athletics programs rank third in the Big Ten.
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