The UConn football team posted an Academic Progress Rate score of 958 during the 2011-12 academic year. While the number dropped five points from the mark the Huskies had during the 2010-11 period, it is the best scores for the UConn football program since having scores of 974 in 2004-05 and 963 in 2005-06. It is also the seventh time in eight years that UConn scored 950 or higher.

According to a release put out by UConn, the Huskies' multi-year score was 11 points above the national average for public institutions and the football program is eligible to play in a bowl game.

The biggest news for UConn coming out of the APR report is that the men's basketball program is eligible for the 2014 NCAA tournament after being banned from 2013 tourney for poor APR scores.

Here are the scores over that period
2004-05: 974
2005-06: 963
2006-07: 950
2007-08: 951
2008-09: 949
2009-10: 953
2010-11: 963
2011-12: 958