Midshipmen rank at top with grades

The Naval Academy athletic program is ranked the best in the country among the 117 schools with Division IA football programs in the Academic Performance Rate, which was released on Monday by the NCAA.

Navy is No. 7 overall out of 328 Division I institutions and first among the three service academies.

The NCAA developed the APR to assess teams' academic performance, awarding two points each term to student-athletes who meet academic-eligibility standards and who remain with the institution. A team's APR is the total points earned by the team at a given time divided by the total points possible.

The Naval Academy had 10...