In the classroom, the BW football student-athlete is expected to excel. Since the Academic All-America program began by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) in 1972, 35 football student-athletes have earned the title of Academic All-American. That is the most of any current OAC school.
While a number of individual sports sponsor an honor squad/ team, CoSIDA has trademarked the term “Academic All-American” and other programs are referred as “Scholar All-America” or other.
All-Time Corporate Partners/Sponsors:
- CoSIDA (1969-1972, 2004-05, 2015-18, 2019-Present)
- GTE (1972-1984)
- Verizon (1984-2004)
- ESPN The Magazine (2005-10)
- Capital One (2010-15)
- Google Cloud (2018-19)
All-Time Academic All-Amercans
| Name | Year(s) | Team |
| Ted Stolberg | 1970-71 | First-Team |
| John Yezerski | 1971-72 | Second-Team |
| John Yezerski | 1972-73 | First-Team |
| Roger Andrachik | 1977-78 | Second-Team |
| Roger Andrachik | 1978-79 | First-Team |
| Greg Monda | 1978-79 | First-Team |
| Charles Krajacic | 1981-82 | First-Team |
| Randy Edwards | 1982-83 | Second-Team |
| Shawn Gorman | 1986-87 | Second-Team |
| Perry Mastrocola | 1987-88 | Second-Team |
| Shawn Gorman | 1987-88 | First-Team |
| Gerald Hwasta | 1990-91 | Second-Team |
| Tom Serdinak | 1990-91 | Second-Team |
| Tom Serdinak | 1991-92 | First-Team |
| Adrian Allison | 1993-94 | First-Team |
| David Coverdale | 1993-94 | First-Team |
| David Coverdale | 1994-95 | First-Team |
| Lutul Farrow | 1997-98 | Second-Team |
| Chris Kondik | 1997-98 | Second-Team |
| Matt Kish | 2001-02 | First-Team |
| Joe Harbour | 2002-03 | Second-Team |
| Matt Kish | 2002-03 | First-Team |
| Joe Harbour | 2003-04 | First-Team |
| Justin Andes | 2004-05 | Second-Team |
| Kevin Soflkianics | 2006-07 | First-Team |
| Kevin Soflkianics | 2007-08 | First-Team |
| Matthew "Cody" Kidd | 2007-08 | Third-Team |
| Zack Barley | 2013-14 | First-Team |
| David Flegal | 2013-14 | First-Team |
| Joe Kasper | 2013-14 | Second-Team |
| Dan O'Brien | 2014-15 | Second-Team |
| Ryan Sympson | 2018-19 | First-Team |
| Kyle Kelly | 2018-19 | Second-Team |
| Kyle Kelly | 2019-20 | Second-Team |
| Ryan Sympson | 2019-20 | Second-Team |
| Nick Pankow | 2021-22 | First-Team |