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16 years ago 09/17/2007 1:21pm EDT

When you combine this weeks AP Top 10 with US News America's Top Colleges 2008, you get some pretty interesting results.

1. Cal (#6in AP/#21 US News) (27)

2. USC(#1 in AP/#27 US News) (28)

3. Wisconsin (9/38) (47)

4. Texas (7/44) (51)

5. Florida (3/49) (52)

6. Penn State (10/48) (58)

7. Ohio State (8/57) (65)

8. Oklahoma (4/112) (116)

9. LSU (2/126+..they didn't make the top 125 in the report)

10. West Virginia (5/126+)

Isn't it about the acadmeics? Some of these schools require just a fishing license to get in. Good on Florida for being top 50 academically.

Fight On!

16 years ago 09/17/2007 1:35pm EDT

re: tommytrojan

Are these the grades of the football players themselves or other 99% of the school. I go to a top 15 DI football school and have classes with football players. Most are idiots.

16 years ago 09/17/2007 1:54pm EDT

re: Not gay

Those numbers are for the student body.

Most years, Michigan and UCLA, which are ranked academically by US News next to USC, would be high in the combined football/academic rankings. So would Notre Dame (at least pre Charlie Weis).

There are other schools, such as Louisiana State, Oklahoma, Oregon, and The Ohio State Junior College, which should have to use the word University in quotation marks.

BTW Tommy, you forgot Georgia Tech. Miami also might surprise some people on the academic side although their best football days seem past.

16 years ago 09/17/2007 4:21pm EDT

re: Coach D

Michigan and Ohio State are no different in terms of academic requirements for football players. Michigan is a smaller and more selective school for the overall student body but those football players don't play into that mix.

They took care of that years ago when they added a seperate "academic department" for some of those guys to make sure they were able to stick around and stay eligible for football.

16 years ago 09/17/2007 4:51pm EDT

re: Coach D

Coach D wrote:
Those numbers are for the student body.
Most years, Michigan and UCLA, which are ranked academically by US News next to USC, would be high in the combined football/academic rankings. So would Notre Dame (at least pre Charlie Weis).
There are other schools, such as Louisiana State, Oklahoma, Oregon, and The Ohio State Junior College, which should have to use the word University in quotation marks.
BTW Tommy, you forgot Georgia Tech. Miami also might surprise some people on the academic side although their best football days seem past.

I only looked at the top 10, Georgia Tech, while a fine school (#35) isn't in the top 25 AP football poll. Notre Dame (#19 academically) is so far off the AP poll right now they may never get back.

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