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Virginia leads way in grad rates

Reshuffling college football's latest BCS rankings, according to each school's long-term football graduation rate*:
School (rank) Football grad rate Compared with overall men's student body
Virginia (16) 75% -15
Purdue (21) 63% +1
Iowa (23) 58% -4
Virginia Tech (22) 58% -12
Southern California (1) 58% -18
Division I-A average 57% -4
Miami (Fla.) (3) 57% -5
Michigan (12) 57% -25
Wisconsin (7) 56% -17
Boise State (13) 54% +30
Georgia (9) 53% -14
Texas A&M (14) 50% -19
Florida State (5) 49% -9
Auburn (4) 48% -15
California (8) 48% -33
West Virginia (18) 46% -6
Utah (6) 45% -5
Oklahoma State (19) 45% -7
Arizona State (15) 44% -2
LSU (20) 42% -11
Minnesota (25) 41% -9
Oklahoma (2) 40% -9
Tennessee (11) 38% -16
Louisville (17) 35% +5
Texas-El Paso (24) 34% +13
Texas (10) 34% -31
*Four-class averages, for scholarship players entering school from 1994-97

Long-term graduation rates* for the eight men's and women's basketball programs that reached the NCAA's 2004 Final Four:

Men's Basketball grad rate Compared with overall men's student body
Duke 58% -34
Division I men's average 43% -13
Connecticut 27% -38
Georgia Tech 19% -47
Oklahoma State 11% -41

Women's Basketball grad rate Compared with overall women's student body
LSU 80% +23
Minnesota 73% +18
Tennessee 71% +9
Division I women's average 65% +4
Connecticut 64% -9
*Four-class averages, for scholarship players entering school from 1994-97

Source: NCAA











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Great Post. It shows where some universities' priorities are. Athletic programs should be held accountable for their graduation rates and least meet that of the overall student body. Even if it never happens, SMU should not step down to the level of being a farm system without care for academics. Although I know Stallion would have no problem with this.

What do graduation rates have to do with winning and losing. Isn't that the bottom line? Would Ron Zook have saved his [deleted] had he improved the graduation rate? HA!