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Con_Alma

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Sep 22, 2011 6:26 AM
When it comes to both academics and athletics who is the best? Amongst FBS schools NCSA Athletic Recruiting created a "power ranking". The power rankings were developed to help prospective student athletes and their families evaluate the particular strengths of the top colleges and universities at the Division I, II and III levels. Fewer than 6% of colleges and universities earn a spot in NCSA Athletic Recruiting Top 100 for 2011.

The power rankings are calculated by averaging student-athlete graduation rates, academic rankings provided by U.S. News & World Report, and the strength of athletic departments as determined by the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup.



http://www.ncsasports.org

Here's their top 10 amongst FBS schools.

Top 10
1 Duke
2 Stanford
3 Notre Dame
4. Northwestern
5 Vanderbilt
6 Boston College
7 Naval Academy
8 Wake Forest
9 Penn State
10 North Carolina
Sep 22, 2011 6:26am
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GOONx19

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Sep 22, 2011 7:59 AM
Why is Navy in bold?
Sep 22, 2011 7:59am
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Falcons53

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Sep 22, 2011 8:43 AM
Nittany Lions coming in at #9...sweet!
Sep 22, 2011 8:43am
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ernest_t_bass

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Sep 22, 2011 9:24 AM
I never realized Northwestern was that great academically. I knew they were decent, but didn't realize they would be that high.
Sep 22, 2011 9:24am
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Con_Alma

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Sep 22, 2011 9:35 AM
GOONx19;906404 wrote:Why is Navy in bold?
The list was copied from a Navy press release.
Sep 22, 2011 9:35am
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Sep 22, 2011 10:26 AM
ernest_t_bass;906494 wrote:I never realized Northwestern was that great academically. I knew they were decent, but didn't realize they would be that high.
Northwestern is one of the elite schools in the country. It's on par with schools like Rice, Vanderbilt, Emory, Georgetown, etc. It's a great school.
Sep 22, 2011 10:26am
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Sep 22, 2011 10:27 AM
ernest_t_bass;906494 wrote:I never realized Northwestern was that great academically. I knew they were decent, but didn't realize they would be that high.
I'm more surprised by Penn State than Northwestern.
Sep 22, 2011 10:27am
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bigkahuna

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Sep 22, 2011 10:36 AM
FatHobbit;906573 wrote:I'm more surprised by Penn State than Northwestern.
This. I'll throw UNC in there as well
Sep 22, 2011 10:36am
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Sep 22, 2011 10:42 AM
The US News rankings of all those schools:

1 Duke (10)
2 Stanford (5)
3 Notre Dame (19)
4 Northwestern (12)
5 Vanderbilt (17)
6 Boston College (31)
7 Naval Academy (14 - National Liberal Arts Colleges)
8 Wake Forest (25)
9 Penn State (45)
10 North Carolina (29)

So yeah, they're all pretty good schools by that measure.
Sep 22, 2011 10:42am
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Sep 22, 2011 11:08 AM
This list is a joke. Its just ranking good schools academically as none of those schools are any good on the field.
Sep 22, 2011 11:08am
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Sep 22, 2011 11:13 AM
Con_Alma;906373 wrote:The power rankings are calculated by averaging student-athlete graduation rates, academic rankings provided by U.S. News & World Report, and the strength of athletic departments as determined by the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup.


sleeper;906634 wrote:This list is a joke. Its just ranking good schools academically as none of those schools are any good on the field.
it's not about football. it's about all sports.
Sep 22, 2011 11:13am
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Sep 22, 2011 2:00 PM
FatHobbit;906644 wrote:




it's not about football. it's about all sports.
Good point. If it was about revenue generating sports, there's no doubt OSU would be #1.
Sep 22, 2011 2:00pm
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Sep 22, 2011 3:51 PM
sleeper;906867 wrote:Good point. If it was about revenue generating sports, there's no doubt OSU would be #1.
In tattoos per capita?
Sep 22, 2011 3:51pm