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Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
Sep 22, 2011 6:26am
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
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
GOONx19
Posts: 7,147
Sep 22, 2011 7:59am
Why is Navy in bold?
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Falcons53
Posts: 203
Sep 22, 2011 8:43am
Nittany Lions coming in at #9...sweet!
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Sep 22, 2011 9:24am
I never realized Northwestern was that great academically. I knew they were decent, but didn't realize they would be that high.
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Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
Sep 22, 2011 9:35am
The list was copied from a Navy press release.GOONx19;906404 wrote:Why is Navy in bold?
Dr Winston O'Boogie
Posts: 1,799
Sep 22, 2011 10:26am
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.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.
FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Sep 22, 2011 10:27am
I'm more surprised by Penn State than Northwestern.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.
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bigkahuna
Posts: 4,454
Sep 22, 2011 10:36am
This. I'll throw UNC in there as wellFatHobbit;906573 wrote:I'm more surprised by Penn State than Northwestern.
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Sep 22, 2011 10:42am
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.
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.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Sep 22, 2011 11:08am
This list is a joke. Its just ranking good schools academically as none of those schools are any good on the field.
FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Sep 22, 2011 11:13am
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.
it's not about football. it's about all sports.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.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Sep 22, 2011 2:00pm
Good point. If it was about revenue generating sports, there's no doubt OSU would be #1.FatHobbit;906644 wrote:
it's not about football. it's about all sports.
Tobias Fünke
Posts: 2,387
Sep 22, 2011 3:51pm
In tattoos per capita?sleeper;906867 wrote:Good point. If it was about revenue generating sports, there's no doubt OSU would be #1.