W hen you hear Alabama Crimson Tide, you think football factory, right? Well, apparently the team contending for its third BCS National Championship in four years is more than that.
According to the “Academic BCS,” the New America Foundation’s annual academic performance rankings of the top-25 college football teams, the Tide ranks seventh in the country in academic performance, leading the way in the SEC.
Other SEC schools making the cut were Georgia (10), LSU (11), Texas A&M (14), Florida (15) and South Carolina (19). Auburn and Tennessee apparently suck at football and academics, as neither made the list.
The complete list, as compiled on December 11, 2012:
The New America Foundation bases its rankings on several factors: how a football team’s graduation rate compares to that of the school’s overall male student body, how a team’s black-white graduation gap compares to the male black-white graduation gap in the general student population, and the spread between a football team’s black graduation rate and the school’s overall graduation rate for black men.
So when you think of the top academic institutions in the country, add Alabama to the Stanfords, Notre Dames and Northwesterns of the world. The Tide does more than just dominate on the gridiron.
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What happen to that college up in Nashville? RTR
Horse shit
James Brooks says MOST AU football players read on a 2nd Grade level, and he’s an alumnus!!
Why would Auburn or Tennessee be on the list? They weren’t a top-25 college football team. The article clearly stated that these were academic performance rankings of the top 25 football teams. Is there something I’m missing or are y’all just looking for something else to make fun of. You have plenty of material already for AU and UT. Stick to that please.