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Academics and football - yvonne - 12-16-2010

This site has come up with an Academic BCS rating, which attempts to rate the top 25 in the BCS in a way that incorporates football success and academic success (Federal APR). It\'s not exactly a surprise who\'s first.

http://higheredwatch.newamerica.net/blogposts/2010/fourth_annual_academic_bowl_championship_series_rankings-41517

Interestingly, Boise State shows up next in this system. In raw terms, the second highest APR of all top 25 BCS teams is Virginia Tech, so I guess we\'re playing a sort of brain bowl.

I started poking around and found the NCAA\'s APR report. You can search the database. It\'s at http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/newmedia/public/rates/index.html.

When I searched the database, I discovered that Michigan football\'s graduation success rate is ranked 72 and its federal graduation rate is 65th.

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