Derrick Jackson of the Boston Globe has compiled his annual Graduation Gap Bowl. It compares the Associated Press Top 25 college football teams with how those teams would rank by the graduation rates of their players:
AP Top 25 College Football
Team (1st-place votes) | Record | 1. Ohio State (65) | 12-0 | 2. Florida | 12-1 | 3. Michigan | 11-1 | 4. LSU | 10-2 | 5. Louisville | 11-1 | 6. Wisconsin | 11-1 | 7. Oklahoma | 11-2 | 8. USC | 10-2 | 9. Boise State | 12-0 | 10. Auburn | 10-2 | 11. Notre Dame | 10-2 | 12. Arkansas | 10-3 | 13. West Virginia | 10-2 | 14. Virginia Tech | 10-2 | 15. Wake Forest | 11-2 | 16. Rutgers | 10-2 | 17. Tennessee | 9-3 | 18. Texas | 9-3 | 19. BYU | 10-2 | 20. California | 9-3 | 21. Texas A&M | 9-3 | 22. Nebraska | 9-4 | 23. Boston College | 9-3 | 24. Oregon State | 9-4 | 25. TCU | 10-2 | Others receiving votes: Georgia 57, Georgia Tech 53, Hawaii 25, Houston 21, Penn State 9, Maryland 6, South Florida 6, Navy 4, South Carolina 3, UCLA 2. | | | | Top 25 Graduation Rates Team | Players' graduation % | 1. Navy | 98 | 2. Boston College | 96 | 3. Notre Dame | 95 | 4. Wake Forest | 93 | 5. Nebraska | 88 | 6. Florida | 80 | 7. Penn State | 80 | 8. Texas Christian | 78 | 9. Virginia Tech | 74 | 10. Michigan | 71 | 11. South Florida | 66 | 12. Boise State | 65 | 13. Maryland | 64 | 14. South Carolina | 64 | 15. Auburn | 63 | 16. Texas A&M | 63 | 17. West Virginia | 63 | 18. Wisconsin | 62 | 19. Oregon State | 60 | 20. UCLA | 59 | 21. Rutgers | 58 | 22. Tennessee | 58 | 23. Arkansas | 55 | 24. Georgia Tech | 55 | 25. OSU and USC | 55 | Barely passing graduation rates in the AP rankings: Brigham Young 53, Louisville 53, Oklahoma 52, Houston 51. Teams that should be dropped from bowls on overall graduation success rates: Hawaii 49, LSU 49, California 44, Georgia 41, Texas 40. |
Say what you want about Notre Dame football and its fans, but the team's graduation rate is impressive. As to my friends from the University of Texas, ahh . . .
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