How Conferences Fared in the Classroom

The Atlantic Coast Conference might be struggling on the field, but it's a clear winner in graduating so-called "student-athletes."

According to data released by the NCAA, the ACC graduated 72.3% of football players who enrolled between 1998 and 2001, easily outdistancing the Big East, which had a 67.4% grad rate.

The bottom feeders are the Western Athletic, which cranks them out at a 53.9% clip, and the Southeastern, which earned a 60.5% score.

Jon Solomon of the Birmingham News scores the winners and losers in each conference. Using the ACC as an example, Boston College and Duke lead with a 92% graduation rate. Georgia Tech is at the bottom at 48%.

Solomon also examines how the top 25 would look if reshuffled based on academics.

Comments

[Me]

SEC! SEC! SEC! SEC!

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I didnt relize the ACC was struggling on the football field this year? add the OOC games up and see how mnay more have been won inside the BCS conferences ...