The Graduation Rates.... WOW!
by jwhitettu on Nov 30, 2008 9:52 AM CST
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PrintThat deal about graduation rates got me thinking.... where does Texas Tech stand? And boy am I impressed. Honor and Integrity. Way to go Coaching staff!!
Source: FanBlogs.com
The Graduation Success Rate measures how many players earned a four-year degree within a six-year window, accounting for both transfers into the footabll program as well as transfers out of the football program.
So how do the BCS schools stack up against one another? I'm glad you asked.
2008 NCAA Graduation Success Rate for BCS Football Programs
1. Notre Dame 94%
2. Stanford 93
T3. BC 92
T3. Duke 92
T3. Northwestern 92
6. Vanderbilt 91
7. Wake Forest 83
8. Texas Tech 79
T9. Baylor 78
T9. Nebraska 78
T9. UNC 78
T9. Penn State 78
T13. UConn 77
T13. Indiana 77
T15. Colorado 75
T15. Iowa 75
T15. Syracuse 75
T15. Virginia Tech 75
19. Cincinnati 73
T20. Illinois 70
T20. Michigan 70
T20. Miami 70
T20. Rutgers 70
24. Florida State 69
T25. Clemson 68
T25. Florida 68
T25. Maryland 68
T25. Wash State 68
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T29. Kansas State 67
T29. Pitt 67
31. Virginia 66
T32. South Carolina 65
T32. Washington 65
T34. Oregon State 64
T34. Ole Miss 63
T34. Miss State 63
T34. Purdue 63
T34. West Virginia 63
T34. Wisconsin 63
T40. Okla State 62
T40. UCLA 62
42. Arizona State 60
T43. N.C. State 59
T43. Missouri 59
45. Louisville 58
46. Auburn 57
T47. Kentucky 56
T47. Texas A&M 56
T47. South Florida 56
T50. Alabama 55
T50. Iowa State 55
T52. LSU 54
T52. Tennessee 54
T52. USC 54
T55. Cal 53
T55. Oregon 53
T55. Kansas 53
58. Ohio State 52
T58. Arkansas 52
T60. Minnesota 51
T60. Michigan State 51
62. Texas 50
T63. Georgia 48
T63. Georgia Tech 48
65. Oklahoma 46
66. Arizona 41
Be proud Red Raiders.
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OU and UT both at the bottom
That’s pretty noteworthy. I guess there is one recruiting group where we are totally out-classed – big dumb guys.
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If you look real close at those in each program, we are way behind Texas in another catagory that they, Fla State and a few others seem to have a stronghold on…….criminals.
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GO TECH! GRADUATING ALMOST 80%….GOOD JOB RED RAIDERS!
TTpilk
They’ll dig up that other rating that doesn’t account for transfers and those who leave on their own with eligibility remaining (which this one does). We don’t fare as well on that one, but that other ranking is universally panned as a bad indicator because of what it actually does measure. Good job to the academic advisors.
Rankings
We should play this up, fellow Red Raiders, all over the blogosphere.
Look at the schools above us. Pretty impressive academic institutions.
Look for the other Big 12 high achievers. Congrats to Baylor (78), Nebraska (78), and Colorado (75%).
Look for our friends from downstate and north of the border. Condolences to Texas A&M (56), Texas (50), and Oklahoma (46). (And I guess Sooners don’t graduate any sooner— there’s Oklahoma State at a respectable 62.)
And before the trollers— especially you whiners from UT— start talking about allegedly superior academic institutions and the value of degrees, let’s keep a few things in mind:
1) We’re talking about football here, and the academic success of student athletes who help their respective institutions rake in the dollars and the publicity;
2) These figures are promulgated by the NCAA and employ the same methodology across all institutions;
3) This is not a one-season thing for Texas Tech— or Texas and Oklahoma, for that matter— as you can see by checking the statistics for the past several years; and
4) UT and OU have all the resource and political advantages in their states. So, what’s their problem? This fact makes the inevitable chest-thumping from those two schools even more laughable. It’s clear that Texas Tech and Oklahoma State have to work many times as hard for their achievements as the so-called “flagship” institutions.
Let’s develop a composite ranking that takes the BCS numbers and combines them with graduation rate. Hmm, that would put Texas Tech solidly #1 in the nation. How about that.
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