Academic Football

During the annual fall ranting process about ND football superiority, and when overwhelmed by facts to the contrary, Domers will revert to a discussion of academic ratings. (there is a predictable script)

Public information which indicates some level of team intelligence is the Football Graduation Success Rate (GSR) provided by the NCAA.

The GSR for the 2005 BCS Top 10:

1) USC 55%
2) Texas 40%
3) Penn St 84%
4) Ohio St 54%
5) Oregon 63%
6) ND 96%
7) GA 45%
8) Miami 67%
9) Auburn 59%
10) Va Tech 72%

While ND has achieved a suspiciously admirable GSR, it does not appear that it has any relevance to team rankings. Looks like the "dumber" team was delivering the instruction at last year's Fiesta Bowl.