2018-19 College Sports/Academics Cross-Reference

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Every few years, we run a college sports cross-reference y individual schools and conferences using

1) Division 1 All-Sports "Director's Cup" rankings (ave final rank over 5 years)
2) US News and World Report National Universities Academic Ranking

I'm only going to include 6 main conferences that play division 1 football, basketball, baseball, etc.

The average All-Sports rankings, by conference are:

1. SEC
2. Pac 12
3. Big Ten
4. ACC
5. Big 12
6. American

The average Academic Rankings are:

1. ACC
2. Big Ten
3. Pac 12
4. SEC
5. American
6. Big 12

The Combined average of Sport and Academics Ranking

1. ACC--tie
2. Big Ten--tie
3. Pac 12
4. SEC
5. Big 12
6. American

Note: this is just trivia.
The US News rankings are for overall, not specific schools like Med school or Engineering.
The Director's Cup All-Sports Rankings is flawed because it doesn't give more weight tot he power sports.

 

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Individual Schools Combined Athletic/Academic Rankings Top 20

1. Stanford
2. UCLA
3. USC
4. Duke
5. Michigan
6. North Carolina
7. Virginia
8. Florida
9. California
10. Texas
11. Northwestern
12. Georgia
13. Ohio Sate
14. Penn State
15. Texas AM
16. Florida State
17. Washington
18. Illinois
19. Wake Forest
20. Syracuse