Tuesday, December 20, 2005

the Graduatin' Irish | by Jay

The NCAA came out with its report on graduation rates yesterday, with a new calculation that takes into account transfers (the Graduation Success Rate, or GSR). Here's ND's release per UND.com.

In football, Notre Dame achieved a 96 GSR rating, with only the United States Naval Academy (at 98) ranking higher.

Here are the top 10 for football:

Institution Football GSR
1. U.S. Naval Academy 98
2. Notre Dame 96
2. Wake Forest 96
4. Clemson 94
5. Vanderbilt 93
6. Northwestern 92
6. Stanford 92
8. U.S. Air Force Academy 91
8. U.S. Military Academy 91
10. Boston College 89
10. Rice 89

For the full report across all sports, check out the NCAA release, which features a handy searchable database of schools and their results.

Our opponents this year, by the way: Navy 98%, Stanford 92%, Washington 75%, Syracuse 75%, Purdue 70%, Michigan 68%, Southern Cal 55%, Ohio State 54%, Pittsburgh 48%, Michigan State 41%, and BYU 40%. (I wonder if the new calculation takes into account LDS missions for BYU. Doesn't look like it.)