Football Ranked Third in Graduation Success Rate

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Clemson, SC?Clemson?s football program has the third best graduation success rate among the top 25 teams in this week?s Coaches poll according to USA Today. The 2007 graduation success rate figures for all schools were released on October 3 and the publication reclassified the list according to graduation rate.

Boston College, also from the ACC, had a 93 percent rate to rank first, while Nebraska was second at 83 percent. Clemson was third at 75 percent, followed by Florida and Virginia Tech, Clemson?s opponent on Saturday, at 72 percent.

The graduation success rate does not take into account student-athletes who transfer or turn professional in good academic standing. The current study examined student-athletes who entered school between 1997-00 and gives the student-athletes six years to graduate.

Clemson should have strong numbers in the future as well. Fourteen of the 18 scholarship seniors on the 2006 team have already graduated and two more will join them in December, meaning 89 percent of last year?s seniors will have degrees by December.

Clemson also ranks fourth among the top 27 Public National Universities who play Division I football, listed in the U.S. News & World Report rankings. (Clemson is ranked 27th in the latest US News & World Report public National Universities.) Only North Carolina at 79 percent, Connecticut at 78 percent and Penn State at 76 percent, rank higher than Clemson among the top 27 US News & World Report institutions. Clemson has a higher football graduation rate than seven of the eight top 10 schools who have a Division I football program.

Graduation Rate Ranking Among Top 25 USA Today Football Programs


October 4, 2007


	Rk	School	        FB Rk	Grad Rate


	1.	Boston College	6	93


	2.	Nebraska	23	83


	3.	Clemson 	22	75


	4.	Florida	        7	72


		Virginia Tech	14	72


	6.	Purdue	        20	70


	7.	South Carolina	18	68


	8.	Cincinnati	24	67	


	9.	West Virginia	12	65


	10.	Wisconsin	5	61


		South Florida	9	61


	12.	Missouri	17	60


	13.	Kentucky	8	59


	14.	So California	1	57


	15.	UCLA        	25	56


	16.	Oregon	        13	55


		Arizona State	19	55


		Rutgers 	21	55


	19.	Ohio State	4	53


	20.	California	3	52


	21.	LSU     	2	51


	22.	Hawaii  	15	45


	23.	Oklahoma	10	44


	24.	Texas   	16	42


	25.	Georgia 	11	41


Football Graduation Success Rates Among Top 27 


Public National Universities 


	Rk.	School	        US News	Grad Rate


	1.	North Carolina	5	79


	2.	Connecticut	24	78


	3.	Penn State	16	76


	4.	Clemson 	27	75


	5.	Michigan	3	73


		Iowa	        24	73


		Illinois	8	73


	8.	Florida	        17	72


	9.	Purdue	        24	70


	10.	Maryland	18	69


	11.	Virginia	2	68


	12.	Washington	11	64


	13.	Pittsburgh	20	63


	14.	Texas A&M	23	62


	15.	Wisconsin	8	61


	16.	UCLA      	3	56


	17.	Rutgers 	20	55


	18.	Ohio State	19	53


	19.	California	1	52


	20.	Georgia Tech	7	51


	21.	Texas   	13	42


	22,	Georgia 	20	41


Rankings Source: US News and World Report, August, 2007

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