[terry]

This analysis is based in part on the difference between the football team's graduation rate and the general student body's graduation rate. So, schools with low overall graduation rates have a big advantage. Boise State's overall graduation rate is 28%, compared to 95% at Stanford. So, the Boise State football team significantly out-performs the Boise State student body in grad rates. At Stanford, the football players' graduation rates are much higher than at Boise State, but the Stanford football grad rate is a little behind Stanford's overall student body graduation rate. Because Boise State's overall grad rate is so low, Boise's football players are reckoned to be far better academically than Stanford's football players. That's ridiculous, of course. It's a warped result that comes from using Boise State's very low overall graduation rate as a baseline. A mediocre grad rate by the football team looks really good by comparison. It's a silly comparison.

[terry]

This analysis is based in part on the difference between the football team's graduation rate and the general student body's graduation rate. So, schools with low overall graduation rates have a big advantage. Boise State's overall graduation rate is 28%, compared to 95% at Stanford. So, the Boise State football team significantly out-performs the Boise State student body in grad rates. At Stanford, the football players' graduation rates are much higher than at Boise State, but the Stanford football grad rate is a little behind Stanford's overall student body graduation rate. Because Boise State's overall grad rate is so low, Boise's football players are reckoned to be far better academically than Stanford's football players. That's ridiculous, of course. It's a warped result that comes from using Boise State's very low overall graduation rate as a baseline. A mediocre grad rate by the football team looks really good by comparison. It's a silly comparison.