I have been proposing an ACADEMIC conference for years
I did this years ago while Terry Glenn was at Ohio State reading at a 4th grade level(Ask Bill Parcells)
1. Notre Dame
2. Boston College
3. Stanford
4. Northwestern
5. Duke
6. Rice
7. Vanderbilt
8. Cal Golden Bears
9. UVa
10. BYU(Only players under 25 can play)
Replies to: I have been proposing an ACADEMIC conference for years
Problem is there are no other football power programs
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proposed some time ago....
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Link: all academic conference
Add Navy, Army and AFA as Hensou noted...I've wished for this as well. Meanwhile,
get rid of the current CFP Committee setup and make the Championship look more like the NCAA B-Ball Tournament, with NET metrics, etc. overseen by an independent commissioner with LOTS of transparency...we're talking about Serious Money here.
Navy, Army, and the Air Force belong. Eff bc.
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Re: Navy, Army, and the Air Force belong. Eff bc.
Hear, hear.
The service academies absolutely belong in any serious “academic conference” discussion — honestly, they’d make the cut ahead of almost everyone except maybe Notre Dame and Stanford.
If I were ranking schools by actual non-waivable academic standards for football, I’d put it roughly as:
Notre Dame
Stanford
Air Force
Army
Navy
Northwestern
Duke
Vanderbilt
If I’m forced to go to 10:
Cal
Georgia Tech
Going to 12 is where it really breaks down. At that point you’re pulling from:
Michigan, UCLA, Wake Forest, BC, Rice — all of which have the ability to (and demonstrably do) admit football recruits who would not be admissible under their normal academic standards.
Worth noting: Michigan and UCLA’s problem isn’t low standards (their average football recruit clears the bar at many of these schools) — it’s selective enforcement. The floor disappears when the talent is good enough.
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