Big 12 Football Graduation Rates

[sahen]

Just thought some people might be interested...

Big 12 Graduation rates (all schools ranked, factor is x 10, so 6.5 = 65%) number to the left of the team is the national rank
16 Baylor 7.5
33 Oklahoma 6.5
33 Kansas State 6.5
45 Texas Tech 6
49 Nebraska 5.9
49 Iowa State 5.9
56 Texas A&M 5.6
62 Colorado 5.3
82 Missouri 4.4
90 Kansas 3.8
94 Oklahoma St 3.5
114 Texas 1.9

http://www.collegefootballnews.com/2...ationRates.htm

[Ray_BearKat]

This just shows that no one wants to leave UT or Austin on a good sidenote my cousin is graduating this May from Baylor, congrats to her.

[sahen]

not to harp on any school or anything but UT is tied for 3rd from last in the whole nation.....im pretty sure when the new rules kick in w/ that scholarship thing they r gonna get docked for this big time....rnt u supposed to grad. atleast 50% w/ the new rules?

[KTJ]

This is old news and we've already hashed and rehashed why UT is where they are.

[sahen]

sry KTJ....i just saw it today and didnt recall seeing it on the bored....i actually thought the last grad rates for UT were around 25%...

[bigcat8]

that's horrible!!! shame on Mack...

[jason]

Originally posted by bigcat8
that's horrible!!! shame on Mack...

not his fault kids leave early for the nfl....

[AggieJohn]

Originally posted by sahen
not to harp on any school or anything but UT is tied for 3rd from last in the whole nation.....im pretty sure when the new rules kick in w/ that scholarship thing they r gonna get docked for this big time....rnt u supposed to grad. atleast 50% w/ the new rules?

this will hurt them in a few years when the rates of graduation start affecting scholarships

[KTJ]

Originally posted by AggieJohn
this will hurt them in a few years when the rates of graduation start affecting scholarships

No it won't.

This number isn't indicative of how the program is run or what is going on. All it does is gives others something to chastise UT about when they don't know why the number is where it is to begin with.

[big daddy russ]

Originally posted by KTJ
This number isn't indicative of how the program is run or what is going on. All it does is gives others something to chastise UT about when they don't know why the number is where it is to begin with.

Then why is the number there to begin with? Not trying to stir anything up, just trying to get the other side of the story.

[AggieJohn]

KTJ

while it doesn't mention all the draftees, you can only account for about 1/10 of those in the number, at best. what you need to understand is that texas has been known, and a&m as well in the past for letting thier non-super stars fall by the wayside especially in the non-major sports

[KTJ]

Originally posted by AggieJohn
KTJ

while it doesn't mention all the draftees, you can only account for about 1/10 of those in the number, at best. what you need to understand is that texas has been known, and a&m as well in the past for letting thier non-super stars fall by the wayside especially in the non-major sports

There are other factors that play into that number as well.

[AggieJohn]

Originally posted by KTJ
There are other factors that play into that number as well.

like????

[raider red 2000]

Originally posted by jason
not his fault kids leave early for the nfl....

how many kids dd they have go in the draft compared to teams ahead of them????

poor excuse

[rholl]

they get their numbers from something like this once a football player enrolls at a university as a freshman he is part of their count. If that player hasn't graduated from that university in the prescribed amount of time (5 years I think) then the university is dinged on graduation rate. So factors that aren't taken into account are if player is injured and gives up football and leaves school, if the player transfers to another school, if the player leaves school early for NFL...heck I think even if a player dies while in school(which has happened at both UT and A&M) the university is dinged. Once in school players wash out all the time be it lack of playing time or lack of academic progress. If they are going to hold universities accountable, the equation for arriving at the number needs to be changed.