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Originally Posted by HawkeyeGeoff
Man I wonder what both of those teams would look like if they raised their SAT/ACT entrance score requirements to that of the Big Ten.
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Interesting assessment, but I do not understand your claim. First, comparing conferences should be taken with a grain of salt since we have a College Football Playoff and teams are judged on strength of schedule which encourages them to play out of conference match-ups now.
Also, are you trying to explain the correlation of a school's standardized test requirement to football recruiting and performance in regard to the schools within the Big Ten Conference? Are you trying to allude the Big Ten is known to have the highest scoring SAT/ACT football players with the most successful football programs? Do you have any data that suggests what both those teams would "look like" with such changes?
I have two hypotheses:
1) Both those teams would be a lot worse and nonexistent like 80% of the Big Ten Conference (excluding Ohio St., Michigan).
2) Imagine if everyone raised their testing standards to Harvard and Yale. What would that do to college football and recruiting?
Absolutely nothing. Football programs are one, if not the largest, money making businesses for any university. The same kids will be recruited regardless of how tough the school is to get into.
