The NFL Draft is in April, graduation is in May. The schools at the top of that list have far fewer players, over the 5-6 season spans that these kind of polls tend to take into account, that spend the Spring semester of their Sr. years having to prepare for the Draft.

There are other reasons, but I think that lays at the heart of it. The schools toward the bottom of that poll produce more quality football players. These decisions are made by the players, and I hate how that article makes it out as if schools such as Texas don’t care about its’ student-athletes.

The NFL draft doesn’t have THAT big an impact. Really, it’s only a few players a year for even the best teams. What does cause a much bigger impact is the difficulty of the curriculum. The harder the curriculum, the harder it is to get good grades or even pass, and the lower the graduation rate.

Another thing is that this methodology is flawed. Deviation from the D1 median redundantly affects the outcome. Race is factored into it. Despite paying lip-disservice to jock majors earlier in the article, it doesn’t factor the BS majors (sociology, criminology, etc.). Hell, look at the OU offense. Of the starters, I think I counted at least five who were sociology majors, and at least one or two criminology.