It cracks me up that somehow athletic affiliation has ANYTHING to do with academics. "The Big 10 is better academically than XYZ"... bullshit. Most of the Big 10 schools are huge, hence, they have the resources to get grants ad nauseum. Northwestern actually has really strict guidelines for admittance, the rest not so much. I know, I know, Ohio State has the 60,000 smartest students known to man.
