USCe has to deal with Clemson like Bama has to deal with Auburn. It helps that, in football, Bama is the Notre Dame of the South. But yeah, I couldn't see anybody successfully bringing in annual Top 10 classes at Arizona St, Oregon St, or USCe. But I think recruiting at Bama is as easy as recruiting at Florida State or Miami, which shouldn't be surprising when you consider popularity, football tradition, and location in a talent-rich region.
wasnt denying that. i was trying to say in a nice way that this is the dumbest list i have ever seen come from us news. of course ive league schools are going to be #1. they accept 7 people a year and almost all of them that get in go there. thats why i said it was because of acceptance rates and geography. lots of kids apply to usc and cal because their prestige is similar. they usually turn down one school and go to the other. therer schools are far apart miles wise but there arent a thousand schools out there...so people usually apply to usc, cal, ucl, washington, etc. no, different acceptance rates and ivy league schools recruit more nationally...and the people applying dont apply to as many schools in da ivy.
An article by US News titled "Harvard Tops the Most Popular Colleges List"... Many of the universities at the top of the popularity list not surprisingly are highly selective, private colleges, but several public universities did quite well, too. The University of Nebraska ranked third, while Florida, Texas A&M University, the University of North Carolina, Louisiana State University, and Texas also broke into the top 20. "Students tend to stay pretty close to home, and they're looking to better themselves financially," says David Hawkins, director of public policy and research for the National Association for College Admission Counseling. The combination of affordable tuition and athletic success appears to be a powerful lure for college hopefuls. But students also seem to be drawn by deeper devotions. Universities with religious affiliations—Brigham Young, Yeshiva, and Notre Dame—do well in this enrollment analysis. Equally successful are the nation's top military academies. The United States Naval Academy tops the liberal arts colleges list for the highest overall yield of any college or university in the rankings, with 85 percent of admitted students choosing to enroll. Its rival, the United States Military Academy, comes in second on the liberal arts colleges list, with 78 percent. http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/2009/01/26/harvard-tops-the-most-popular-colleges-list.html
Popular schools that people want to go to like Harvard are going to be #1 because they are popular. Why aren't you happy that LSU is #16? Nothing else you wrote in your post made any sense to me, so I am just going to assume you are irrationally upset about something and it has confused your logical thought process. Just be happy that LSU is #16. We beat out very prestigious schools like William & Mary (the 2nd-oldest school in the US, behind only Harvard), Dartmouth (Ivy League), Cornell (Ivy League), Georgetown (the US's most prestigious Jesuit university), UVA (founded by Thomas Jefferson), University of Chicago (founded by John D. Rockefeller), Rutgers (the eighth-oldest college in the United States, founded before the USA was founded), Duke, Johns Hopkins, Tulane, etc etc etc etc. Not understanding what got you so irrational here. LSU is #16. Be proud. :LSU231:
clemson is a better athletic university than SC but somewhat close. not so with alabama and da plains. they are further apart. :rofl::rofl:
We didn't beat out #15 Notre Dame, but we'll pass them up soon: ND 56%, LSU 55% of accepted students that wanted to enroll. ND will only go down and LSU will only go up!! :LSU231:
If you think Auburn is a better athletic university than Bama, then you have it backwards. Auburn is pretty sad. Alabama has more than doubled anything Auburn has ever done in each and every of the big three sports: Auburn Football: National Champs: '57 Basketball: 8 NCAA tournament appearances, 4 Sweet Sixteen Baseball: 6 SEC Regular Season Championships, 3 SEC Tournament Championships, best finish in CWS: 4th place in '67 Bama Football: National Champs: '25, '26, '30, '34, '41, '61, '64, '65, '73, '78, '79, '92 Basketball: 19 NCAA tournament appearances, 8 Sweet Sixteen Baseball: 14 SEC Regular Season Championships, 7 SEC Tournament Championships, best finish in CWS: 2nd place in '83 and '97
i said further apart meaning Bama is better by a much wider margin than clemson and USCe. i know its hard for you not to paste some stats in everyone of your posts but lets try going one week. it helps for open discussion.
