4th Most Academic Conference in Major College Football - SEC
- Hampson Conference Intelligence (HCI) Score: 97.93
- Number of Member Schools with Football Teams: 14
- Average Academic Ranking of the Conference: 96.86
- Median Academic Ranking of the Conference: 99
Top 25 Schools: The SEC has one member ins ution ranked in the Top 25 academically: Vanderbilt (#17). 7.14% of SEC schools are ranked in the Top 25 academically, giving the conference the fourth highest percentage of Top 25 academic programs in major college football.
Top 50 Schools: Two SEC schools rank in the Top 50 for academics. In addition to Vanderbilt, the SEC also hosts one school ranking between #26 and #50 in the nation for undergraduate education: University of Florida (#49). 14.28% of the schools in the SEC are ranked in the Top 50 for academics, the fourth highest percentage of any major football conference.
Top 100 Schools: Seven SEC schools rank in the Top 100 of the USN&WR Best National Universities list. In addition to the two Top 50 schools listed above, the SEC also hosts five universities ranked between #51 and #100 for undergraduate education: University of Georgia (#60), Texas A&M (#69), University of Alabama (#86), Auburn (#91), and the University of Missouri (#97). With 50% of its schools ranked in the Top 100, the SEC is tied with the Pac-12 for third place in highest percentage of Top 100 schools.
Sub-100 Schools: Half of the schools in the SEC fail to crack the Top 100 academically: University of Tennessee (#101), University of
South Carolina (#112), University of Kentucky (#119), University of Arkansas (#128), Louisiana State University (#135), Mississippi State (#142), and Ole Miss (#150).
5th Most Academic Conference in Major College Football - Big 12
- Hampson Conference Intelligence (HCI) Score: 106.5
- Number of Member Schools with Football Teams: 10
- Average Academic Ranking of the Conference: 112
- Median Academic Ranking of the Conference: 101
Top 25 Schools: The Big 12 does not have a single school ranked in the Top 25 for academics. With 0% of its schools ranked in the Top 25, the Big 12 is tied with the American Athletic Conference for last place in percentage of Top 25 national universities.
Top 50 Schools: The Big 12 does not have a single school ranked in the Top 50 for academics. With 0% of its schools ranked in the Top 50, the Big 12 is tied with the American Athletic Conference for last place in percentage of Top 50 national universities.
Top 100 Schools: Three Big 12 schools rank in the Top 100 of the USN&WR Best National Universities list, all of them between #51 and #100: University of Texas - Austin (#52), Baylor (#75), and Texas Christian University (#82). With 30% of its member universities ranking in the Top 100 academically, the Big 12 is tied with the American Athletic Conference for last place in percentage of schools ranked in the Top 100 for academics.
Sub 100 Schools: Seven of the Big 12's schools fail to crack the Top 100 academically: Iowa State (#101), University of Kansas (#101), University of
Oklahoma (#101), Kansas State (#135), Oklahoma State (#142), Texas Tech (#161), and
West Virginia (#170).