University of North Carolina Athletics
North Carolina Program Ranked No. 1
November 27, 2007 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 27, 2007
Magazine's "Elite 50" First to Rank Colleges Based on Academics, Athletic Opportunity and Overall Performance
New York, NY -- The University of North Carolina ranked No. 1 on STACK magazine's first ever college list of the nation's premier academic and NCAA Football, basketball and other Division I sports programs. Combining the best in athletics with the best in academia, the "Elite 50" list, announced today at www.stack.com/elite 50 The 2008 edition of the "Elite 50" marks the first time any media outlet has released a stand-alone ranking of the country's leading college sports programs based on academics, athletic opportunity and overall performance. The "Elite 50" rankings also include sport-specific rankings for 14 individual NCAA sports including football, basketball and soccer as well as video tours of some of the "Elite 50" colleges through a branded STACK TV channel on www.stack.com The "Elite 50" methodology combines important academic and athletic data with STACK's internal research. The schools are ranked using key measures of academic and athletic performance; overall academic rankings via U.S. News & World Report, athlete graduation rates, athlete indexes, national sport-specific rankings, championship history, professional successes, atmosphere, coaching staff tenure and more. This methodology enables athletes and parents to make an informed choice on an unbiased side-by-side comparison of sports programs. For more information on the "Elite 50" methodology, visit www.stack.com/elite50 About STACK The complete list, published in the November/December issue of STACK and available online at www.stack.com/elite50 1.) University of North Carolina
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2.) Stanford University
3.) University of Texas
4.) University of California, Los Angeles
5.) Duke University
6.) University of Florida
7.) University of Michigan
8.) University of Southern California
9.) Ohio State University
10.) University of Wisconsin
11.) University of Virginia
12.) Notre Dame
13.) University of Georgia
14.) University of California at Berkeley
15.) University of Tennessee
16.) Louisiana State University
17.) Auburn University
18.) University of Illinois
19.) Penn State University
20.) Florida State University
21.) Rice University
22.) University of Washington
23.) Arizona State University
24.) University of Maryland
25.) Georgetown University
26.) Northwestern University
27.) Texas A&M
28.) University of Minnesota
29.) Oregon State University
30.) Clemson University
31.) Boston College
32.) Georgia Tech
33.) Vanderbilt University
34.) University of Connecticut
35.) Wake Forest University
36.) Rutgers University
37.) University of Kansas
38.) Cornell University
39.) University of Nebraska
40.) University of Louisville
41.) Brigham Young University
42.) Southern Methodist University
43.) University of Arizona
44.) California State University at Fullerton
45.) University of Portland
46.) Michigan State University
47.) University of Colorado
48.) Indiana University
49.) Baylor University
50.) Purdue University
