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Oklahoma Too Good Academically For The SEC?
Posted on 5/17/16 at 6:30 pm
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I think they'd rather be in a league with Stanford and Cal and UCLA than in a league with Mississippi State or Georgia."
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Posted on 5/17/16 at 6:33 pm to wrecking crew
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with Stanford and Cal and UCLA than in a league with Mississippi State or Georgia
One of these is not like the others.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 6:34 pm to wrecking crew
A bit of an inflated sense of their academic prowess. Doesn't OU routinely rank slightly above Ole Miss and Mississippi State?
Posted on 5/17/16 at 6:35 pm to wrecking crew
Never once have I heard of OU being a beacon of academic excellence. I'm not saying it's a bad school by any means but definitely not something spectacular. I assume they have a reputable meteorology dept given its geographic location but I have no idea.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 6:38 pm to parrothead
Perhaps the worst/easiest law school in the country.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 6:43 pm to wrecking crew
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I think they'd rather be in a league with Stanford and Cal and UCLA than in a league with Mississippi State or Georgia."
We're ranked 47 spots ahead of Oklahoma in the US News and World report rankings
Posted on 5/17/16 at 6:44 pm to wrecking crew
Here's where Oklahoma would rank in the SEC:
Tier 1
Vanderbilt
Tier 2
Florida
Georgia
Texas A&M
Tier 3
Missouri
Alabama
Auburn
Tennessee
South Carolina
Tier 4
LSU
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tier 5
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Tier 1
Vanderbilt
Tier 2
Florida
Georgia
Texas A&M
Tier 3
Missouri
Alabama
Auburn
Tennessee
South Carolina
Tier 4
LSU
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tier 5
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Posted on 5/17/16 at 6:45 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
They'd bring the academic profile of the Pac 12 down worse than ASU
Posted on 5/17/16 at 6:49 pm to parrothead
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I assume they have a reputable meteorology dept
Actually, that's Mississippi State. Broadcast Meteorology
Posted on 5/17/16 at 6:51 pm to Cdawg
Everyone out here in Dallas make fun of OU academically. Texas Tech is about the only one OU may edge out.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 6:53 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
CGSC Lobotomy nailed it.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 6:54 pm to wrecking crew
There are 8 SEC schools ranked higher on the U.S. News Best Schools list.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 6:56 pm to Geralt of Rantia
I was about to come in here and post something about it.
I don't care much for some the criteria US News uses for its rankings but Oklahoma is at #108. I assumed about a half dozen SEC schools would be above that with a number of them being around Oklahoma's position.
And as someone else already posted... you don't have to have some high number to be a good school or want to go to school X. But damn, if you're going to talk about going to a conference (formed out of athletic competition) because you want better academic peers... maybe you should worry about you're own academics first.
I don't care much for some the criteria US News uses for its rankings but Oklahoma is at #108. I assumed about a half dozen SEC schools would be above that with a number of them being around Oklahoma's position.
And as someone else already posted... you don't have to have some high number to be a good school or want to go to school X. But damn, if you're going to talk about going to a conference (formed out of athletic competition) because you want better academic peers... maybe you should worry about you're own academics first.
This post was edited on 5/17/16 at 6:57 pm
Posted on 5/17/16 at 7:33 pm to wrecking crew
Oklahoma is a school with a great football tradition. Academically... well...
Despite what folks want to believe there is no great shortage of very solid academic schools in the SEC.
Academics wise they fall somewhere around the middle, perhaps a bit back, in the conference. We would not take Oklahoma because they were putting Harvard and Stanford to shame when it came to academics.
They play football, and they have played it well. That is what they have to offer and it is pretty well all they have to offer.
Despite what folks want to believe there is no great shortage of very solid academic schools in the SEC.
Academics wise they fall somewhere around the middle, perhaps a bit back, in the conference. We would not take Oklahoma because they were putting Harvard and Stanford to shame when it came to academics.
They play football, and they have played it well. That is what they have to offer and it is pretty well all they have to offer.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 7:40 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
The SEC has 4 AAU schools: Vandy, Mizzou, Florida, & A&M. So suck it.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 7:45 pm to tylerdurden24
The USNWR is the academic world's equivalent of the National Enquirer.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 7:49 pm to wrecking crew
I had no idea Sooners considered themselves in the Texas A&M, Florida, and Vandy class.
Well I'll be.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 8:12 pm to wrecking crew
Zero U president is a snob who wants to put lip stick on a pig. Historically ou might be the most outlaw program in the country.
This post was edited on 5/17/16 at 8:15 pm
Posted on 5/17/16 at 8:21 pm to wrecking crew
OU is a 6 that thinks she's a ten because her friends are all 3s
Posted on 5/17/16 at 8:49 pm to molsusports
I've had several Okies insist to me OU is the top academic institution in the Big 12.
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