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Do you really want a real, non-troll answer? Places like Georgia, Texas, Florida, Michigan and others have high admission standards among publics...and most football players would never be accepted if they didn't have an athletic scholly. Even Arch Manning admits he may not get into Texas if he wasn't an athlete, and it was only half joking. The diploma mills like Cincinnati are much easier to get athletes on a degree program that actually allows them to graduate. Vandy doesn't really lower their standards for athletes, they go there to actually play school.

Admission standards have zero to do with it. Academic support by the university and recruiting kids who are capable of doing the work impact it. Also, how is a transfer out calculated? That will have an impact as well.

I have seen the academic support at A&M first hand. If they cannot graduate with that kind of support, then they really didn't really try and/or your advisors let them choose an inappropriate major.

I cannot imagine any school with a major athletic program like the entire SEC doesn't have similar support. These programs support all athletes at the universities.

With the transfer portal, some of the calculation is going to have to change for these things or everyone is going to be near a damn 0 success rate. If you transfer out and you are in good standing, you should not count for or against this type of calculation.