BCS rankings by GSR

• BCS rankings by winning percentage
• Combined BCS rankings

The Graduation Success Rate, released by the NCAA, measures how many players earned a four-year degree within a six-year window. The GSR accounts for transfers, both in and out, which is how it defers from the Federal graduation rate.

Four ACC programs ranked in the top 10, and nine in the top 25 of the 66 teams in the Bowl Championship Series, in graduating players from the freshmen classes from 1998 to 2001:

1. Notre Dame    94
2. Stanford    93
T3. BC    92
T3. Duke    92   
T3. Northwestern    92
6. Vanderbilt    91
7. Wake Forest    83
8. Texas Tech    79
T9. Baylor    78
T9. Nebraska    78
T9. UNC    78
T9. Penn State    78
T13. UConn    77
T13. Indiana    77
T15. Colorado    75
T15. Iowa    75
T15. Syracuse    75
T15. Virginia Tech    75
19. Cincinnati    73
T20. Illinois    70
T20. Michigan    70
T20. Miami    70
T20. Rutgers    70
24. Florida State    69
T25. Clemson    68
T25. Florida    68
T25. Maryland    68
T25. Wash State    68
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T29. Kansas State    67
T29. Pitt    67
31. Virginia    66
T32. South Carolina    65
T32. Washington    65
T34. Oregon State    64
T34. Ole Miss    63
T34. Miss State    63
T34. Purdue    63
T34. West Virginia    63
T34. Wisconsin    63
T40. Okla State    62
T40. UCLA    62
42. Arizona State    60
T43. N.C. State    59
T43. Missouri    59
45. Louisville    58
46. Auburn    57
T47. Kentucky    56
T47. Texas A&M    56
T47. South Florida    56
T50. Alabama    55
T50. Iowa State    55
T52. LSU    54
T52. Tennessee    54
T52. USC    54
T55. Cal    53
T55. Oregon    53
T55. Kansas    53
58. Ohio State    52
T58. Arkansas    52
T60. Minnesota    51
T60. Michigan State    51
62. Texas    50
T63. Georgia     48
T63. Georgia Tech    48
65. Oklahoma    46
66. Arizona    41

The average GSR scores of the six BCS conferences:

1. ACC........72.3
2. Big East...67.4
3. Big Ten....66
4. Big 12.....63.2
5. Pac-10.....61.3
6. SEC.........60.5