Academic Half Dozen - Basketball

Colleges and Universities A-Z Middlebury College
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<p>Want to share some nice press from the West Coast.</p>

<p>Academic top half-dozen</p>

<p>Several schools rated high in U.S. News and World Report's 2012 rankings of American universities and liberal arts colleges also have outstanding basketball teams. Here's our all-academic basketball rankings:</p>

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<li><p>Harvard (12-1) - No. 1-ranked university is No. 22 in AP poll.</p></li>
<li><p>Middlebury (9-0) - No. 5-ranked liberal arts college, located in Middlebury, Vt., is No. 1-ranked Division III team.</p></li>
<li><p>Williams (8-1) - No. 1 liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Mass., is No. 6 in Division III poll.</p></li>
<li><p>Amherst (10-1) - No. 2 liberal arts college, located in Amherst, Mass., is ranked No. 7 in Division III.</p></li>
<li><p>MIT (12-0) - No. 5-ranked university is No. 4 in Division III rankings.</p></li>
<li><p>Stanford (12-2) - No. 5-ranked university (tied with MIT) is 2-0 in Pac-12.</p></li>
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<p>Jake Curtis is a freelance writer. E-mail comments to <a href="mailto:sportinggreen@sfchronicle.com">sportinggreen@sfchronicle.com</a></p>

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<p>Look at the Director’s cup (ranking schools based on the quality of their athletic programs). You’ll find a lot of top academic schools at the top of those rankings as well. Williams, Middlebury, and Amherst (and WUSTL) regularly finish in the top five in Division III. In Division I, Stanford often finishes at the top. Good students are often good athletes too.</p>

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<p>Thanks! It was fun to see Middlebury listed in our local paper… a rare sighting, in and of itself, then listed above Stanford (almost sacreligious in our locale).</p>