<p>The title says it all. </p>
<p>I'm thinking cal, duke, usc, and ucla. Are there any others that iI'm missing?</p>
<p>U of Florida, Michigan, UNC Chapel Hill, and Georgia are all some pretty good schools that offer GREAT athletics as well.</p>
<p>Stanford, UT, Wisconsin</p>
<p>Meeeeechigan</p>
<p>The best combination of spectator sports (Football, Basketball, Baseball and Hockey) and top academics:</p>
<p>Boston College
Duke University
Georgetown University
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Notre Dame
University of Southern California
University of Texas-Austin
University of Virginia
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>
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<p>Duke really only has a basketball team, of those 4 sports. No hockey team, one of the worst football teams in the country, and baseball team isn't particularly noteworthy. Same thing with Georgetown.</p>
<p>Some say Duke's bball team = Everything else for some schools.</p>
<p>I'd probably say USC or UT</p>
<p>Boston College: one of only a handful of division one schools with stellar programs in basketball, football, and ice hockey. And for those who don't know, ice hockey in the northeast and northern midwest is just as important as the other two.</p>
<p>The premier colleges in the USA for top academics and top athletics are:</p>
<p>PRIVATES:
Stanford
Duke
Northwestern
Rice
Vanderbilt
Notre Dame
Georgetown
USC
Wake Forest</p>
<p>PUBLICS:
UC Berkeley
U Virginia
UCLA
U Michigan
U North Carolina</p>
<p>The post above me is the most accurate I think.</p>
<p>Rice, Georgetown, and Wake Forest probably don't have good enough athletic programs to qualify (and personally, I'd question Duke for being very limited). You'd also need to add Boston College to the privates, along with University of Texas/University of Wisconsin to the publics, and maybe Penn State/Ohio State.</p>
<p>I can understand Vanderbilt and Wake. Both play in major conferences, and although neither is dominant, both field solid teams and play in very intense games with national championship implications. Personally, I would not consider them because more often than not, they are on the losing end. But Rice plays in a weak conference and does not really belong. Boston College, on the other hand, does.</p>
<p>Some of the schools you name aren't well-rounded enough to be considered among the best combo schools. </p>
<p>UT-Austin >> Rice.</p>
<ol>
<li>North Carolina</li>
<li>Texas</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>Duke</li>
<li>Florida</li>
<li>Michigan</li>
<li>USC</li>
<li>Ohio State</li>
<li>Wisconsin</li>
<li>Virginia</li>
<li>Georgia</li>
<li>Notre Dame</li>
<li>Berkeley</li>
<li>Tennessee </li>
<li>LSU </li>
<li>Auburn </li>
<li>Illinois</li>
<li>Washington </li>
<li>Penn State </li>
<li>Arizona State </li>
<li>Florida State</li>
<li>Northwestern </li>
<li>Rice </li>
<li>Maryland </li>
<li>Texas A&M </li>
<li>Georgetown </li>
<li>Minnesota </li>
<li>Oregon State </li>
<li>Clemson </li>
<li>Georgia Tech </li>
<li>Wake Forest </li>
<li>Vanderbilt </li>
<li>UConn </li>
<li>Boston College </li>
<li>Rutgers </li>
<li>Kansas </li>
<li>Arizona </li>
<li>Cornell </li>
<li>Alabama </li>
<li>Louisville </li>
<li>Nebraska </li>
<li>SMU </li>
<li>Portland </li>
<li>BYU </li>
<li>Indiana</li>
<li>Cal State Fullerton </li>
<li>Colorado</li>
<li>Michigan State </li>
<li>Baylor</li>
</ol>
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<p>In my opinion, a good athletic program is not strictly defined by football and basketball.</p>
<p>Duke has very strong soccer teams (men & women), strong field hockey, very strong lacrosse program , good golf, track, etc.</p>
<p>The football program stinks, but rumors are it will get better some day.....;)
S just graduated. Football was a joke, but no one cared. They may have won one game in four years. I'm not sure.</p>
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<p>There are some very strong academic schools that have some good D-III athletic programs.</p>
<p>(ex, Williams, Bates, Colby, Bowdoin, ...and many more.)</p>
<p>I think most people here would say that list puts too much emphasis on sports...</p>
<p>I agree. It's funny to see that most of the schools are very much sports-first, then see if if academics are up to par, or at least acceptable, not academics-first, then see if sports are up to par.</p>
<p>OH well.</p>
<p>The University of Michigan has sports team? I thought they at least got rid of football after the App State game.</p>
<p>Don't overlook Wake Forest on the basis of its typically weak football program. In the past decade, it's been ranked #1 in basketball and #2 in baseball, it's the current national champion in men's soccer, its field hockey program is probably the strongest in the country, tennis is usually highly ranked, and Wake is to golf what Notre Dame is to football.</p>