<p>Though this was interesting, the most Division I academic All-Americans:</p>
<p>Top ten programs for academic All-Americans 2006
1 Nebraska 235
2 Notre Dame 178
3 MIT 129
4 Penn State 126
5 Augustana 114
6 Bucknell 112
7 Stanford 103
8 Illinois Wesleyan 102
9 UCLA 99
10 Emory 97</p>
<p>Surprising?</p>
<p>Hmmm...</p>
<p>MIT? Augustana? Bucknell? Emory? Div. I sports?</p>
<p>Oops - you're right, it's just All-Americans period (regardless of division). I just saw UNL and assumed it was Division I</p>
<p>Well, when you look at it.. you have to see that Nebraska is a lot easier than perhaps Stanford or MIT, or even UCLA...i think..</p>
<p>A couple of comments here:
(1) it looks like the list is just showing absolute #'s of Academic All-Americans -- so a larger school could in fact have more students who made the cut
(2) what Sheed30 said
(3) Bucknell is, in fact, a D1 school</p>
<p>A lot of it also has to with the academic support systems in place for student athletes. Nebraska was one of the first schools to really place a high emphasis on giving athletes high levels of academic support. Nebraska is also #1 in the nation for football AAA's. </p>
<p>And while UNL isn't as academically difficult as MIT and Stanford, the across the board academic quality of student athlete going there isn't as high either. Further, MIT and Standford have a lot more sports like crew, water polo, fencing, field hockey, lacrosse, SAILING!, and soccer that typically are filled with student athletes from higher SES and thus, more likely to have greater academic accomplishments upon entering college.</p>
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<p>Some of MIT's sports are Division I. MIT Crew, for example, I believe is Division I. </p>
<p>As CBBBlinker pointed out, Bucknell is a division I school. In men's basketball, Bucknell is actually one of the most successful teams in the Patriot League (a Division I conference), having actually knocked out Kansas and Arkansas in March Madness in 2005 and 2006 respectively. Bucknell even got a top 25 ranking (as #25) in the final Coach's Poll of 2006. They also recently won Division 1 championships in crew and swimming.</p>
<p>^ 10-4</p>
<p>(10char)</p>