<p>The University of Maryland has both great academics and sports! They’re also moving to the Big Ten conference…</p>
<p>Both of my sons had the same criteria - strong academics and big division 1 sports. I will say that the sports part wasn’t necessarily wanting a “winning” team it was just the general feel that sports give to a campus - especially football in the fall. We always joke with S1 (a senior now) that football was really only an excuse to tailgate because up until this year, most kids didn’t even go to the games!</p>
<p>Both applied to many of the schools already listed - BC, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, UVA, Michigan, Maryland, Georgetown, etc. One is at Vandy, one is at Wake.</p>
<p>A correction to the list of NCAA championships:</p>
<p>UNC has 39 NCAA championships. Counting the 1981 AIAW (the national organization for women’s soccer the year before it was in the NCAA) championship, and the 1924 Helms Athletic Foundation men’s basketball championship (by vote taken in 1924, pre-NCAA), UNC has 41 national championships. Of these, there have been 22 in women’s soccer, 6 in men’s basketball, 6 in field hockey, 4 in men’s lacrosse, 2 in men’s soccer, and 1 in women’s basketball.</p>
<ol>
<li>UCLA 108 NCAA Championships</li>
<li>Stanford 103 NCAA Championships</li>
<li>USC 96 NCAA Championships</li>
<li>TOSU 57 NCAA Championships</li>
<li>Texas 39 NCAA Championships</li>
<li>UNC 39 NCAA Championships</li>
<li>Michigan 33 NCAA Championships</li>
<li>Cal (Berkeley) 32 NCAA Championships</li>
<li>Wisconsin 28 NCAA Championships</li>
</ol>
<p>The Ohio State University has 57 National team titles.</p>
<pre><code>Men’s
Baseball: 1966
Basketball: 1960
Fencing: 1942
Football: 1942, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970, 2002
Golf: 1945, 1979
Gymnastics: 1985, 1996, 2001
Swimming & Diving: 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1962
Outdoor Track & Field: 1929
Volleyball: 2011
Women’s
Synchronized swimming: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011
Pistol: 2000, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009
Coed
Cheerleading: 1993
Fencing: 2004, 2008, 2012
Pistol: 2000
</code></pre>
<p>All are NCAA Championships except Pistol (which is a WCN sport)</p>
<p>*2nd in Director’s Cup 2010-2011 behind only Stanford.</p>
<p>Last but not least, $10 billion Academic Framework Plan for the next 10 years 2012-2020.</p>
<p>[The</a> One Ohio State Framework Plan – Sasaki Associates, Inc](<a href=“http://www.sasaki.com/project/29/river-restoration-protects-campus-from-flooding/]The”>http://www.sasaki.com/project/29/river-restoration-protects-campus-from-flooding/)</p>
<p>Destined to become one of the greatest public academic institutions! Go Bucks!! lol</p>
<p>The OP is looking for a school with top-tier academics. If the state school you listed is not in the top 50, it doesn’t have “top-tier academics”. Please stop posting crappy state schools that are good at sports but don’t have top-tier academics.</p>
<p>^^ You are not well informed, my friend… I’ve offered OP a school that is destined to be ranked in the top-40s within the next decade. Academically, tOSU is currently ranked in the 50s, close enough to the top-50s imho. Its sports program strength however, is almost second to none and that ought to balance out the slight deficiency in terms of academic ranking which by the way, has also rated Ohio State as the only 5-year in-a-row “Up-and-Coming” college in the nation. Now, consider you are truly, well informed. :D</p>
<p>Rich Get Richer as Ohio State Scores $100 Million Apparel Deal</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.forbes.com/sites/prishe/2012/11/17/rich-get-richer-as-ohio-state-scores-100-million-apparel-deal/[/url]”>http://www.forbes.com/sites/prishe/2012/11/17/rich-get-richer-as-ohio-state-scores-100-million-apparel-deal/</a></p>
<p>Go Bucks!! :)</p>
<p>[Northwestern</a>, Northern Illinois top ‘Academic BCS’ rankings – Schools of Thought - CNN.com Blogs](<a href=“http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/13/northwestern-northern-illinois-top-academic-bcs-rankings/]Northwestern”>http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/13/northwestern-northern-illinois-top-academic-bcs-rankings/)</p>
<p>Notre Dame, Stanford, Duke, Michigan, Texas, Wisconsin</p>
<p>Sam, you have to add UCLA, UNC and USC into the mix.</p>
<p>Schools that are currently rated equivalent or lower than The Ohio State University - Columbus based on the latest USNWR Undergraduate Academic Reputation Index given by 2000+ academics across the country.</p>
<p>TOSU is currently ranked #56 overall.</p>
<h1>27 Wake Forest (Lower)</h1>
<h1>33 Brandeis</h1>
<h1>33 Rochester (Lower)</h1>
<h1>37 Case Western (Lower)</h1>
<h1>38 Lehigh (Lower)</h1>
<h1>38 UCD</h1>
<h1>38 UCSD</h1>
<h1>41 RPI (Lower)</h1>
<h1>41 UCSB (Lower)</h1>
<h1>44 UCI (Lower)</h1>
<h1>44 Miami (Lower)</h1>
<h1>46 Penn State</h1>
<h1>46 Washington</h1>
<h1>46 Yeshiva (Lower)</h1>
<h1>51 BU (Lower)</h1>
<h1>51 GWU (Lower)</h1>
<h1>51 Tulane (Lower)</h1>
<h1>52 Pepperdine (Lower)</h1>
<h1>54 Florida (Lower)</h1>
<h1>56 NEU (Lower)</h1>
<p>That’s 20 schools total (5 equivalent, 15 lower Undergraduate Academic Reputation Index than the Buckeyes).</p>
<p>On the other hand, in terms of athletics, most of the above schools are not qualified to hold Ohio State’s jockstrap. :p</p>
<p>LOL. I take it you went to Ohio State, Sparkeye? It is close, but why don’t you come back when Ohio State is ranked in the top 50. It might be only a few years. See ya then.</p>
<p>^^ Thanks for the advice, informative!! But I do not see anyone else besides you mentioned the Top-50 only academic criteria, so I stay and you learn. :)</p>
<p>P.S. You are always welcome to start your own thread with your own set of criteria, judging from your all-knowing reputation, I am certain that no one here will stop you. :p</p>
<p>^ Just the OP looking for “top tier academics”. LOL.</p>
<p>^^ Indeed, my friend. And I thought you had read and learned from my post #29. Guess not… LOL.</p>
<p>Umm, top tier are the top 50 schools. Ohio State is not a top 50 school. What are you smoking?</p>
<p>^^ Sigh… I have waited 30 minutes for your response and that’s all I got… lol</p>
<p>There is no point to try to win an argument for the sake of winning an argument, especially when USNWR certain does not endorse your Top Tier or Top-50 criteria. However, I do see Ohio State ranked in the First Tier, and you? Once again, you STILL have not read carefully of my post #29 in terms of Undergraduate Academic Reputation rating in the eyes of 2000+ academics across the country.</p>
<p>I am using USNWR. Are they ranked in the top 50, which has always been the top tier until US News started giving numerical ranks to all schools? Please enlighten me.</p>
<p>Sparkeye, the OP didn’t say “top-tier academics OR sports.”</p>
<p>lol, owned.</p>
<p>Has or had… First off, in order to be informative at all-time, you must, at the very least, possess the latest USNWR Best Colleges ranking issue! All I am seeing is First, Second and Third Tier and it’s been as such for a few years already - ever since USNWR decided to follow Carnegie Higher Education Classification. </p>
<p>Further, I had proven to you that Ohio State is certainly highly rated academically as its Undergraduate Academic Reputation rating is currently in the Top-40. So I don’t understand why do you want to stress on Top-50 overall ranking as the sole indication of its academic quality, especially when biased factor such as alumni giving rate and others are in play.</p>
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<p>I understand, Oivoiv. Likewise, you also need to read carefully of my post #29. :)</p>
<p>Tough to take TOSU seriously as long as its priorities are like this: [Jim</a> Tressel Returned to Ohio State, Fans Cheered On in Rapture [Video] | The Big Lead](<a href=“http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/11/24/jim-tressel-returned-to-ohio-stadium-fans-cheered-on-in-rapture-video/]Jim”>Jim Tressel Returned to Ohio State, Fans Cheered On in Rapture [Video])</p>
<p>As far as selective myopia goes, it’s almost like making Sandusky chairman of the Pennsylvania Toys for Tots campaign</p>