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<p>However, they don’t completely ignore sports either. “Ivy League” is the name of the athletic conference, which is in NCAA Division 1 (although FCS for football). It means that they likely pay more attention to sports than NCAA Division 2 or 3 schools. And some of them rank highly in some sports like [men’s</a> lacrosse](<a href=“http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/lacrosse-men/d1]men’s”>http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/lacrosse-men/d1), [women’s</a> lacrosse](<a href=“http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/lacrosse-women/d1]women’s”>http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/lacrosse-women/d1), and [url=<a href=“http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/rowing/d1]rowing[/url”>http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/rowing/d1]rowing[/url</a>].</p>
<p>Of course, the “arms race” in football recruiting means that it isn’t easy to build a good football team with high academic standards (for the football players specifically), occasional great seasons by Stanford in both football rankings and players in the Academic All-American list notwithstanding. It also means that NCAA Division 1 FBS football is becoming less of the cash cow it once was, as more needs to be spent on coaches, recruiting, facilities, etc. to attract recruit decent players.</p>