The annual NCAA Graduation Success Ratings are out, and as usual Boston College scores high. BC's overall GSR is 95, which is fifth in the country among schools that participate in the FBS. Leading the way nationally across all sports were Duke (98), Notre Dame (98), Stanford (98) and Northwestern (95).
The football team specifically had a GSR of 89, which ranks 8th among all FBS football teams and is down somewhat from BC's run of being right at or near the top annually in football graduation rates throughout the early 2000s. Stanford, Northwestern, Rice, Duke, Notre Dame, UCF and Wake Forest's football teams topped BC's in the GSR chart.