In the spring, South Carolina coaches, led by Will Muschamp travel the state and region speaking to booster club chapters.
As you'd expect, they brag about a lot their program has done. Once centerpiece this season: The high rate players are graduating at.
The most recent numbers reflect the incoming classes from 2007 to 2010. Of that group, 98 percent graduated within six years or left in good academic standing.
That number ranks first in the SEC, ahead of Vanderbilt at 90 percent. That number is tied for fourth nationally, behind Harvard, Northwestern and Dartmouth and with Brown and Columbia (N.