
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, December 23, 1993                   TAG: 9312230125
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: STATE 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: ARLINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

STANFORD PLAYERS SMARTEST

Stanford has the brightest football players - those athletes with the highest SAT scores when they were recruited - and Oklahoma is at the bottom of the list, according to a survey published Wednesday.

Ranking right behind Stanford among Division I schools in recruiting SAT achievers were Northwestern, Duke, Virginia and Vanderbilt.

Stanford football players had an average SAT score of 1069 out of a possible 1600, according to the survey done by USA Today, using NCAA data for freshmen entering from 1990-92.

Northwestern's football players recruited during that period had an average SAT score of 1034. Then came Duke at 1003, Virginia at 955 and Vanderbilt at 952.

Also in the top 10 were Rice, Southern Methodist, California, Notre Dame and Colorado State.

Oklahoma headed up the bottom 10 with an SAT score of 759, followed by Mississippi at 768, Kansas State 769, Cincinnati 771 and Texas-El Paso at 772. Then came Akron (774), Washington State (779), Clemson and Auburn (tied at 781) and Kent (783).

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