Grad rates for Alabama and LSU ...

Sports commentators across the country have analyzed the Alabama and LSU football teams from one end to the other. But I'd bet that probably only here, on the Beyond Friday Nights blog, will you find the graduation rates for these two football powers in one place! 

BCS Championship Bowl --
GSRs:  Alabama, 69; LSU, 77

Grad rates for GoDaddy.com Bowl teams ...

Talk about evenly matched, at least in the classroom ... check out the NCAA graduation rates (officially known as the Graduation Success Rate, or GSR) for the teams in Sunday's bowl game.

GoDaddy.com Bowl --
GSRs: Arkansas State, 73; Northern Illinois, 73

Compass Bowl grad rates ...

Check out the NCAA graduation rates (officially known as the Graduation Success Rate, or GSR) for the teams in Saturday's bowl game, one of the last of the season.

BBVA Compass Bowl --
GSRs: SMU, 72; Pittsburgh, 65

Cotton Bowl grad rates ...

NCAA graduation rates (officially known as the Graduation Success Rate, or GSR) offer one of the best available insights into the academic perfomance of players on college football teams. Check out the GSRs for Friday's bowl game.

AT&T Cotton Bowl --
GSRs:  Kansas State, 62; Arkansas, 56

Orange Bowl grad rates ...

Check out the NCAA graduation rates (officially known as the Graduation Success Rate, or GSR) for the teams in Wednesday's bowl game. Draw your own conclusions about these and other bowl team grad rates posted previously. Comments welcome!

Discover Orange Bowl --
GSRs:  West Virginia, 75; Clemson, 62

Sugar Bowl grad rates ...

Check out the NCAA graduation rates (officially known as the Graduation Success Rate, or GSR) for the teams in Tuesday's bowl game. Draw your own conclusions about these and other bowl team grad rates posted previously. Comments welcome.

Allstate Sugar Bowl --
GSRs:  Michigan, 71; Virginia Tech, 79

Graduation rates for Jan. 2 bowl teams ...

Six bowl games are on tap for Monday, January 2. Check out the NCAA graduation rates (officially known as the Graduation Success Rate, or GSR) for each team. Once again, I'll invite you to draw your own conclusions, and let us know in the comment section below!

Ticket City Bowl –

GSRs:  Houston, 57; Penn State, 87

Outback Bowl --

GSRs:  Michigan State, 62; Georgia, 65

Capital One Bowl –

GSRs:  Nebraska, 67; South Carolina, 55

Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl –

GSRs:  Ohio State, 67; Florida, 76

Rose Bowl –

GSRs:  Wisconsin, 66; Oregon, 63

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl –

GSRs:  Stanford, 87; Oklahoma State, 65