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Athens, GA (Dec 4, 2007) - STACK magazine, a publication that bills itself as "For the Athlete By the Athlete", has released its first ever list of the top 50 Division I Colleges based on athletic and academic excellence. STACK is published to help high school athletes improve their performance safely and effectively. The magazine provides information on state-of-the-art training, nutrition and sports skills from the nation's top professional athletes, trainers and coaches.

Their list of 50 is:
1. North Carolina 2. Texas 3. Stanford 4. UCLA 5. Duke 6. Florida 7. Michigan 8. USC 9. Ohio State 10. Wisconsin 11. Virginia 12. Georgia 13. Notre Dame 14. California 15. Tennessee 16. LSU 17. Auburn 18. Illinois 19. Washington 20. Penn State 21. Arizona State 22. Florida State 23. Northwestern 24. Rice 25. Maryland	26. Texas A&M 27. Georgetown 28. Minnesota 29. Oregon State 30. Clemson 31. Georgia Tech 32. Wake Forest 33. Vanderbilt 33. Uconn 35. Boston College 36. Rutgers 37. Kansas 38. Arizona 39. Cornell 40. Alabama 41. Louisville 41. Nebraska 43. SMU 44. Portland 44. BYU 46. Indiana 47. Cal State Fullerton 48. Colorado 48. Michigan State 50. Baylor

One thing the magazine did not do is break down this list by conference, so "Eye on Sports" Media will do that here:

Atlantic Coast Conference (9)

1. North Carolina
5. Duke
11. Virginia
22. Florida State
25. Maryland
30. Clemson
31. Georgia Tech
32. Wake Forest
35. Boston College

Big East Conference (5)

13. Notre Dame
27. Georgetown
33. Uconn
36. Rutgers
41. Louisville

Big 12 Conference (6)

2. Texas
26. Texas A&M
37. Kansas
41. Nebraska
48. Colorado
50. Baylor

Big Ten Conference (9)

7. Michigan
9. Ohio State
10. Wisconsin
18. Illinois
20. Penn State
23. Northwestern
28. Minnesota
46. Indiana
48. Michigan State

Southeastern Conference (7)

6. Florida
12. Georgia
15. Tennessee
16. LSU
17. Auburn
33. Vanderbilt
40. Alabama

PAC-10 Conference (8)

3. Stanford
4. UCLA
8. USC
14. California
19. Washington
21. Arizona State
29. Oregon State
38. Arizona

Conference USA (2)

24. Rice
43. SMU

Ivy League (1)

39. Cornell

Mountain West Conference (1)

44. BYU

West Coast Conference (1)

44. Portland

Big West (1)

47. Cal State Fullerton

Rankings like this that include academics might make people wonder if academic standing should count as part of the BCS rankings. Wait, that might be a dangerous thing.

You can find the the rankings, with explanations, and rankings broken down by sport at STACK Magazine.