<p>I never said those schools don’t care about sports. Just saying that the first thing that comes to mind when I think MIT, CalTech, Harvard, Yale, etc. is academics, not sports. They are known for the quality of the student body and outstanding academic programs. I don’t think top tier students choose to go to those schools because of their sports teams. MIT is known for engineering, for example, not their sports teams. My point was that some posters think sports might draw top tier students to those schools winning national sports titles. I’m not sure sports at a university has that benefit. (National titles are more like a perk.) </p>
<p>At the schools that you mentioned - what is the salary of coaches compared to salary of professors? Where do those schools put their money? Do they have huge scholarship funds because alum donate based on the sports seasons’ wins? Or, do they donate because of the quality of the education they received at those institutions of higher learning? </p>
<p>And, you might want to rethink UF’s top-20 ranking in sports beyond football and basketball.</p>