Just ahead of the kickoff to this years college football season, The Wall Street Journal published its fourth annual College Football Grid of Shame Thursday, ranking all 128 major college teams on and off the field. Each school was ranked on two criteria — where their on the field play lands on a powerhouse vs. weakling scale, and where their off the field actions land on a admirable vs. embarrassing scale. Ben Cohen of the Journal explains: The Grid is a way of sorting out which fans can boast about their team--on and/or off the field--and who should think again before gloating. The horizontal axis assesses on-field strength for this upcoming season...The better the team, the farther they are on the right. The vertical axis measures shame. This is trickier to quantify, of course, but there is data to help the cause. Syracuse University lands in the middle of the chart, ranking in the center of the powerhouse and weakling spectrum, but much more admirable than embarrassing. Florida State University and Alabama University are the biggest powerhouse programs, but The Journal rates both programs as embarrassing. The most embarrassing program though is Penn State University, still reeling from the Jerry Sandusky scandal. The University of North Carolina, which is currently dealing with hazing accusations, is the next most embarrassing. Stanford University is the charts big winner, ranking in the top tier of the powerhouse and admirable categories, followed by UCLA. The most admirable program is Northwestern University, with the University of Wisconsin not far behind. Some schools that rank as both embarrassing and weakling include Florida International University, Georgia State University and Idaho University. See where all 128 major college teams land on the College Football Grid of Shame here. Real Estate FOR RENT Liverpool, NY FOR SALE Clay, NY Reddit Related Stories College football kickoff: Georgias Todd Gurley to test Clemson, Top 25 buzz, matchups and picks College football 2014 preview: The way, way, way too early bowl projection 2 comments Sign in Post comment as... Newest | Oldest gocusetupper gocusetupper 1 day ago Whoever thinks this stuff up has way too much time on their hands....... FlagShareReply treyspen treyspen 1 day ago @gocusetupper I could not agree more But at least he put Rutgirls in the weak and embarrassing part of the chart FlagShareReply Sponsored by: Orange Football Scoreboard Fri, Aug 29 Final 1 2 3 4 OT 2OT T Villanova 0 7 7 3 3 6 26 Syracuse 7 3 7 0 3 7 27 Box | PBP | Recap Leader Wildcats Orange Passing J. Robertson 199 T. Hunt 94 Rushing J. Robertson 115 P. Gulley 100 Receiving P. Livers 58 J. West 59 © 2013 STATS LLC. All rights reserved. StandingsSchedulePlayers Schedule 2014 Date Opponent Result / Time 8/29 vs. Villanova 7:30 ET 9/13 at Central Michigan 12:00 ET 9/20 vs. Maryland TBA 9/27 vs. 17 Notre Dame TBA 10/3 vs. Louisville 7:00 ET 10/11 vs. 1 Florida State TBA 10/18 at Wake Forest TBA 10/25 at 16 Clemson TBA 11/1 vs. North Carolina State TBA 11/8 vs. Duke TBA 11/22 at Pittsburgh TBA 11/29 at Boston College TBA VideoPhotos SU football players Villanova post-game press conference: Prince-Tyson Gulley 2:38 AM Uploaded by Stephen D. Cannerelli | scannerelli@syracuse More Orange football videos » More SU Football SU Football Recruiting Orange Fan Talk Orange Football Cartoons SU Football Insider Get todays Syracuse University football news delivered daily to your inbox. optional Check here if you do not want to receive additional email offers and information. See our privacy policy
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