The drop comes a year after BC gained 15 spots in the rankings, from No. 37 in 2015 to No. 22.
Of the schools that made the top 25 colleges last year, BC’s 27-spot drop appears to be among the largest. Several other schools also had their rankings change dramatically, including one of BC’s biggest rivals for applicants: the University of Notre Dame, which fell to No. 26 from No. 13 Wesleyan University also suffered one of the biggest drops, going to No. 33 from No. 9. Fellow Jesuit school Georgetown University has been No. 21 each of the last two years. Commonwealth Ave. rival Boston University ranks No. 86, and Fordham University is No. 132.
Tough news for Eagles everywhere today as Forbes dropped us 27 spots (down to 49) in their annual college rankings. I know some of you are still undecided, but personally I strongly believe it is not good when your $240K investment is more than twice as bad (math major, sup) as the year before. Of course I still wouldn't trade my years on the Heights for anything, but it's a real kick in the dick when you think how many of us, back in 2009, chose BC because they had both championship caliber ACC Atheltics and top tier academics. Talk about your all-time backfires.
In all seriousness it's actually hard to comprehend a drop of this magnitude. This is essentially the equivalent of the #22 ranked team getting shut out by Howard, and even then I think they still come in as "Receiving Votes" in the low 30s the following week (sidenote - would that be high 30's? I'm specifically referencing like 37-39. Sound off in the comments!). I guess the good news is it's now slightly harder for the lowest forms of human intelligence (read: FSU & BU fans) to play the nerd card against us?
Anyways, the real question here is what this does to Leahy's argument. For years now he's been clamoring on about how athletics contribute zero to the overall university, while deliberately driving our programs into the ground. Unfortunately for Bill, the facts are in, and it turns out that 7 straight years of underperformance, 0 NCAA tournament appearances, at least 4 utter failures in his coaching/AD hires, bleeding fan support, record low attendance numbers, and complete lack of competitiveness does NOT make smart high school kids want to pay $60K to rock Maroon and Gold. Did that go the way you thought it was going to go?
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