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After a thrilling NFL season finale that prompted a few questions (most notably “Hey, didn’t you used to be the Philadelphia Eagles?”), we turn our attention to other people who are basically paid to play football – just not as much, and they’re required to go to classes.
In fact, as Yahoo Sports pointed out, in the 10 years of the College Football Playoff for the Top Teams Who Didn’t Already Have a Playoff, these are the most academically accomplished schools that have made it so far.