Sound minds in sound bodies

The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) picks Academic All-American teams in 12 sports and has at-large nominations to cover all other sports.

While UCLA has had many Academic All-Americans, it’s amazing to note how many, as CoSIDA released a list of the top 30 schools in all-time Academic All-Americas, from 1952 to 2007. The top 10:

1. Nebraska, 252

2. Notre Dame, 191

3. Penn State, 138

4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 134

5. Augustana College, 122

6. Stanford, 121

7. Bucknell, 114

8. UCLA, 108

9. Illinois Wesleyan, 106

10. Emory, 105

If you eliminate the non-Football Bowl Subdivision programs, UCLA ranks fifth and the rest of the top ten "major" programs would be Texas, Ohio State, Florida, Michigan State and Georgia.

The only other Pac-10 school in the all-time top 30 was Arizona (78). You can draw your own conclusions . . .