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[QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 5665715, member: 173"]
I’m not sure average SAT scores of applicants not changing matters.  If a school is going to accept a set number of students, they would be able to select more students above the average since there are more of them.  The only way it becomes relevant is if it goes down, since it mitigates the advantage of more applicants.

Also not sure focusing on championships, runners up and cinderellas is ideal either.  Most of those championship and runners up are schools always in the running, and a Cinderella team is a one-off that might not have great impact.  The “Flutie Effect” is for a school that was traditionally horrible, got good in a way that appeared sustainable (it wasn’t, but that’s hindsight), and saw an applications bump.  BC never fit the categories here.  I think this is part of the problem - figuring out an unbiased way to select schools to fit the criteria without cherry picking or accusations of it is really hard.  I guess an argument could be if an impact is seen in championships, runners up and surprise teams, a reasonable conclusion would be the impact is likely greater in “Flutie” schools.
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