IQ of Sport

[jeps]

So some sports are noted for being remarkably intelligent, others are not. what is your take on it?

for example, an NCAA list of the top 20 schools in soccer, hockey, football, and basketball:

Men's Soccer:

Wake Forest
St. John's (N.Y.)
Indiana
Maryland
Akron
Michigan
Loyola (Md.)
Notre Dame
UC Santa Barbara
Creighton
North Carolina
Northwestern
Louisville
Michigan St.
UC Davis
South Fla.
Duke
Virginia
Drake
Boston College

Mens Football:

Alabama
Texas Tech
Texas
Florida
Oklahoma
USC
Utah
Penn State
Boise State
Ohio State
Georgia
Oklahoma State
Missouri
BYU
Michigan State
TCU
Ball State
LSU
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh

Mens basketball:

Memphis
North Carolina
Tennessee
Kansas
UCLA
Texas
Xavier
Georgetown
Duke
Louisville
Drake
Wisconsin
Butler
Michigan St.
Davidson
Stanford
Vanderbilt
Pittsburgh
Kent St.
UNLV

Mens Hockey:

Minnesota
BU
Colorado College
Boston College
Notre Dame
Northeastern
Miami (OH)
Princeton
Michigan
Denver
Minnesota State
Air Force
UNH
Cornell
Vermont
UMass
St. Cloud State
Harvard
Nebraska-Omaha
North Dakota

opinions?

 

[King of Town]

Is this about smart kids in the program, schools that are good in academics and in sports, or about athletic programs that are run smartly?

 

[jeps]

a and b?
looking to see if there is the same relation between intelligence and sport that there is between income and sport [not including income FROM sport] (basketball<bowling<baseball<tennis<golf is the typical US income model)