Penn State football graduation rate tied for 5th in CFP rankings

Penn State’s graduation rate for football tied for fifth among the College Football Playoff teams in the final top 25 rankings.

With a graduation rate of 80 percent, Penn State tied Alabama, Florida and the U.S. Naval Academy. The rate leads all Big Ten schools in the rankings.

Stanford is first with 99 percent, followed by Virginia Tech (89), Temple (86) and Clemson (84).

This story was originally published December 15, 2016 at 10:34 PM with the headline "Penn State football graduation rate tied for 5th in CFP rankings."