[Husker] WSJ - Sept 30th

Tue Oct 4 11:35:31 CDT 2005

-- Kurt Holst <kurtholst at netzero.net> wrote:
One 
thing I couldn't tell from the article was what college players were 
tested to compile the college rankings, or if they just used scores from 
players tested at the NFL combine.

--

The average scores, with number of players tested in parentheses, and graduation rates of players who took the Wonderlic test in the last seven years:

 Rk Team Avg (No.) Pct 
1 Stanford 28.8 (21) 85 
2 Purdue 25.3 (21) 63 
3 Brigham Young 25.2 (29) 19 
3 California 25.2 (22) 48 
5 UCLA 24 (21) 55 
6 Oregon 23.5 (22) 68 
7 Wisconsin 23.2 (29) 56 
8 Iowa 23 (33) 58 
9 Oregon State 22.8 (21) 44 
10 Nebraska 22.6 (34) 63 
11 Notre Dame 22.5 (36) 77 
12 Boston College 22 (22) 78 
13 Colorado 21.8 (29) 43 
14 Michigan 21.7 (36) 57 
15 Virginia 21.5 (24) 75 
16 Texas A&M 21 (31) 50 
17 Florida 20.8 (44) 42 
17 Ohio State 20.8 (43) 52 
19 Penn State 20.7 (26) 74 
19 Virginia Tech 20.7 (29) 58 
21 USC 20.3 (30) 58 
21 West Virginia 20.3 (25) 46 
23 Arizona State 20.2 (30) 44 
24 Kansas State 19.8 (34) 61 
24 Georgia 19.8 (39) 53 
26 Texas 19.7 (28) 34 
27 North Carolina St. 19.6 (21) 42 
28 Florida State 19.4 (47) 49 
29 Oklahoma 19 (343) 40 
30 North Carolina 18.9 (24) 53 
31 Arkansas 18.6 (27) 35 
32 Auburn 18.5 (28) 48 
32 Louisiana State 18.5 (31) 42 
34 Clemson 18.3 (21) 51 
35 Alabama 18.2 (28) 49 
36 South Carolina 17.9 (21) 54 
37 Tennessee 17.7 (46) 38 
38 Michigan State 16.6 (28) 41 
39 Miami 16.3 (40) 57 

NFL Wonderlic Rankings:
1) St. Louis
2) Oakland
3) Tennessee
4) Tampa Bay
5) San Diego
6) Dallas
7) Chicago
8) Carolina
9) San Francisco
10) Jets
11) Bills (tie)
Cleveland
New England
14) Baltimore (tie)
Minnesota 
16) Seattle
17) Detroit
18) Denver
19) Miami (tie)
Pittsburgh (tie)
Atlanta (tie)
22) Indianapolis
23) Giants
24) Philadelphia
25) Houston
26) New Orleans
27) Jacksonville
28) Cincinnati
29) Washington
30) Kansas City
31) Arizona
32) Green Bay

Here are a few sample questions typical of the test:

1. The 11th month of the year is: a. October b. May c. November d. February 

2. Severe is the opposite of: a. harsh b. stern c. tender d. rigid e. unyielding 

3. In the following set of words, which word is different from the others? a. certainty b. dubiousness c. assuredness d. confidence e. sureness 

4. Look at the following numbers. What number comes next? 73, 66, 59, 52, 45, 38, --- 

5. In the following set of words, which word is different from the others? a. sing b. call c. chatter d. hear e. speak 

6. A boy is 17, and his sister is twice as old. When he’s 23, what will be his sister’s age? 

7. A train travels 20 feet in one-fifth second. At this same speed, how many feet will it travel in three seconds? 

8. The hours of daylight and darkness in September are nearest equal to the hours of daylight and darkness in: June, March, May, November. 

9. Three individuals form a partnership and agree to divide the profits equally. X invests $9,000, Y invests $7,000 and Z invests $4,000. If the profits are $4,800, how much less does X receive than if the profits were divided in proportion to the amount invested?

10. A dealer bought TVs for $3,500. He sold them for $5,500, making $50 on each set. How many did he sell?

(Answers below.)

Answers: 1. c 2. c 3. b 4. 31 5. d 6. 40 7. 300 8. March 9. $560. 10. 40.