Here are the Sweet 16 schools if they won based on brains, not brawn.
| Ranking | School | Average SAT score |
| 1 | Harvard University | 2260 |
| 2 | Duke University | 2185 |
| 3 | University of Notre Dame | 2145 |
| 4 | Georgetown University | 2107 |
| 5 | Northeastern University | 2070 |
| 6 | University of Virginia | 2025 |
| 7 | Davidson College | 1995 |
| 8 | University of Maryland-College Park | 1965 |
| 9 | University of California-Los Angeles | 1950 |
| 10 | Villanova University | 1950 |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1940 |
| 12 | Southern Methodist University | 1940 |
| 13 | Lafayette College | 1910 |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1905 |
| 15 | Brigham Young-University-Provo | 1882 |
| 16 | The University of Texas at Austin | 1875 |
| Source: FindTheBest |
