If I were AD, at this point I would want players who can put the football team on the map. You do that by winning games, winning conference games, winning records in the MAC, and eventually winning games against famous P5 programs. That is the only thing that will put Akron on the map in Ohio State's shadow.
If (and that's a big IF) that were established, butts in the stands, football fans flipping over to Zips football on the tube, THEN we can aspire to Notre Dame GPA numbers. But nobody is tuning in to CWRU football to see who the brightest football player is.