Universities have spent most of the last 60 years attempting to appease the NCAA by adhering to every word in its ever-growing volumes of regulations.
Some schools have tried harder than others to follow the rules (see: everyone but Miami), but since 1953, when the NCAA started keeping track of infractions, nearly every major program has committed some kind of violation.
In fact, only four schools in BCS conferences have made it to this point without committing such heinous crimes as bringing bagels to practice.
However, in an era of constant media scrutiny and pressure to compete at the highest level, it's only a matter of time before the Final Four Conformers: Northwestern, Penn State, Boston College and Stanford, give in to the temptations of rule-breaking and join their criminal counterparts in the timeout corner.
With the NCAA monitoring grades, salaries and the use of shoulder pads on the weekend, any one of these institutions could be caught red handed and eliminated from the compliance contest like a naughty kid in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.
It's far easier to break a rule unknowingly than it is to play by the NCAA's thousands of rules, but which program is most likely to continue down the path of righteousness and be crowned Champion of Compliance?

Stanford
It's late December and Stanford is preparing for its trip to a BCS bowl game behind the leadership of 2011 Heisman winner Andrew Luck. First-year coach David Shaw obviously has more important things on his mind than listening to his wife when she tells him she's sending out cards for Christmas, Chanukah, whatever you prefer. It's hypothetical. She sends out the cards to everyone in the address book, including the families of a few players who recently signed to play for Stanford. And that's where she went wrong. No matter how friendly those players' families may have been, sending them a holiday card is an NCAA no-no. Bring out the Oompa Loompas because Stanford's hopes of being the last clean program end here.

Violation seen before in: South Carolina


Boston College
A group of wide-eyed high school seniors attend a BC football game on a recruiting visit. It's a big game, which is rare for the Golden Eagles, and Doug Flutie is in the house to cover the game for ESPN. As fans of Flutie's football career, and more importantly his short-lived Flutie Flakes cereal, a couple of the recruits walk over to the announcer after the game and have a casual football/cereal conversation. And thus ends Boston College's streak of compliance. Those naive kids thought they could talk to Doug Flutie. C'mon! You can't talk to Doug Flutie! He's a quarterback legend, who's status within the Boston College football program makes him a representative of the school. It may be a shame young football players can't talk to local celebrities while being recruited, but it's a rule nonetheless, and when it comes to this violation, Flutie did indeed do it.

Violation seen before in: Iowa


Penn State
Joe Paterno, 84-year-old technology whiz, is trying to figure out how to work these new-fangled "text messages" everyone's been talking about. The kids just say they're the bees knees, so Joe Pa tries it out for the first time on his new cellular telephone, and figures, hey, the high school kids we've been recruiting would probably think it's pretty neat if they got a text message from me, Joe Pa! Little does he know the NCAA mastered this technology a few years ago and already has a slew of rules in place regarding Twitter, texting and that new FaceSpaces all the youngsters have been raving about. The violation isn't serious enough to keep Paterno from coaching another 25 years, but sadly, it's enough to tarnish Penn State's squeaky clean reputation in the NCAA's eyes.

Violation seen before in: Missouri, Texas Tech, everywhere else (but mainly Missouri)


Northwestern
Well it appears we have a winner. I once had a friend who attended Northwestern tell me "it's like an Ivy League school as far as academic standards go," and like a true Ivy League school, Northwestern followed all the rules, despite being a member of the Big Ten. To celebrate being the only major university in the nation to satisfy the NCAA, the university invites all athletes, coaches and NCAA bigwigs to a party on campus. Just when the Wildcats thought the coast was clear, the NCAA representatives arrive, only to see that there is cream cheese being served at this party. THE RULES SPECIFICALLY SAY THERE IS TO BE NO CREAM CHEESE! Northwestern begs for forgiveness and points to all instances where they followed the rules over the years, but the NCAA simply turns its head, says "Good day!," and asks Northwestern to leave, even though they technically own the place.

Violation seen before in: Any campus where fine pastries are sold

It's a sad ending, and no real winner was determined in this contest, but as we've all seen in college football, that's just how the NCAA operates.