Who says the Iron Bowl is only about football?

According to the Birmingham Business Journal, the Auburn metropolitan area tops the Tuscaloosa metropolitan area in brain power. On Numbers rated local brainpower by using raw 2009 data from the U.S. Census.

The report, released Wednesday by On Numbers, found that Auburn was ranked highest in the state for cities with a population between 50,000 and 99,999. Auburn had a brainpower index of 20.7 to rank No. 30 among U.S. cities of the same size.

Tuscaloosa, home of the University of Alabama, had a brainpower score of 5.2 to rank 192nd nationally.

Scores were based on the percentage of adults 25 or older at each level of the following 5-step education ladder:

Adults who dropped out before high school graduation.

Adults who stopped their education after receiving a high school diploma.

Adults who stopped at associate degree or attended college but never graduated.

Adults who stopped after earning a bachelor's degree.

Adults who earned a post-graduate or higher professional degree.

Does Auburn win the Iron Bowl of brainpower over Tuscaloosa, or are there other factors these rankings haven't taken into account? Let us know what you think in the comments.