Is it selfish for parents to pressure child to attend alma mater, especially safety-ish alma mater?

My parents met at college. We've attended football games there every fall, since forever. It's a really enjoyable atmosphere but I think they sort of look at it with rose-colored, nostalgic glasses. By that I mean I think a lot of obnoxious people go there and I'd prefer to attend somewhere with a higher concentration of really dedicated students. For example I know like a twenty girls going there this fall and they're no where near the top of the class. Anyways, I just can't wrap my head around them not wanting me to achieve more and broaden my horizons. I'm not going to say the school but it's definitely not Notre Dame or Northwestern or anything like that. I think it would be considered a large tier 3 college on CC. I worked really hard to get where I'm at and I feel like I'm throwing away all of that hard work if I have to go there. I literally would have gotten in with an ACT 8-10 points lower.