US News & World Report did a Global Universities Ranking. As usual, American schools dominated the list, taking 135 of the 500 spots. Of those, 74 play FBS football.

Here they are, broken down by conference:


68.1 average - Big 10 (All in the top 100 except #114 IU, #121 Iowa, and #253 Nebraska)
110.8 - PAC 12 (Cal, Stanford, and UCLA all in the top 8, but dragged down by #250 OSU, #255 Oregon, and #325 WSU)
199.4 - ACC (led by #20 Duke, #33 UNC, and #42 Pitt, but BC, Syracuse and Louisville are below 370, and Clemson isn't in the top 500)
213.3 - SEC (#50 Florida, #86 TAMU, #89 Vandy, and #171 Tennessee, but MSU, Ark, Auburn, and LSU aren't in the top 500)
279.9 - Big 12 (#30 Texas and #155 ISU are the only top-200 schools. Texas Tech and WVU aren't in the top 500)

There's also 7 AAC schools (led by Cincinnati), 4 MWC schools (led by New Mexico), 3 C-USA schools (led by Rice), 1 independent, and 1 MAC school.
Here are 16 G5 schools:
89 Rice University
115 University of Massachusetts--Amherst
182 University of Alabama--Birmingham
200 University of Cincinnati
204 University of New Mexico
241 Colorado State University
272 University of Connecticut
299 University of South Florida
304 University of Houston
321 University of Hawaii--Manoa
358 Tulane University
381 Temple University
416 University of Central Florida
420 University at Buffalo--SUNY
458 Florida International University
492 San Diego State University



Looking at non-FBS conferences:
53.9 - Ivy League
71.6 - University Athletic Association (Brandeis is not in the top 500)
5 A10 schools in the top 500 (GWU, VCU, Drexel, George Mason, and SLU)
Georgetown is the only Big East school in the top 500

Big West has three in the top-75

28. UC Santa Barbara
37. UC Davis
66. UC Irvine

UC Riverside is #127 and Hawaii is #321.

(11-18-2014 06:28 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  US News & World Report did a Global Universities Ranking. As usual, American schools dominated the list, taking 135 of the 500 spots. Of those, 74 play FBS football.

Here they are, broken down by conference:


68.1 average - Big 10 (All in the top 100 except #114 IU, #121 Iowa, and #253 Nebraska)
110.8 - PAC 12 (Cal, Stanford, and UCLA all in the top 8, but dragged down by #250 OSU, #255 Oregon, and #325 WSU)
199.4 - ACC (led by #20 Duke, #33 UNC, and #42 Pitt, but BC, Syracuse and Louisville are below 370, and Clemson isn't in the top 500)
213.3 - SEC (#50 Florida, #86 TAMU, #89 Vandy, and #171 Tennessee, but MSU, Ark, Auburn, and LSU aren't in the top 500)
279.9 - Big 12 (#30 Texas and #155 ISU are the only top-200 schools. Texas Tech and WVU aren't in the top 500)

There's also 7 AAC schools (led by Cincinnati), 4 MWC schools (led by New Mexico), 3 C-USA schools (led by Rice), 1 independent, and 1 MAC school.
Here are 16 G5 schools:
89 Rice University
115 University of Massachusetts--Amherst
182 University of Alabama--Birmingham
200 University of Cincinnati
204 University of New Mexico
241 Colorado State University
272 University of Connecticut
299 University of South Florida
304 University of Houston
321 University of Hawaii--Manoa
358 Tulane University
381 Temple University
416 University of Central Florida
420 University at Buffalo--SUNY
458 Florida International University
492 San Diego State University



Looking at non-FBS conferences:
53.9 - Ivy League
71.6 - University Athletic Association (Brandeis is not in the top 500)
5 A10 schools in the top 500 (GWU, VCU, Drexel, George Mason, and SLU)
Georgetown is the only Big East school in the top 500

UCONN came in 75 spots behind Cincinnati and New Mexico? Wow

Brandeis not in the top 500 is really strange, especially when its one of the best academic schools in the country... but then again its the criteria used in this report.

#B1GB1GB1G

How is Maryland #51 in the world and #62 in the US?

USNews makes no sense.

(11-19-2014 10:57 AM)Hitch Wrote:  How is Maryland #51 in the world and #62 in the US?

USNews makes no sense.

The world rankings use different criteria. The world rankings are weighted more heavily towards research and post-graduate programs. The US rankings are weighted more heavily towards undergraduate success, graduation rates, selectivity, incoming ACT/SAT scores, etc. In other words, Maryland is not an especially prestigious undergrad school on the level of an Ivy or Stanford, but they are a research powerhouse and are very influential in that regard.

(11-19-2014 12:39 PM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  

(11-19-2014 10:57 AM)Hitch Wrote:  How is Maryland #51 in the world and #62 in the US?

USNews makes no sense.

The world rankings use different criteria. The world rankings are weighted more heavily towards research and post-graduate programs. The US rankings are weighted more heavily towards undergraduate success, graduation rates, selectivity, incoming ACT/SAT scores, etc. In other words, Maryland is not an especially prestigious undergrad school on the level of an Ivy or Stanford, but they are a research powerhouse and are very influential in that regard.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

(11-18-2014 06:28 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  US News & World Report did a Global Universities Ranking. As usual, American schools dominated the list, taking 135 of the 500 spots. Of those, 74 play FBS football.

Here they are, broken down by conference:


68.1 average - Big 10 (All in the top 100 except #114 IU, #121 Iowa, and #253 Nebraska)
110.8 - PAC 12 (Cal, Stanford, and UCLA all in the top 8, but dragged down by #250 OSU, #255 Oregon, and #325 WSU)
199.4 - ACC (led by #20 Duke, #33 UNC, and #42 Pitt, but BC, Syracuse and Louisville are below 370, and Clemson isn't in the top 500)
213.3 - SEC (#50 Florida, #86 TAMU, #89 Vandy, and #171 Tennessee, but MSU, Ark, Auburn, and LSU aren't in the top 500)
279.9 - Big 12 (#30 Texas and #155 ISU are the only top-200 schools. Texas Tech and WVU aren't in the top 500)

There's also 7 AAC schools (led by Cincinnati), 4 MWC schools (led by New Mexico), 3 C-USA schools (led by Rice), 1 independent, and 1 MAC school.
Here are 16 G5 schools:
89 Rice University
115 University of Massachusetts--Amherst
182 University of Alabama--Birmingham
200 University of Cincinnati
204 University of New Mexico
241 Colorado State University
272 University of Connecticut
299 University of South Florida
304 University of Houston
321 University of Hawaii--Manoa
358 Tulane University
381 Temple University
416 University of Central Florida
420 University at Buffalo--SUNY
458 Florida International University
492 San Diego State University



Looking at non-FBS conferences:
53.9 - Ivy League
71.6 - University Athletic Association (Brandeis is not in the top 500)
5 A10 schools in the top 500 (GWU, VCU, Drexel, George Mason, and SLU)
Georgetown is the only Big East school in the top 500

This could be a little misleading as it only accounts for schools that are designated as "National Universities" which omits many very good schools from non P5 conferences.