RE: Strongest & Weakest P5 conference academically?
13 of the 14 B10 Universities are ranked 2-49 in the NSF for Research and Development. Nebraska is the outlier at 77
10 of the 12 P12 Universities are ranked 5-66 in the NSF for R & D with the outliers being OSU at 87 and Oregon at 159
8 of the 15 ACC Universities are ranked 8-64 in the NSF for R & D, FSU is 82, ND 101 and Clemson 111 bit ND and Clemson are very small in size, WF at 120 is tiny. The real outliers are Louisville at 122, Syracuse at 132 and BC at 187. BC is in fact a college with very little graduate research and Syracuse cut back graduates programs two decades ago.
4 of the SEC schools are ranked 19-53, the rest above 62. Arkansas, Ole Miss, and Alabama are the outliers at 128, 139, and 179.
UT is 35 and ISU and Kansas are in the 70's for the B12. They have two huge outliers - Baylor at 237 and TCU at 353.
Research and development is the life blood and real measuring stick. Using the B10 metrics as it relates to graduate degree granting institutions of intensive research, capped at Nebraskas ranking, Duke, UNC, Pitt, GT, VT, NCSU, UVa, and Miami of the ACC would come in ahead of Nebraska from the ACC. Washington, Stanford, UCLA, Cal, USC, Arisona, ASU, Colorado, Utah, and Washington State would meet that from the P12. TAMU, Florida, VAndy, UGA, and Kentucky would meet that mertric as well. From the B12, only Texas and Iowa State meet that metric.
The real outliers in the P-5 are non graduate research intensive universities. They are - Wake Forest, BC. Louisville, Syracuse, Oregon, Oregon State, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Alabama, Baylor, and TCU
Wake Forest, BC, and TCU are very small schools - essentially they remain colleges.
That just leaves Louisville, Syracuse, Oregon, Oregon State, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Alabama, and Baylor as intuitions that are not small colleges, but are also not heavy into research and development.
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