(07-03-2019 06:45 AM)BruceMcF Wrote:  

(07-02-2019 11:38 AM)orangefan Wrote:  I will add one factor in which UL does not perform well, but is extremely important to P5 conferences:

USNWR Ranking:
Louisville: #171
UConn: #63
Houston: #171
Cincinnati: #147
Memphis: #230-301

Academic Status is ... but the USNWR rankings are heavily gamed in the pursuit of undergrad enrollments, so other rankings may be more closely representative of academic status. China's AWRU rankings are all results oriented, rather than based on how much is spent to achieve those results, they have:

Louisville, 601-700 tier (*157-175 US)
UConn, 301-400 tier (96-117 US)
Houston, 201-300 tier (70-95 US)
Cincinnati, 301-400 tier (96-117 US)
Memphis, 901-1000 tier (*)

{* Note: AWRU does not give national tiers in the 500-1,000 range. I did a hand count for Louisville, but it might be off by one or two.}

Since USF lands in that same 201-300 tier as Houston, I've always been a fan of the AWRU ranking system over the USNWR one...

USFFan