(07-03-2019 08:50 AM)usffan Wrote:  

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

Can't say I'm actually a fan of a ranking that puts Houston above UC. The AWRU reflects Chinese sensibilities, so some good STEM departments do you a lot of good in that ranking.

But it's a harder to game than the USNWR ... partly because "getting good results without spending as much resources as others" isn't "gaming the system" as much as "doing a good job".